यावद्देवापिर्न पतनादिभिर् दोषैरभिभूयते तावदेतत्तस्यार्हं राज्यम् ॥ ४,२०.
As long as Devapi is not overcome by faults such as falling from virtue, this kingdom rightly belongs to him.
तदलमेतेन तु तस्मै दीयतामित्युक्ते तस्यं मन्त्रिप्रवरेणाश्मराविणा तत्रारण्ये तपस्विनो वेदवादविरोधवक्तारः प्रयुक्ताः ॥ ४,२०.
When it was said, 'Enough of this, let it be given to him,' the chief minister Ashmaravin sent ascetics in the forest who spoke in accordance with the Vedic doctrine.
तैरस्याप्यतिऋजुमतेर्महीपतिपुत्रस्य बुद्धिर्वेदवादविरोधमार्गानुसारिण्यक्रियत ॥ ४,२०.
By them, even the mind of the prince, son of the king, who was very upright, was made to follow the path opposed to the Vedic doctrine.
राजा च शन्तनुर्द्विजवचनोत्पन्नपरिदेवनशोकस्तान् ब्राह्मणानग्रतः कृत्वाग्रजस्य प्रदानायारण्यं जगाम ॥ ४,२०.
King Shantanu, distressed by the words of the Brahmins and by sorrow, placed those Brahmins before him and went to the forest to offer the kingdom to his elder brother.
तदाश्रममुपगताश्च तमवनतमवनीपतिपुत्रं देवापिमुपतस्थुः ॥ ४,२०.
When they reached the hermitage, the gods approached Devapi, the bowed son of the king.
ते ब्राह्मणा वेदवादानुबन्धीनि वचांसि राज्यमग्रजेन कर्तव्यमित्यर्थवन्ति तमूचुः ॥ ४,२०.
Those Brahmins, speaking words connected to the Vedic doctrine, told him, 'The kingdom should be ruled by the elder brother.'
असावपि देवापिर्वेदवादविरोधयुक्तिदूषितमनेकप्रकारं तानाह ॥ ४,२०.
Devapi, however, replied to them in many ways, refuting their arguments with reasoning opposed to the Vedic doctrine.
ततस्ते ब्राह्मणाः शन्तनुमूचुः ॥ ४,२०.
Then those Brahmins spoke to Shantanu.
आगच्छ हे राजन्नलमत्रातिनिर्बधेन प्रशान्त एवासावना वृष्टिदोषः पतितोयमनादिकालमभिहितवेदवचनदूषणोच्चरणात् ॥ ४,२०.
Come, O King, enough of this delay; the fault of drought has now ceased, having fallen for an endless time due to the utterance of words opposed to the Vedic doctrine.
पतिते चाग्रजे नैव ते परिवेतृत्वं भवतीत्युक्तः शन्तनुःस्वपुरमागम्य राज्यमकरोत् ॥ ४,२०.
When the elder brother has fallen, you do not become the successor, they said; Shantanu returned to his city and ruled the kingdom.
वेदवादविरोधवचनोच्चारणदूषिते च तस्मिन्देवापौ तिष्ठत्यपि ज्येष्ठभ्रातर्यखिलसस्यनिष्पत्तये ववर्ष भगवान्पर्जन्यः ॥ ४,२०.
Even though Devapi remained, having uttered words opposed to the Vedic doctrine, the Lord Parjanya rained for the fulfillment of all.
बाह्लीकात्सोमदत्तः पुत्रोऽभूत् ॥ ४,२०.
Somadatta was born as the son of Bahlika.
सोमदत्तस्यापि भूरिभूरिश्रवशल्यसंज्ञास्त्रयः पुत्रा बभूवुः ॥ ४,२०.
Somadatta had three sons: Bhuri, Bhurishravas, and Shalya.
शन्तनोरप्यमरनद्यां जाह्नव्यामुदारकीर्तिरशेषशास्त्रर्थविद्भीष्मः पुत्रोऽभूत् ॥ ४,२०.
Bhishma, renowned and learned in all scriptures, was born to Shantanu in the immortal river Jahnavi.
सत्यवत्यां च चित्राङ्गदविचित्रवीर्यौ द्वौ पुत्रावुत्पादयामास शन्तनुः ॥ ४,२०.
Shantanu also begot two sons, Chitrangada and Vichitravirya, on Satyavati.
चित्राङ्गदस्तु बाल एव चित्राङ्गदेनैव गन्धर्वोणाहवे निहतः ॥ ४,२०.
Chitrangada, while still a boy, was killed in battle by the Gandharva named Chitrangada.
विचित्रवीर्योऽपि काशीराजतनये अंबांवालिके उपयेमे ॥ ४,२०.
Vichitravirya married Ambā and Vālika, daughters of the king of Kashi.
तदुपभोगातिखेदाच्च यक्ष्मणा गृहीतः स पञ्चत्वमगमत् ॥ ४,२०.
Due to excessive enjoyment and distress, he was seized by consumption and attained death.
सत्यवतीनियोगाच्च मत्पुत्रः कृष्णद्वैपायनो मातुर्वचनमनतिक्रमणीयमिति कृत्वा विचित्रवीर्यक्षेत्रे धृतराष्ट्रपाण्डुतत्प्रहितभुजिष्यायां विदुरं चोत्पादयामास ॥ ४,२०.
By Satyavati's command, my son Krishna Dvaipayana, considering his mother's word as inviolable, begot Vidura in the field of Vichitravirya, through the maid sent by Dhritarashtra and Pandu.
धतराष्ट्रोपि गान्धार्यां दुर्योधनदुः शासनप्रधानं पुत्रशतमुत्पादयामास ॥ ४,२०.
Dhritarashtra, too, begot a hundred sons, with Duryodhana and Duhshasana as the foremost, upon Gandhari.
पाण्ढोरप्यरण्ये मृगयायामृषिशापोपहतप्रजाजननसामर्थ्यस्य धर्मवायुशक्रैर्युधिष्ठिरभीमसेनार्जुनाः कुन्त्यां नकुलसहदेवौ चाश्विभ्यां माद्रयां पञ्चपुत्राःसमुत्पादिताः ॥ ४,२०.
Pandu, while hunting in the forest, was rendered incapable of producing offspring by a sage's curse; thus, through Dharma, Vayu, and Indra, Yudhishthira, Bhimasena, and Arjuna were born to Kunti, and Nakula and Sahadeva, through the Ashvins, were born to Madri—five sons in all.
तेषां च द्रौपद्यां पञ्चैव बभूवुः ॥ ४,२०.
All five of them had Draupadi as their wife.
युधिष्ठिरात्प्रतिविन्ध्यः भीमसेनाच्छुतसेनः श्रुतकीर्तिरर्जुनाच्छुतानीको नकुलाच्छुतकर्मा सहदेवात् ॥ ४,२०.
From Yudhishthira came Prativindhya; from Bhimasena, Shrutasena; from Arjuna, Shrutakirti; from Nakula, Shatakarma; and from Sahadeva, Shrutakarma.
काशी च भीमसेनादेव सर्वगं सुतमवाप ॥ ४,२०.
Kashi, too, received a son named Sarvaga from Bhimasena.
यौधेयी युधिष्छिराद्देवकं पुत्रमवाप ॥ ४,२०.
Yaudheyi bore a son named Devaka from Yudhishthira.
हिडिंबा घटोत्कचं भीमसेनात्पुत्रं लेभे ॥ ४,२०.
Hidimba obtained Ghatotkacha as a son from Bhimasena.
काशी च भीमसेनादेव सर्वगं सुतमवाप ॥ ४,२०.
Kashi, too, received a son named Sarvaga from Bhimasena.
सहदेवाच्च विजयी कुहोत्रं पुत्रमवाप ॥ ४,२०.
From Sahadeva, Vijayī bore a son named Kuhotra.
रेणुमत्यां च नकुलोपि निरमित्रमजीजनत् ॥ ४,२०.
Nakula, too, begot a son named Niramitra upon Renumati.
अर्जुनस्याप्युलूप्यां नागकन्यायामिरावान्नाम पुत्रोऽभवत् ॥ ४,२०.
Arjuna also had a son named Iravan by Ulupi, the serpent maiden.