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.
नीलो नाम महाराजः पाञ्चालाधिपतिर्वशी उग्रायुधस्य दायादः क्षेमो नाम महायशाः
There was a king named Nīla, lord of the Pāñcālas, obedient, heir of Ugrāyudha; and there was Kṣema, of great renown.
क्षेमात्सुनीथः संजज्ञे सुनीथस्य नृपंजयः नृपंजयाच्च विरथ इत्येते पौरवाः स्तुताः
From Kṣema was born Sunītha; from Sunītha, Nṛpaṃjaya; and from Nṛpaṃjaya, Viratha—these are the Pauravas who have been praised.
अजमीढस्य नीलिन्यां नीलः समभवन्नृपः नीलस्य तपसोग्रेण सुशान्तिरुदपद्यत
From Ajamīḍha and Nīlinī was born the king Nīla; from Nīla, through intense austerity, arose Suśānti.
पुरुजानुः सुशान्तेस्तु पृथुस्तु पुरुजानुतः भद्राश्वः पृथुदायादो भद्राश्वतनयाञ्छृणु
Purujānu was born from Suśānti; from Purujānu, Pṛthu; Bhadrāśva was the son of Pṛthu—now hear of the sons of Bhadrāśva.
मुद्गलश्च जयश्चैव राजा बृहदिषुस्तथा जवीनरश्च विक्रान्तः कपिलश्चैव पञ्चमः
Mudgala, Jaya, King Bṛhadiṣu, the valiant Javīnara, and Kapila as the fifth—
पञ्चानां चैव पञ्चालान् एताञ्जनपदान्विदुः पञ्चालरक्षिणो ह्य् एते देशानामिति नः श्रुतम्
These five are known as the Pāñcālas, the peoples of these regions; these are the protectors of the Pāñcāla lands, as we have heard.
मुद्गलस्यापि मौद्गल्याः क्षत्रोपेता द्विजातयः एते ह्य् अङ्गिरसः पक्षं संश्रिताः काण्वमुद्गलाः
From Mudgala also, through Maudgalya, were born twice-borns endowed with kṣatriya qualities; these Kāṇva-Mudgalas have taken refuge with the lineage of Aṅgiras.
मुद्गलस्य सुतो जज्ञे ब्रह्मिष्ठः सुमहायशाः इन्द्रसेनः सुतस्तस्य विन्ध्याश्वस्तस्य चात्मजः
Mudgala's son was born, most devoted to Brahman and of great fame; his son was Indrasena, and Vindhyāśva was Indrasena's son.
विन्ध्याश्वान्मिथुनं जज्ञे मेनकायामिति श्रुतिः दिवोदासश्च राजर्षिर् अहल्या च यशस्विनी
From Vindhyāśva was born a pair by Menakā, as tradition says; and Divodāsa, the royal sage, and the illustrious Ahalyā.
शरद्वतस्तु दायादम् अहल्या सम्प्रसूयत शतानन्दमृषिश्रेष्ठं तस्यापि सुमहातपाः
From Ahalyā, the heir of Śaradvat was born: the eminent sage Śatānanda, himself of great austerity.
सुतः सत्यधृतिर्नाम धनुर्वेदस्य पारगः आसीत्सत्यधृतेः शुक्रम् अमोघं धार्मिकस्य तु
His son was named Satyadhṛti, master of the science of archery; from Satyadhṛti came Śukra, unfailing and righteous.
स्कन्नं रेतः सत्यधृतेर् दृष्ट्वा चाप्सरसं जले मिथुनं तत्र संभृतं तस्मिन्सरसि संभृतम्
Satyadhṛti's seed, having fallen, was seen by an apsaras in the water; there, in that lake, a pair was conceived.
ततः सरसि तस्मिंस्तु क्रममाणं महीपतिः दृष्ट्वा जग्राह कृपया शंतनुर्मृगयां गतः
Then, as that pair was moving in the lake, the king Śaṃtanu, who had come for hunting, saw them and, moved by compassion, took them up.
एते शरद्वतः पुत्रा आख्याता गौतमा वराः अत ऊर्ध्वं प्रवक्ष्यामि दिवोदासस्य वै प्रजाः
These are the sons of Śaradvat, renowned among the Gautamas; now I shall tell further of the descendants of Divodāsa.
दिवोदासस्य दायादो धर्मिष्ठो मित्रयुर्नृपः मैत्रायणावरः सो ऽथ मैत्रेयस्तु ततः स्मृतः
Divodāsa's heir was the righteous king Mitrayu, foremost of the Maitrāyaṇas; and from him was born Maitreya, as is remembered.
एते वंश्या यतेः पक्षाः क्षत्रोपेतास्तु भार्गवाः राजा चैद्यवरो नाम मैत्रेयस्य सुतः स्मृतः
These are the descendants of the sage, belonging to his line, and the Bhārgavas who took up kṣatriya duties; and the king Caidyavara, remembered as the son of Maitreya.
अथ चैद्यवराद्विद्वान् सुदासस्तस्य चात्मजः अजमीढः पुनर्जातः क्षीणे वंशे तु सोमकः
From Caidyavara came the learned Sudāsa, his son; and Ajamīḍha was born again, and when the line declined, Somaka.
सोमकस्य सुतो जन्तुर् हते तस्मिञ्छतं बभौ पुत्राणामजमीढस्य सोमकस्य महात्मनः
Somaka's son was Jantu; when he was slain, a hundred sons of the great-souled Ajamīḍha and Somaka flourished.
महिषी त्व् अजमीढस्य धूमिनी पुत्रवर्धिनी पुत्राभावे तपस्तेपे शतं वर्षाणि दुश्चरम्
The queen of Ajamīḍha, Dhūminī, who longed for a son, undertook severe austerities for one hundred years in the absence of a child.
हुत्वाग्निं विधिवत्सम्यक् पवित्रीकृतभोजना अग्निहोत्रक्रमेणैव सा सुष्वाप महाव्रता
Having properly offered oblations into the fire according to prescribed rites, and purified her food, she, steadfast in her great vow, slept in accordance with the agnihotra procedure.