बृहदनोर् बृहन्तो ऽथ बृहन्तस्य बृहन्मनाः बृहन्मनःसुतश्चापि बृहद्धनुरिति श्रुतः
From Bṛhadan came Bṛhanta; from Bṛhanta, Bṛhanmanas; and Bṛhanmanas' son was known as Bṛhaddhanu.
बृहद्धनोर् बृहदिषुः पुत्रस्तस्य जयद्रथः अश्वजित्तनयस्तस्य सेनजित् तस्य चात्मजः
Bṛhaddhanu's son was Bṛhadiṣu, whose son was Jayadratha. Jayadratha's son was Aśvajit, and Aśvajit's son was Senajit.
अथ सेनजितः पुत्राश् चत्वारो लोकविश्रुताः रुचिराश्वश्च काव्यश्च राजा दृढरथस्तथा
Senajit had four sons, famed throughout the world: Rucirāśva, Kāvya, King Dṛḍharatha, and Vatsa, also called Avartaka.
वत्सश्चावर्तको राजा यस्यैते परिवत्सकाः रुचिराश्वस्य दायादः पृथुसेनो महायशाः
King Vatsa was the ancestor of the Parivatsakas. Rucirāśva's heir was Pṛthusena, renowned for his greatness.
पृथुसेनस्य पौरस्तु पौरान्नीपो ऽथ जज्ञिवान् नीपस्यैकशतं त्व् आसीत् पुत्राणाम् अमितौजसाम्
Pṛthusena's son was Pauru; from Pauru was born Nīpa. Nīpa had a hundred sons, all of immense energy.
नीपा इति समाख्याता राजानः सर्व एव ते तेषां वंशकरः श्रीमान् नीपानां कीर्तिवर्धनः
All those kings were known as Nīpas. Among them, the illustrious Kīrtivardhana was the founder of their lineage.
काव्याच्च समरो नाम सदेष्टसमरो ऽभवत् समरस्य पारसम्पारौ सदश्व इति ते त्रयः
From Kāvya came a son named Samara, and with him, Sadeṣṭa and Samara. Samara had two sons, Pārasampa and Sadaśva; thus, there were three.
पुत्राः सर्वगुणोपेता जाता वै विश्रुता भुवि पारपुत्रः पृथुर्जातः पृथोस्तु सुकृतो ऽभवत्
All his sons were endowed with every virtue and renowned on earth. Pāra's son was Pṛthu, and Pṛthu's son was Sukṛta.
जज्ञे सर्वगुणोपेतो विभ्राजस्तस्य चात्मजः विभ्राजस्य तु दायादस् त्व् अणुहो नाम वीर्यवान्
Sukṛta's son was Vibhrāja, endowed with every virtue. Vibhrāja's heir was Aṇuha, famed for his strength.
बभूव शुकजामाता कृत्वीभर्ता महायशाः अणुहस्य तु दायादो ब्रह्मदत्तो महीपतिः
He became the son-in-law of Śuka and the husband of Kṛtvī, renowned for his greatness. Aṇuha's heir was King Brahmadatta.
युगदत्तः सुतस्तस्य विष्वक्सेनो महायशाः विभ्राजः पुनर् आजातः सुकृतेनेह कर्मणा
His son was Yugadatta, and Viṣvaksena, renowned for his greatness. Vibhrāja was born again here through virtuous deeds.
विष्वक्सेनस्य पुत्रस्तु उदक्सेनो बभूव ह भल्लाटस्तस्य पुत्रस्तु तस्यासीज्जनमेजयः उग्रायुधेन तस्यार्थे सर्वे नीपाः प्रणाशिताः
Viṣvaksena's son was Udaksena; Udaksena's son was Bhallāta, whose son was Janamejaya. For his sake, all the Nīpas were destroyed by Ugrāyudha.
उग्रायुधः कस्य सुतः कस्य वंशे स कथ्यते किमर्थं तेन ते नीपाः सर्वे चैव प्रणाशिताः
Of whom was Ugrāyudha the son, and in which lineage is he said to have been born? For what reason did he destroy all those kings?
उग्रायुधः सूर्यवंश्यस् तपस्तेपे वराश्रमे स्थाणुभूतो ऽष्टसाहस्रं तं भेजे जनमेजयः
Ugrāyudha, belonging to the Solar dynasty, performed austerities at the hermitage of Varāśrama, standing firm for eight thousand years, O Janamejaya.
तस्य राज्यं प्रतिश्रुत्य नीपान् आजघ्निवान् प्रभुः उवाच सान्त्वं विविधं जघ्नुस्ते वै ह्य् उभाव् अपि
Having been promised the kingdom, the lord attacked the kings; he spoke various words of conciliation, but then he killed both parties.
हन्यमानागतान् ऊचे यस्माद्धेतोर्न मे वचः शरणागतरक्षार्थं तस्मादेवं शपामि वः
As he was slaying those who came to him, he declared, 'Because my words were not heeded for the sake of protecting those who sought refuge, therefore I now curse you.'
यदि मे ऽस्ति तपस्तप्तं सर्वान्नयतु वो यमः ततस्तान् कृप्यमाणांस्तु यमेन पुरतः स तु
If the austerities I have performed have any merit, may Yama take you all away; then, out of compassion, he brought them before Yama.
कृपया परयाविष्टो जनमेजयम् ऊचिवान् गतानेतानिमान्वीरांस् त्वं मे रक्षितुमर्हसि
Overcome with great compassion, he said to Janamejaya, 'These heroes who have now departed, you ought to protect them for my sake.'
अरे पापा दुराचारा भवितारो ऽस्य किंकराः तथेत्युक्तस्ततो राजा यमेन युयुधे चिरम्
'O sinners, of evil conduct, you will become his servants.' Thus addressed, the king then fought with Yama for a long time.
व्याधिभिर्नारकैर्घोरैर् यमेन सह तान्बलात् विजित्य मुनये प्रादात् तदद्भुतमिवाभवत्
Afflicted by terrible hellish diseases, he overpowered them by force together with Yama, and gave them to the sage; that event was indeed wondrous.
यमस्तुष्टस्ततस्तस्मै मुक्तिज्ञानं ददौ परम् सर्वे यथोचितं कृत्वा जग्मुस्ते कृष्णमव्ययम्
Then Yama, being pleased, bestowed upon him the supreme knowledge of liberation; having performed all that was proper, they went to the imperishable Krishna.
येषां तु चरितं गृह्य हन्यते नापमृत्युभिः इह लोके परे चैव सुखमक्षय्यमश्नुते
Whoever, having heard their deeds, is killed, does not suffer untimely death; in this world and the next, he enjoys unending happiness.
अजमीढस्य धूमिन्यां विद्वाञ्जज्ञे यवीनरः धृतिमांस्तस्य पुत्रस्तु तस्य सत्यधृतिः स्मृतः अथ सत्यधृतेः पुत्रो दृढनेमिः प्रतापवान्
To Ajamīḍha, from Dhūminī, was born the learned Yavīnara; his son was the steadfast Satyadhṛti, and Satyadhṛti's son was the mighty Dṛḍhanemi.
दृढनेमिसुतश्चापि सुधर्मा नाम पार्थिवः आसीत्सुधर्मतनयः सार्वभौमः प्रतापवान्
And Dṛḍhanemi's son was the king named Sudharmā; Sudharmā's son was Sārvabhauma, a mighty sovereign.
सार्वभौमेति विख्यातः पृथिव्याम् एकराड् बभौ तस्यान्ववाये महति महापौरवनन्दनः
He became renowned as Sārvabhauma, the sole ruler upon the earth; in his great lineage was born the illustrious Mahāpaurava.
महापौरवपुत्रस्तु राजा रुक्मरथः स्मृतः अथ रुक्मरथस्यासीत् सुपार्श्वो नाम पार्थिवः
The son of Mahāpaurava was the king known as Rukmaratha; and Rukmaratha's son was the king named Supārśva.
सुपार्श्वतनयश्चापि सुमतिर्नाम धार्मिकः सुमतेरपि धर्मात्मा राजा संनतिमानपि
Supārśva's son was Sumati, righteous and virtuous; and Sumati's son was the righteous and humble king Saṃnati.
तस्यासीत्संनतिमतः कृतो नाम सुतो महान् हिरण्यनाभिनः शिष्यः कौशल्यस्य महात्मनः
To Saṃnatimat was born a great son named Kṛta, disciple of the noble Kauśalya, the illustrious Hiraṇyanābha.
चतुर्विंशतिधा येन प्रोक्ता वै सामसंहिताः स्मृतास्ते प्राच्यसामानः कार्ता नामेह सामगाः
By him, the Sāma Saṃhitās were taught in twenty-four divisions; those known as the Eastern Sāmans were composed by Kṛta, and the singers here are called Sāmagas.
कार्तिरुग्रायुधो ऽसौ वै महापौरववर्धनः बभूव येन विक्रम्य पृथुकस्य पिता हतः
Kṛti was Ugrāyudha, the enhancer of the Mahāpaurava line; by his valor, he slew Pṛthuka's father.