वैवस्वतंऽतरे ह्यस्मिन्न निमिवंशः समाप्यते
Within the Vaivasvata interval, the Nimi lineage comes to completion.
तथा हि कथयिष्यामि गदतो मे निबोधत
Now I will tell you; listen carefully as I speak.
माहायोगबलोपेतौ कलापग्राममास्थितौ
Endowed with great yogic power, they reside in the village of Kalapa.
सुवर्चा नाम पुत्रस्तु इक्ष्वाकोस्तु भविष्यति
A son named Suvarcha will be born to Ikshvaku.
देवापेश्च सपौलस्तु एलादिर्भविता नृपः
Devapi together with Paula, and Eladi will become kings.
एवं सर्वत्र विज्ञेयं संतानार्थे तु लत्रणम्
Thus, everywhere, the propagation of lineage is to be understood.
सप्तर्षिभिस्तु तैः सार्द्धमाद्ये त्रेतायुगे पुनः
Together with those seven sages, in the first Treta age, once again.
द्वापरांशेन तिष्ठन्ति क्षत्रिया ऋषिभिः सह
With a portion of Dvapara, the Kshatriyas remain together with the sages.
बीजार्थं ते भविष्यन्ति ब्रह्मक्षत्रस्य वै पुनः
They will exist for the sake of the seed, for the Brahmana and Kshatriya classes once more.
सप्तर्षयो नृपैः सार्द्धं संतानार्थं युगेयुगे
The seven sages, together with kings, propagate the lineage in every age.
मन्वन्तराणां सप्तानां संतानश्च श्रुतश्च ते
The propagation of the seven Manvantaras has been heard by you.
यथा प्रवृत्तिस्तेषां वै प्रवृत्तानां तथा क्षयः
Just as their activity begins, so too does their decline.
एतेन क्रमयोगेन ऐलेक्ष्वाक्वन्वया द्विजाः
By this sequential order, O twice-born, the lineages of Aila and Ikshvaku proceed.
अनुयान्ति युगाख्यां तु यावन्मन्वन्तरक्षयः
They follow the reckoning of the yugas until the end of the Manvantara.
कृतेयं संकुला सर्वा क्षत्रियैर्वसुधाधिपैः
In the Krita Yuga, the entire earth was filled with Kshatriya rulers.
ऐलस्येक्ष्वाकुनन्दस्य प्रकृतिः परिवर्त्तते
The nature of the lines of Aila, Ikshvaku, and Nanda changes over time.
एलवंशस्य ये ख्यातास्तथैवेक्ष्वाकवो नृपाः
Those kings who are renowned from the line of Ila, and likewise the Ikshvakus,
तावदेव तु भोजानां विस्तरो द्विगुणः स्मृतः
The expansion of the Bhojas is said to be twice as great as theirs.
तेष्वतीताः समाना ये ब्रुवतस्तान्निबोधत
Now hear of those among them who have passed away, as I recount them.
धृत राष्ट्रश्चैकशतमशीतिर्जनमेजयाः
Dhritarashtra and one hundred and eighty Janamejayas,
ततः शतं तु पौलानां श्वेतकाश्य कुशादयः
Then one hundred Paulas, Shvetakasha, Kusha, and others.
ईजिरे चाश्वमेधैस्ते सर्वे नियुतदक्षिणैः
All of them performed Ashvamedha sacrifices, each with abundant gifts.
मनोर्वैवस्वतस्यास्मिन्वर्त्तमानेंऽतरे तु ये
In this current Manvantara of Manu Vaivasvata,
न शक्येविस्तरस्तासां संततीनां परस्परम्
The extent of their lineages, one after another, cannot be fully described.
अष्टाविंशद्युगाख्यास्तु गता वैवस्वतेन्तरे
Eight and twenty yugas have passed in the Vaivasvata Manvantara.
चत्वारिंशत्त्रयश्चैव भविष्याः सह राजभिः
And forty-three more, along with their kings, are yet to come.
एतद्वः कथितं सर्वे समासव्यासयोगतः
All this has been told to you, both in summary and in detail.
एते ययातिपुत्राणां पञ्च वंशा विशां हिताः
These are the five lineages of Yayati's sons, beneficial to the peoples.
लभते च वरान्पञ्च दुर्लभा निह लौकिकान्
And one obtains five rare worldly boons,
धारणाच्छ्रवणाच्चैव पञ्चवंशस्य धीमतः
By retaining and hearing the account of the wise fivefold lineage.