Vayu Purana

अजमीढस्य पुत्रास्तु शभाः शुभकुलोद्वहाः। तपसोऽन्ते सुमहतो राज्ञो वृद्धस्य धार्मिकाः ।। ३७.

The sons of Ajamidha were Shabha, illustrious upholders of a noble lineage; at the end of great austerity, they were righteous kings.

भरद्वाजप्रसादेन श्रृणुध्वं तस्य विस्तरम्। अज मीढस्य केशिन्यां कण्ठः समभवत्किल ।। ३७.

By the grace of Bharadvaja, listen to their lineage in detail: In Kesini, Ajamidha begot Kantha.

मेधातिथिः सुतस्तस्य तस्मात् कण्ठायना द्विजाः। अजमीढस्य धूमिन्यां जज्ञे बृहद्वसुर्नृपः ।। ३७.

His son was Medhatithi; from him came the Kanthayana Brahmins. In Dhūmini, Ajamidha begot King Brihadvasu.

बृहद्वसोर्बृहद्विष्णुः पुत्रस्तस्य महाबलः। बृहत्कर्मा सुतस्तस्य पुत्रस्तस्य बृहद्रथः ।। ३७.

Brihadvasu's son was Brihadvishnu, of great strength; his son was Brihatkarma, and Brihadratha was his son.

विश्वजित्तनयस्तस्य सेनजित्तस्य चात्मजः। अथ सेनजितः पुत्राश्चत्वारो लोकविश्रुताः ।। ३७.

His son was Vishvajit, and Senajit was his son; then Senajit had four sons, renowned throughout the world.

रुचिराश्वश्च काव्यश्च रामो दृढधनुस्तथा। वत्सश्चावन्तको राजा यस्य ते परिवत्सराः ।। ३७.

Rucirashva, Kavya, Rama of firm bow, and Vatsa, King Avantaka; these are called the Parivatsaras.

रुचिराश्वस्य दायादः पृथुषेणो महायशाः। पृथुषेणस्य पारस्तु पारान्नीपोऽथ जज्ञिवान् ।। ३७.

Rucirashva's heir was Prithushena, of great fame; Prithushena's son was Para, and from Para was born Nipa.

यस्य चैकशतञ्चासीत् पुत्राणामिति नः श्रुतम्। नीपा इति समाख्याता राजानः सर्व एव ते ।। ३७.

It is heard that he had one hundred sons; all those kings were known as the Nipas.

तेषां वंशकरः श्रीमान् राजासीत्कीर्त्तिवर्द्धनः। काम्पिल्ये समरो नाम स चेष्टसमरोऽभवत् ।। ३७.

Among them, the illustrious king who founded the lineage was Kirtivardhana; in Kampilya, there was a king named Samara, who became known as Cheshta Samara.

समरस्य परः पारः सत्वदश्च इति त्रयः। पुत्राः सर्वगुणोपेताः पारपुत्रो वृषुर्बभौ ।। ३७.

Samara's sons were Para, Satvada, and another, three in all, endowed with every virtue; Para's son was Vrisha.

वृषोस्तु सुकृतिर्नाम सुकृतेनेह कर्मणा। जज्ञे सर्वगुणोपेतो विब्राजस्तस्य चात्मजः ।। ३७.

Vrisha's son was Sukriti, who, by virtuous deeds, begot Vibraja, endowed with all qualities.

विभ्राजस्य तु दायादस्त्वणुहो नाम पार्थिवः। बभूव शुकजामाता ऋचीभर्त्ता महायशाः ।। ३७.

Vibraja's heir was Anuha, a king; he became the son-in-law of Shuka and the father of Rishi, of great fame.

अणुहस्य तु दायादो ब्रह्मदत्तो महातपाः। योगसूनुः सुतस्तस्य विष्वक्सेनोऽभवनृपः ।। ३७.

Anuha's heir was Brahmadatta, of great austerity; his son was Yogasunu, and Vishvaksena became king.

विब्राजपुत्रा राजानः कुकृतेनेह कर्म्मणा। विष्वक्सेनस्य पुत्रस्तु उदक्सेनो बभूव ह ।। ३७.

The radiant sons became kings here through wrongful deeds; and Viṣvaksena's son was indeed named Udaksena.

भल्लाटस्तस्य दायादो येन राजा पुराहतः। भल्लाटस्य तु दायादो राजासीज्जनमेजयः। उग्रायुधेन तस्यार्थे सर्वे नीपाः प्रणाशिताः ।। ३७.

Bhallāta was his heir, by whom the king was formerly slain; and Bhallāta's heir was the king Janamejaya. For his sake, by Ugrāyudha, all the kings were destroyed.

उग्रायुधः कस्य सुतः कस्मिन् वंशे च कीर्त्यते। किमर्थञ्चैव नीपास्ते तेन सर्वे प्रणाशिताः ।। ३७.

Of whom was Ugrāyudha the son, and in which lineage is he renowned? And for what reason were all those kings destroyed by him?

द्विमीढस्य तु दायादो विद्वान् जज्ञे यवीनरः। धृतिमांस्तस्य पुत्रस्तु तस्य सत्यधृतिः सुतः ।। ३७.

The learned Yavīnara was the heir of Dvimīḍha; his son was steadfast, and his son was Satyadhṛti.

अथ सत्यधृतेः पुत्रो दृढनेमिः प्रतापवान् । दृढनेमिसुतश्चापि सुवर्मा नाम पार्थिवः ।। ३७.

Then Satyadhṛti's son was the mighty Dṛḍhanemi; and Dṛḍhanemi's son was the king named Suvarmā.

आसीत्सुवर्म्मणः पुत्रः सार्वभौमः प्रतापवान्। सार्वभौम इति ख्यातः पृथिव्यामेकराड्बभौ ।। ३७.

Suvarmā had a son named Sārvabhauma, powerful and renowned; known as Sārvabhauma, he became the sole sovereign of the earth.

तस्यान्वये च महति महत्पौरवनन्दनः। महत्पौरवपुत्रस्तु राजा रुक्मरथः स्मृतः ।। ३७.

In his great lineage was born the illustrious son of Paurava; and the son of Mahatpaurava was the king known as Rukmaratha.

अथ रुक्मरथस्यापि सुपार्श्वो नाम पार्थिवः। सुपार्श्वतनयश्चापि सुमतिर्नाम धार्मिकः ।। ३७.

Then Rukmaratha's son was the king named Supārśva; and Supārśva's son was the righteous Sumati.

सुमतेरपि धर्म्मात्मा राजा सन्नतिमान् प्रभुः। तस्यासीत्सनतिर्नाम कृतस्तस्य सुतोऽभवत् ।। ३७.

From Sumati, too, was born the virtuous and humble king Sanati; his son was named Kṛta.

शिष्यो हिरण्यनाभेस्तु कौथुमस्य महात्मनः। चतुर्विंशतिधा तेन प्रोक्तास्ताः सामसंहिताः ।। ३७.

He was a disciple of the great-souled Kauthuma Hiraṇyanābha; by him, the Sāma Saṃhitās were taught in twenty-four branches.

स्मृतास्ते प्राच्यनामानः कार्त्ताः साम्नान्तु सामगाः । कार्तिरुग्रायुधः सोऽथ वीरः पौरवनन्दनः ।। ३७.

They are remembered as the Eastern recensions, composed by the singers of Sāman; and Kārti Ugrāyudha was that heroic descendant of Paurava.

बभूव येन विक्रम्य पृषतस्य पितामहः। नीलो नाम महाबाहुः पञ्चालाधिपतिर्हतः ।। ३७.

By whom, having displayed valor, the ancestor of Pṛṣata was slain; the mighty-armed Nīla, lord of the Pañcālas, was killed.

उग्रायुधस्य दायादः क्षेमो नाम महायशाः। क्षेमात्सु वीरः संजज्ञे सुवीरस्य नृपञ्जयः। नृपञ्जयाद्वीररथो इत्येते पौरवाः स्मृताः ।। ३७.

Ugrāyudha's heir was the illustrious Kṣema; from Kṣema was born the hero Suvīra, and from Suvīra, Nṛpañjaya; from Nṛpañjaya, Vīraratha—these are remembered as the Pauravas.

अजमीढस्य नीलिन्यां नीलः समभवन्नृपः। नीलस्य तपसोग्रेण सुशान्तिरभ्यजायत ।। ३७.

From Ajamīḍha and Nīlinī was born the king Nīla; by his intense austerity, Suśānti was born.

पुरुजानुः सुशान्तेस्तु रिक्षस्तु पुरुजानुजः। ततस्तु रिक्षदायादा भेदाश्च तनयास्त्विमे ।। ३७.

Purujānu was the son of Suśānti, and Rikṣa was the son of Purujānu; then, from Rikṣa, these sons and their branches arose.

मुद्गलः सृञ्जयश्चैव राजा बृहदिषुस्तथा । यवीयांश्चापि विक्रान्तः कम्पिल्यश्चैव पञ्चमः ।। ३७.

Mudgala, Sṛñjaya, and the king Bṛhadiṣu, as well as the valiant younger Yavīyān, and Kampilya as the fifth.