शशाप नारदं दक्षः क्रोधसंरक्तलोचनः
Daksha, his eyes reddened with anger, cursed Narada.
क्षयं नीतास्त्वशेषेण निरपत्यो भविष्यति
All his descendants were destroyed; he would become without offspring.
शक्तेः पराशरः श्रीमान् सर्वज्ञस्तपतां वरः
Śrīmān Parāśara, the illustrious sage, master of all knowledge and foremost among ascetics, was born of Śakti.
लेभे त्वप्रतिमं पुत्रं कृष्णाद्वैपायनं प्रभुम्
He obtained an incomparable son, the lord Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana.
अंशांशेनावतीर्योर्व्यां स्वं प्राप परमं पदम्
Having descended to earth with a portion of his own essence, he attained his supreme state.
कन्या कीर्तिमती चैव योगमाता धृतव्रता
And the daughter, Kīrtimatī, steadfast in her vows, became the mother of Yoga.
अत ऊर्ध्वं निबोधध्वं कश्यपाद्राजसंततिम्
Now, henceforth, listen to the royal lineage descending from Kaśyapa.
संज्ञा राज्ञी प्रभा छाया पुत्रांस्तासां निबोधत
Learn of the children of Saṃjñā, the queen, Prabhā, and Chāyā.
यमं च यमुनां चैव राज्ञी रैवतमेव च
The queen bore Yama and Yamunā, as well as Raivata.
शनिं च तपतीं चैव विष्टिं चैव यथाक्रमम्
She also bore Śani, Tapatī, and Viṣṭi, each in due order.
इक्ष्वाकुर्नभगश्चैव धृष्टः शर्यातिरेव च
Ikṣvāku, Nabhaga, Dhṛṣṭa, and also Śaryāti,
पृषध्रश्च महातेजा नवैते शक्रसन्निभाः
And Pṛṣadhra, of great splendor—these nine were like Indra in might.
बुधस्य गत्वा भवनं सोमपुत्रेण संगता
Having gone to the abode of Budha, she united with the son of Soma.
पितॄणां तृप्तिकर्तारं बुधादिति हि नः श्रुतम्
We have heard that Budha is called the one who satisfies the ancestors.
इला पुत्रत्रयं लेभे पुनः स्त्रीत्वमविन्दत
Ilā obtained three sons, and again attained womanhood.
सर्वे ते ऽप्रतिमप्रख्याः प्रपन्नाः कमलोद्भवम्
All of them, renowned as unparalleled, approached the lotus-born one.
ज्येष्ठः पुत्रशतस्यापि दश पञ्च च तत्सुताः
Of the hundred sons, the eldest and also ten and five were his descendants.
सुयोधनात् पृथुः श्रीमान् विश्वकश्च पृथोः सुतः
From Suyodhana came Pṛthu, illustrious, and from Pṛthu, Viśvaka.
स गोकर्णमनुप्राप्य युवनाश्वः प्रतापवान्
The mighty Yuvanāśva, having reached Gokarṇa,
अपृच्छत् कर्मणा केन धार्मिकं प्राप्नुयात् सुतम्
Asked by what action one might obtain a righteous son.
अनादिनिधनं देवं धार्मिकं प्राप्नुयात् सुतम्
He attains a son who is righteous, devoted to the god who is without beginning or end.
तमादिकृष्णमीशानमाराध्याप्नोति सत्सुतम्
By worshipping that primordial Krishna, the Lord, one obtains a virtuous son.
तमाराध्य हृषीकेशं प्राप्नुयाद्धार्मिकं सुतम्
By worshipping that Hṛṣīkeśa, one attains a righteous son.
आराधयन्महायोगं वासुदेवं सनातनम्
By worshipping the great yogi, the eternal Vāsudeva—
निर्मिता येन श्रावस्तिर्गौडदेशे महापुरी
By whom the great city of Śrāvastī was established in the land of Gauḍa,
धुन्धुमारत्वमगमद् धुन्धुं हत्वा महासुरम्
He attained the status of Dhundhumāra, having slain the great demon Dhundhu.
दृढाश्वश्चैव दण्डाश्वः कपिलाश्वस्तथैव च
And Dṛḍhāśva, Daṇḍāśva, and likewise Kapilāśva,
हर्यश्वस्य निकुम्भस्तु निकुम्भात् संहताश्वकः
Nikumbha was the son of Haryaśva, and from Nikumbha came Saṃhatāśvaka.
युवनाश्वो रणाश्वस्य शक्रतुल्यबलो युधि
Yuvanāśva, son of Raṇāśva, was equal to Indra in strength in battle.
मान्धातारं महाप्राज्ञं सर्वशस्त्रभृतां वरम्
Māndhātṛ, the great wise one, the best among all bearers of arms,