कुशाग्रस्यात्मजश्चैव वृषभो नाम वीर्यवान् वृषभस्य तु दायादः पुण्यवान्नाम पार्थिवः
Kuśāgra’s own son was Vṛṣabha, mighty in strength; Vṛṣabha’s heir was Puṇyavān, a virtuous king.
पुण्यः पुण्यवतश्चैव राजा सत्यधृतिस्ततः दायादस्तस्य धनुषस् तस्मात्सर्वश्च जज्ञिवान्
Puṇya, son of Puṇyavān, was king Satyadhṛti; his heir was Dhanu, and from him Sarva was born.
सर्वस्य सम्भवः पुत्रस् तस्माद्राजा बृहद्रथः द्वे तस्य शकले जाते जरया संधितश् च सः
Sarva’s son was Sambhava, and from him king Bṛhadratha; two fragments of him were born, joined together by Jarā.
जरया संधितो यस्माज् जरासंधस्ततः स्मृतः जेता सर्वस्य क्षत्रस्य जरासंधो महाबलः
Because he was joined by Jarā, he is known as Jarāsaṃdha; Jarāsaṃdha, of great strength, conquered all the kṣatriyas.
जरासंधस्य पुत्रस्तु सहदेवः प्रतापवान् सहदेवात्मजः श्रीमान् सोमवित् स महातपाः
Jarāsaṃdha’s son was Sahadeva, renowned for his prowess; Sahadeva’s son was the illustrious Somavit, a great ascetic.
श्रुतश्रवास्तु सोमादेर् मागधाः परिकीर्तिताः जह्नुस्त्वजनयत्पुत्रं सुरथं नाम भूमिपम्
From Somavit’s line, the Māgadhas are celebrated; Jahnu begot a son named Suratha, a ruler of the earth.
सुरथस्य तु दायादो वीरो राजा विदूरथः विदूरथसुतश्चापि सार्वभौम इति स्मृतः
Suratha's heir was the valiant king Viduratha; and Viduratha's son was known as Sarvabhauma.
सार्वभौमाज्जयत्सेनो रुचिरस्तस्य चात्मजः रुचिरात्तु ततो भौमस् त्वरितायुस्ततो ऽभवत्
From Sarvabhauma came Jayatsena, and Rucira was his son; from Rucira was born Bhauma, and then Tvaritayu.
अक्रोधनस् त्व् आयुसुतस् तस्माद्देवातिथिः स्मृतः देवातिथेस्तु दायादो दक्ष एव बभूव ह
Akrodhana was the son of Ayus, and from him came Devatithi; Devatithi's heir was Daksha.
भीमसेनस्ततो दक्षाद् दिलीपस् तस्य चात्मजः दिलीपस्य प्रतीपस्तु तस्य पुत्रास् त्रयः स्मृताः
From Daksha came Bhimasena, and Dilipa was his son; Pratipa was the son of Dilipa, and he is remembered as having three sons.
देवापिः शंतनुश्चैव वाह्लीकश्चैव ते त्रयः वाह्लीकस्य तु दायादाः सप्त वाह्लीश्वरा नृपाः देवापिस्तु ह्य् अपध्यातः प्रजाभिरभवन्मुनिः
Devapi, Shantanu, and Vahlika—these three were his sons; Vahlika's heirs were seven kings of Vahli; but Devapi, being rejected by the people, became a sage.
प्रजाभिस्तु किमर्थं वै ह्य् अपध्यातो जनेश्वरः को दोषो राजपुत्रस्य प्रजाभिः समुदाहृतः
For what reason, indeed, was this lord of men rejected by the people? What fault of the prince was spoken of by the people?
किलासीद्राजपुत्रस्तु कुष्ठी तं नाभ्यपूजयन् कार्यं चैव तु देवानां क्षत्रं प्रति द्विजोत्तमाः भविष्यं कीर्तयिष्यामि शंतनोस्तु निबोधत
The prince was afflicted with leprosy, so they did not honor him; and, O best of Brahmins, I will tell you what is destined for the Kshatriya line and the gods. Now listen to the story of Shantanu.
शंतनुस्त्वभवद्राजा विद्वान्स वै महाभिषक् इदं चोदाहरन्त्यत्र श्लोकं प्रति महाभिषक्
Shantanu became king, learned and a great healer; and regarding this great healer, this verse is recited.
यं यं कराभ्यां स्पृशति जीर्णं रोगिणमेव च पुनर्युवा च भवति तस्मात्तं शंतनुं विदुः
Whoever he touched with his hands, whether aged or ill, would become young again; therefore, he was known as Shantanu.
तत्तस्य शंतनुत्वं हि प्रजाभिरिह कीर्त्यते ततो ऽवृणुत भार्यार्थं शंतनुर्जाह्नवीं नृप
This quality of Shantanu is indeed praised among the people; then Shantanu, desiring a wife, chose Jahnavi.
तस्यां देवव्रतं नाम कुमारं जनयद्विभुः काली विचित्रवीर्यं तु दाशेयी जनयत्सुतम्
By her, the illustrious son named Devavrata was born; and Kali bore a son named Vichitravirya to Dashini.
शंतनोर्दयितं पुत्रं शान्तात्मानमकल्मषम् कृष्णद्वैपायनो नाम क्षेत्रे वैचित्रविर्यके
To Shantanu was born a beloved son, pure in mind and free from sin, named Krishna Dvaipayana, in the field of Vichitravirya.
धृतराष्ट्रं च पाण्डुं च विदुरं चाप्यजीजनत् धृतराष्ट्रस्तु गान्धार्यां पुत्रानजनयच्छतम्
He begot Dhritarashtra, Pandu, and Vidura; and Dhritarashtra begot a hundred sons by Gandhari.
तेषां दुर्योधनः श्रेष्ठः सर्वक्षत्रस्य वै प्रभुः माद्री कुन्ती तथा चैव पाण्डोर्भार्ये बभूवतुः
Among them, Duryodhana was the foremost, lord of all the Kshatriyas; Madri and Kunti were Pandu's wives.
देवदत्ताः सुताः पञ्च पाण्डोरर्थे ऽभिजज्ञिरे धर्माद्युधिष्ठिरो जज्ञे मारुताच्च वृकोदरः
To Pandu, five sons were born by divine means: Yudhishthira from Dharma, Bhimasena from the Wind-god,
इन्द्राद्धनंजयश्चैव इन्द्रतुल्यपराक्रमः नकुलं सहदेवं च माद्र्यश्विभ्यामजीजनत्
Dhananjaya from Indra, equal in valor to Indra; and Nakula and Sahadeva were born to Madri from the Ashvins.
पञ्चैते पाण्डवेभ्यस्तु द्रौपद्यां जज्ञिरे सुताः द्रौपद्यजनयच्छ्रेष्ठं प्रतिविन्ध्यं युधिष्ठिरात्
From these five Pandavas, sons were born to Draupadi; Draupadi bore the excellent Prativindhya to Yudhishthira.
श्रुतसेनं भीमसेनाच् छ्रुतकीर्तिं धनंजयात् चतुर्थं श्रुतकर्माणं सहदेवाद् अजायत
She bore Shrutasena from Bhimasena, Shrutakirti from Dhananjaya, and the fourth, Shrutakarma, from Sahadeva.
नकुलाच्च शतानीकं द्रौपदेयाः प्रकीर्तिताः तेभ्यो ऽपरे पाण्डवेयाः षडेवान्ये महारथाः
From Nakula came Śatānīka; the sons of Draupadī are also renowned. Besides them, there are six other great chariot-warriors among the sons of the Pāṇḍavas.
हैडम्बो भीमसेनात्तु पुत्रो जज्ञे घटोत्कचः काशी बलधराद्भीमाज् जज्ञे वै सर्वगं सुतम्
From Bhīmasena and the Hiḍimbā woman was born the son Ghaṭotkaca; from Bhīma and Kāśī, the daughter of Baladhara, was born a son named Sarvaga.
सुहोत्रं तनयं माद्री सहदेवादसूयत करेणुमत्यां चैद्यायां निरमित्रस्तु नाकुलिः
Mādrī bore the son Suhotra from Sahadeva; and from Nakula was born Niramitra by Kareṇumatī, the princess of Cedi.
सुभद्रायां रथी पार्थाद् अभिमन्युरजायत यौधेयं देवकी चैव पुत्रं जज्ञे युधिष्ठिरात्
From Arjuna and Subhadrā was born the warrior Abhimanyu; and Devakī bore a son named Yaudheya from Yudhiṣṭhira.
अभिमन्योः परीक्षित्तु पुत्रः परपुरजयः जनमेजयः परीक्षितः पुत्रः परमधार्मिकः
From Abhimanyu was born Parīkṣit, the conqueror of enemy cities; Janamejaya, son of Parīkṣit, was supremely righteous.
ब्रह्माणं कल्पयामास स वै वाजसनेयकम् स वैशम्पायनेनैव शप्तः किल महर्षिणा
He appointed the priest Vājasaneyaka as his Brahmin; but that Vājasaneyaka was cursed by the great sage Vaiśampāyana.