Brahmanda Purana

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.

विस्तरेणानुपूर्व्या च किं भूयो वर्णयाम्यहम्

What more shall I describe in detail and in sequence?

इति श्रीब्रह्माण्डे महापुराणे वायुप्रोक्ते मध्यमभागे तृतीय उपोद्धातपादे वंशानुवर्णनं नाम चतुःसप्ततितमो ऽध्यायः

Thus ends the seventy-fourth chapter, entitled 'The Genealogies,' in the third section, Upoddhāta-pāda, of the middle part of the great Brahmāṇḍa Purāṇa, as spoken by Vāyu.

ततश्चतुर्थं पप्रच्छुः पादं वै ऋषिसत्तमाः

Then the excellent sages asked about the fourth section.

चतुर्थं विस्तरात्पादं संहारं पारिकीर्त्तय

Describe in detail the fourth section, the dissolution.

सप्तर्षीणामथैतेषां सांप्रतस्यान्तरे मनोः

Now, regarding these seven sages in the present Manu-epoch—

विस्तरेणानुपूर्व्या च सर्वमेव ब्रवीहि नः

Tell us everything in detail and in order.

पादं त्विमं ससंहारं चतुर्थं मुनिसत्तमाः

O best of sages, this fourth section, along with the dissolution—

विस्तरेणानुपूर्व्या च निसर्गं शृणुत द्विजाः

Hear in detail and in sequence about creation, O twice-born.

प्रलयं चैव लोकानां ब्रुवतो मे निबोधत

Listen as I speak of the dissolution of the worlds.

मन्वन्तराणि संक्षेपाच्छृणुता नागतानि मे

Hear in brief from me about the coming Manvantaras.