वैरस्यान्तं मुनिश्रेष्ठाः क्षत्रियेण विधित्सता अलर्कः काशिराजस् तु ब्रह्मण्यः सत्यसंगरः
When the best of sages sought to end the feud, Alarka, king of Kāśi, devoted to Brahman and steadfast in truth, acted.
षष्टिं वर्षसहस्राणि षष्टिं वर्षशतानि च युवा रूपेण संपन्न आसीत् काशिकुलोद्वहः
For sixty thousand years and sixty hundred years, he remained youthful in appearance, the foremost of the Kāśi lineage.
लोपामुद्राप्रसादेन परमायुर् अवाप सः वयसो ऽन्ते मुनिश्रेष्ठा हत्वा क्षेमकराक्षसम्
By the grace of Lopāmudrā, he attained supreme longevity; at the end of his life, O best of sages, he slew the demon Kṣemakara.
रम्यां निवेशयाम् आस पुरीं वाराणसीं नृपः अलर्कस्य तु दायादः क्षेमको नाम पार्थिवः
The king established the beautiful city of Vārāṇasī; Kṣemaka, the heir of Alarka, was the ruler there.
क्षेमकस्य तु पुत्रो वै वर्षकेतुस् ततो ऽभवत् वर्षकेतोश् च दायादो विभुर् नाम प्रजेश्वरः
Kṣemaka's son was Varṣaketu, and Varṣaketu's heir was Vibhu, lord of the people.
आनर्तस् तु विभोः पुत्रः सुकुमारस् ततो ऽभवत् सुकुमारस्य पुत्रस् तु सत्यकेतुर् महारथः
Ānarta was Vibhu's son; Sukumāra came after him, and Sukumāra's son was Satyaketu, a great charioteer.
सुतो ऽभवन् महातेजा राजा परमधार्मिकः वत्सस्य वत्सभूमिस् तु भर्गभूमिस् तु भार्गवात्
His son was a king of great splendor and supreme righteousness; Vatsa's son was Vatsabhūmi, and Bhargabhūmi was descended from Bhārgava.
एते त्व् अङ्गिरसः पुत्रा जाता वंशे ऽथ भार्गवे ब्राह्मणाः क्षत्रिया वैश्याः शूद्राश् च मुनिसत्तमाः
These were the sons of Aṅgiras, born in the Bhārgava lineage: brāhmaṇas, kṣatriyas, vaiśyas, and śūdras, O best of sages.
आजमीढो ऽपरो वंशः श्रूयतां द्विजसत्तमाः सुहोत्रस्य बृहत् पुत्रो बृहतस् तनयास् त्रयः
Another lineage, Ājamīḍha, is to be heard, O best of twice-born; Suhotra's son was Bṛhat, and Bṛhat had three sons.
अजमीढो द्विमीढश् च पुरुमीढश् च वीर्यवान् अजमीढस्य पत्न्यस् तु तिस्रो वै यशसान्विताः
Ājamīḍha, Dvimīḍha, and Purumīḍha, all mighty; Ājamīḍha had three wives, all renowned.
नीली च केशिनी चैव धूमिनी च वराङ्गनाः अजमीढस्य केशिन्यां जज्ञे जह्नुः प्रतापवान्
Nīlī, Keśinī, and Dhūminī, all excellent women; from Keśinī, Ājamīḍha begot Jahnu, a man of great prowess.
आजह्रे यो महासत्त्रं सर्वमेधमखं विभुम् पतिलोभेन यं गङ्गा विनीतेव ससार ह
He performed the great sacrifice, the Sarvamedha, as lord; out of desire for her husband, Gaṅgā, subdued, departed from him.
नेच्छतः प्लावयाम् आस तस्य गङ्गा च तत् सदः तत् तया प्लावितं दृष्ट्वा यज्ञवाटं समन्ततः
Though he did not wish it, Gaṅgā flooded his sacrificial hall; seeing the entire altar inundated by her,
जह्नुर् अप्य् अब्रवीद् गङ्गां क्रुद्धो विप्रास् तदा नृपः एष ते त्रिषु लोकेषु संक्षिप्यापः पिबाम्य् अहम् अस्य गङ्गे ऽवलेपस्य सद्यः फलम् अवाप्नुहि
Jahnu, angered, addressed Gaṅgā, O king, and said: 'I shall drink up your waters from all three worlds; Gaṅgā, receive at once the fruit of your arrogance.'
ततः पीतां महात्मानो दृष्ट्वा गङ्गां महर्षयः उपनिन्युर् महाभागा दुहितृत्वेन जाह्नवीम्
When the great sages saw that Gaṅgā had been drunk, they, most fortunate, brought her forth as a daughter, calling her Jāhnavī.
युवनाश्वस्य पुत्रीं तु कावेरीं जह्नुर् आवहत् गङ्गाशापेन देहार्धं यस्याः पश्चान् नदीकृतम्
Jahnu took Kāverī, the daughter of Yuvanāśva; by Gaṅgā's curse, half her body was later made into a river.
जह्नोस् तु दयितः पुत्रो अजको नाम वीर्यवान् अजकस्य तु दायादो बलाकाश्वो महीपतिः
Jahnu's beloved son was named Ajaka, mighty; Ajaka's heir was Balākāśva, lord of the earth.
बभूव मृगयाशीलः कुशिकस् तस्य चात्मजः पह्नवैः सह संवृद्धो राजा वनचरैः सह
Kuśika, fond of hunting, was his son; the king grew up among the Pahnava people and forest-dwellers.
कुशिकस् तु तपस् तेपे पुत्रम् इन्द्रसमं विभुम् लभेयम् इति तं शक्रस् त्रासाद् अभ्येत्य जज्ञिवान्
Kuśika performed austerities, desiring a son equal to Indra; then Śakra, out of fear, approached and was born as his son.
स गाधिर् अभवद् राजा मघवा कौशिकः स्वयम् विश्वामित्रस् तु गाधेयो विश्वामित्रात् तथाष्टकः
He became King Gādhi; Maghavān himself was born as a Kauśika. Viśvāmitra was Gādhi's son, and from Viśvāmitra came Aṣṭaka.
अष्टकस्य सुतो लौहिः प्रोक्तो जह्नुगणो मया आजमीढो ऽपरो वंशः श्रूयतां मुनिसत्तमाः
Lauhi, the son of Ashtaka, has been mentioned by me as belonging to the Jahnu lineage; now, O best of sages, listen to another line, that of Ajamīḍha.
अजमीढात् तु नील्यां वै सुशान्तिर् उदपद्यत पुरुजातिः सुशान्तेश् च बाह्याश्वः पुरुजातितः
From Ajamīḍha, through Nīlī, was born Suśānti; from Suśānti came Purujāti, and from Purujāti, Bāhyāśva was born.
बाह्याश्वतनयाः पञ्च स्फीता जनपदावृताः मुद्गलः सृञ्जयश् चैव राजा बृहदिषुस् तदा
The five sons of Bāhyāśva, renowned and prosperous, filled the regions: Mudgala, Sṛñjaya, King Bṛhadiṣu,
यवीनरश् च विक्रान्तः कृमिलाश्वश् च पञ्चमः पञ्चैते रक्षणायालं देशानाम् इति विश्रुताः
Yavīnara, the valiant, and Kṛmilāśva as the fifth; these five are famed as protectors, sufficient for the safeguarding of the lands.
पञ्चानां ते तु पञ्चालाः स्फीता जनपदावृताः अलं संरक्षणे तेषां पञ्चाला इति विश्रुताः
These five are known as the Pañcālas, prosperous and filling the regions, well able to protect their domains, and thus called Pañcālas.
मुद्गलस्य तु दायादो मौद्गल्यः सुमहायशाः इन्द्रसेना यतो गर्भं वध्न्यं च प्रत्यपद्यत
Mudgala's heir was the illustrious Maudgalya; from Indrasenā he received the womb and the son named Vadhnya.
आसीत् पञ्चजनः पुत्रः सृञ्जयस्य महात्मनः सुतः पञ्चजनस्यापि सोमदत्तो महीपतिः
Pañcajana was the son of the great-souled Sṛñjaya; and Pañcajana's own son was the king Somadatta.
सोमदत्तस्य दायादः सहदेवो महायशाः सहदेवसुतश् चापि सोमको नाम विश्रुतः
Somadatta's heir was the renowned Sahadeva; and Sahadeva's son was the famous Somaka.
अजमीढसुतो जातः क्षीणे वंशे तु सोमकः सोमकस्य सुतो जन्तुर् यस्य पुत्रशतं बभौ
When the line was diminished, Somaka was born as the son of Ajamīḍha; Somaka's son was Jantu, who had a hundred sons.
तेषां यवीयान् पृषतो द्रुपदस्य पिता प्रभुः आजमीढाः स्मृताश् चैते महात्मानस् तु सोमकाः
Of them, the youngest was Pṛṣata, the lord and father of Drupada; these great-souled Somakas are remembered as descendants of Ajamīḍha.