Let us trace the noble lineage of kings and sages, as preserved in the sacred tradition. Sudyu’s son was Bahugati, whose son was Saṃjāti. From Saṃjāti came Vatsajāti, and Vatsajāti’s son was Raudrāśva. Raudrāśva was blessed with many illustrious sons: Ṛteyu, Sthaṇḍileyu, Kakṣeyu, Kṛteyuka, Jaleyu, and Santateyu. From Ṛteyu descended Ratināra, whose son was Pratiratha. Pratiratha’s son was Medhātithi, and Medhātithi’s son was Ainila. Ainila’s son was Duṣyanta, and Duṣyanta’s son was Bharata, born of Śakuntalā. Bharata fathered Vitatha, and Vitatha’s son was Manyu. From Manyu came Nara, and Nara’s son was Saṃkṛti. Garga was the son of Saṃkṛti, and Garga’s son was Amanyu; Amanyu’s son was Śini. Among Manyu’s powerful sons was Urukṣaya. Urukṣaya’s son was Trayāruṇi. From Vyūhakṣatra, who was also born of Manyu, came Suhotra. Suhotra’s sons were Hastī, Ajamīḍha, and Vimīḍhaka. From Hastin came Purumīḍha, and from Ajamīḍha, Kaṇva was born. Kaṇva’s son was Medhātithi, from whom descended the Kāṇvāyanas, the noble twice-born. Ajamīḍha also fathered Vṛhadiṣu, whose son was Bṛhaddhanu. Bṛhaddhanu’s son was Bṛhatkarmā, and his son was Jayadratha. Jayadratha’s son was Viśvajit, whose son was Senajit. Senajit’s son was Rucirāśva, and from Senajit came Pṛthusena. Pṛthusena’s son was Pāra, and from Pāra came Dvīpa, a king. Dvīpa’s son was Sṛmara, and Sukṛti was the son of Pṛthu. Sukṛti’s son was Vibhrāja, and Vibhrāja’s son was Aśvaha. From Aśvaha came Kṛtyā, then Brahmadatta, whose son was Viṣvaksena. Yavīnara was the son of Dvimīḍha, and Yavīnara’s son was Dhṛtimān. From Dhṛtimān came Satyadhṛti, whose son was Dṛḍhanemi. Dṛḍhanemi’s son was Supārśva, and Supārśva’s son was Sannati. Sannati’s son was Kṛstu, and from Kṛta came Ugrāyudha. Ugrāyudha’s son was Kṣemya, whose son was Sudhīra. From Sudhīra came Purañjaya, and his son was Vidūratha. From Ajamīḍha and Nalini was born a king named Nīla. Nīla’s son was Śānti, and Śānti’s son was Suśānti. Suśānti’s son was Purur, whose son was Arka. From Arka descended Haryaśva, and Haryaśva’s son was Mukula. From Mukula came Yavīnara, Bṛhadbhānu, Kampilla, and Sṛñjaya; and Mukula’s son was the great Śaradvān, a devout follower of Viṣṇu among the Pāñcālas. Śaradvān’s second son by Ahalyā was Divodāsa. Divodāsa’s son was Śatānanda, whose son was Satyadhṛti. Satyadhṛti, by Urvaśī, fathered Kṛpa and Kṛpī—born through an unusual circumstance. Kṛpī, wife of Droṇa, gave birth to the illustrious Aśvatthāman. Divodāsa also had a son named Mitrāyu, and Mitrāyu’s son was Cyavana. Cyavana’s son was Sudāsa, and Sudāsa’s son was Saudāsa. Saudāsa’s son was Sahadeva, whose son was Somaka. Somaka’s son was Jantu, and another son was Pṛṣata. From Pṛṣata came Drupada, and from Drupada, Dhṛṣṭadyumna. Dhṛṣṭadyumna’s son was Dhṛṣṭaketu, and Ṛkṣa was born from Ajamīḍha. Ṛkṣa’s son was Saṃvaraṇa, and Saṃvaraṇa’s son was Kuru. Kuru’s sons were Sudhanu, Pīkṣi, and Jahnu. Sudhanu’s son was Suhotra, whose son was Cyavana. Cyavana’s son was Kṛtaka, and his son was Uparicara Vasu. Vasu’s sons were Bṛhadratha, Pratyagra, and Satyādi. Bṛhadratha’s son was Kuśāgra, whose son was Ṛṣabha. Ṛṣabha’s son was Puṣpavān, and Puṣpavān’s son was Satyahita, the king. Satyahita’s son was Sudhanvan, and Sudhanvan’s son was Jahnu. From Bṛhadratha also came Jarāsandha, whose son was Sahadeva. Sahadeva’s son was Somāpi, and Somāpi’s son was Śrutavān. Bhīmasena and Ugrasena fathered Śrutasena and Aparājita; Janamejaya was another son, and from Jahnu came Suratha. Vidūratha’s son was Suratha, whose son was Sārvabhauma. Vidūratha also fathered Jayasena, and Sārvabhauma’s son was Avadhīta. Avadhīta’s son was Ayutāyu, whose son was Akrodhana. Akrodhana’s son was Atithi, and Atithi’s son was Ṛkṣa. From Ṛkṣa came Bhīmasena, whose son was Dilīpa. Dilīpa’s son was Pratīpa, and Pratīpa’s son was Devāpi. Śantanu, Bāhlīka, and another were three royal brothers. Bāhlīka’s son was Somadatta, whose sons were Bhūri and Bhūriśravā. Śala was the son of Śantanu, and Bhīṣma, the great and righteous, was born of Gaṅgā. Śantanu, by Satyavatī, had Citrāṅgada and Vicitravīrya. Vicitravīrya’s wives, Ambikā and Ambālikā, bore Dhṛtarāṣṭra and Pāṇḍu, and a maidservant bore Vidura. Vyāsa begot, from Gāndhārī, Dhṛtarāṣṭra, who had a hundred sons, with Duryodhana as the eldest. From Pāṇḍu, five sons were born. Draupadī bore five sons: Pratibandhya, Śrutasoma, Śrutakīrti, Śatānīka, and Śrutakarman, each to one of the Pāṇḍavas in order. Yaudheya, Hiḍimbā, Kauśī, Subhadrikā, Vijayā, and Reṇumatī were the mothers of sons, each to one of the five brothers in order. Among the sons were Devaka, Ghā, Utkaca, Abhimanyu the all-pervading, Suhotra, Niramitra, and Parīkṣit, son of Abhimanyu. Janamejaya was Parīkṣit’s son. Now, let us listen to the kings who shall descend after him.