Agni Purana — Chapter 272
AgP 272.1
इत्यग्नेये महपुरणे दानादिमाहत्म्यं नामैक सप्तत्यधिकद्विशततमो ऽध्यायः छप्तेर् {२७२} :श् अथ द्विसप्तत्यधिकद्विशततमो ऽध्यायः सूर्यवंशकीर्तनं अग्निर् उवाच सूर्यवंशं सोमवंशं रज्ञां वंशं वदमि ते हरेर्ब्रह्मा पद्मगो ऽभून्मरीचिर्ब्रह्मणः सुतः
ityagneye mahapuraṇe dānādimāhatmyaṃ nāmaika saptatyadhikadviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ chapter {272} :ś atha dvisaptatyadhikadviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ sūryavaṃśakīrtanaṃ agnir uvāca sūryavaṃśaṃ somavaṃśaṃ rajñāṃ vaṃśaṃ vadami te harerbrahmā padmago 'bhūnmarīcirbrahmaṇaḥ sutaḥ
Thus in the Āgneya Mahāpurāṇa the chapter called 'The Greatness of Giving and the Rest', the two hundred and seventy-first. Chapter 272: Now the two hundred and seventy-second chapter, the recital of the solar dynasty. Agni said: I shall tell you the solar line, the lunar line, the line of kings. From Hari came Brahmā seated on the lotus; Marīci was Brahmā's son.
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AgP 272.2
मरीचेः कश्यपस्तस्माद्विवस्वांस्तस्य पत्न्यपि संज्ञा राज्ञी(१) प्रभा तिस्रो राज्ञी रैवतपुत्रिका
marīceḥ kaśyapastasmādvivasvāṃstasya patnyapi saṃjñā rājñī(1) prabhā tisro rājñī raivataputrikā
From Marīci (came) Kaśyapa, from him Vivasvat; and his wives too were three: Saṃjñā, Rājñī, and Prabhā — Rājñī being the daughter of Revata.
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AgP 272.3
रेवन्तं सुषुवे पुत्रं प्रभातञ्च प्रभा रवेः त्वाष्ट्री संज्ञा मनुं पुत्रं यमलौ यमुनां यमम्
revantaṃ suṣuve putraṃ prabhātañca prabhā raveḥ tvāṣṭrī saṃjñā manuṃ putraṃ yamalau yamunāṃ yamam
Prabhā bore to the Sun a son Revanta, and Prabhāta; and Saṃjñā, the daughter of Tvaṣṭṛ, (bore) a son Manu, and the twins Yamunā and Yama.
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AgP 272.4
छाया संज्ञा च सावर्णिं मनुं वैवस्वतं सुतम् शनिञ्च तपतीं विष्टिं संज्ञायाञ्चाश्विनौ पुनः
chāyā saṃjñā ca sāvarṇiṃ manuṃ vaivasvataṃ sutam śaniñca tapatīṃ viṣṭiṃ saṃjñāyāñcāśvinau punaḥ
And Chāyā, (also called) Saṃjñā, (bore) Sāvarṇi Manu, the son Vaivasvata, and Śani, and Tapatī, and Viṣṭi; and again the two Aśvins upon Saṃjñā.
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AgP 272.5
मनोर्वैवस्वतस्यासन् पुत्रा वै न च तत्समाः इक्ष्वाकुश् चैव नाभागो धृष्टःशर्यातिरेव च
manorvaivasvatasyāsan putrā vai na ca tatsamāḥ ikṣvākuś caiva nābhāgo dhṛṣṭaḥśaryātireva ca
Vaivasvata Manu had sons, and none was equal to him: Ikṣvāku, and Nābhāga, Dhṛṣṭa, and Śaryāti,
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AgP 272.6
नरिष्यन्तस् तथा प्रांशुर्नाभागादिष्टसत्तमाः करुषश् च पृषध्रश् च अयोध्यायां महाबलाः
nariṣyantas tathā prāṃśurnābhāgādiṣṭasattamāḥ karuṣaś ca pṛṣadhraś ca ayodhyāyāṃ mahābalāḥ
likewise Nariṣyanta and Prāṃśu, Nābhāga(?) and Diṣṭa, the excellent ones, and Karuṣa and Pṛṣadhra — men of great strength in Ayodhyā.
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AgP 272.7
कन्येला च मनोरासीद्बुधात्तस्यां पुरूरवाः पुरूरवसमुच्पाद्य सेला सुद्युम्नताङ्गता
kanyelā ca manorāsīdbudhāttasyāṃ purūravāḥ purūravasamucpādya selā sudyumnatāṅgatā
And Manu had a daughter, Ilā; on her Purūravas (was begotten) by Budha. Having brought forth Purūravas, Ilā went to the state of being Sudyumna.
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AgP 272.8
:न् १ अत्र छायेतिपाठो युक्तः :प् ८ सुद्युम्नादुत्कलगयौ विनताश्वस्त्रयो नृपाः उत्कलस्योत्कलं राष्ट्रं विनताश्वस्य पश्चिमा
:n 1 atra chāyetipāṭho yuktaḥ :p 8 sudyumnādutkalagayau vinatāśvastrayo nṛpāḥ utkalasyotkalaṃ rāṣṭraṃ vinatāśvasya paścimā
[Note 1: here the reading 'chāyā' is the proper one.] From Sudyumna (came) Utkala, Gaya and Vinatāśva, three kings. Utkala's realm was Utkala; Vinatāśva's was the western
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AgP 272.9
दिक् सर्वा राजवर्यस्य गयस्य तु गयापुरी वशिष्ठवाक्यात् सुद्युम्नः प्रतिष्ठानमवाप ह
dik sarvā rājavaryasya gayasya tu gayāpurī vaśiṣṭhavākyāt sudyumnaḥ pratiṣṭhānamavāpa ha
quarter — the whole of it — belonging to that best of kings; but Gaya's was the city of Gayā. By the word of Vasiṣṭha, Sudyumna obtained Pratiṣṭhāna.
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AgP 272.10
तत् पुरूरवसे प्रादात्सुद्युम्नो राज्यमाप्य तु नरिष्यतः शकाः पुत्रा नाभागस्य च वैष्णवः
tat purūravase prādātsudyumno rājyamāpya tu nariṣyataḥ śakāḥ putrā nābhāgasya ca vaiṣṇavaḥ
And Sudyumna, having obtained the kingdom, gave it to Purūravas. The sons of Nariṣyanta were the Śakas, and Nābhāga's (son) was the Viṣṇu-devotee
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AgP 272.11
अम्बरीषः प्रजापालो धार्ष्टकं धृष्टतः कुलम् सुकल्पानर्तौ शर्यार्तेर्वैरोह्यानर्ततो नृपः
ambarīṣaḥ prajāpālo dhārṣṭakaṃ dhṛṣṭataḥ kulam sukalpānartau śaryārtervairohyānartato nṛpaḥ
Ambarīṣa, protector of the people. From Dhṛṣṭa (came) the Dhārṣṭaka family; from Śaryāti, Sukalpa and Ānarta; from Ānarta, the king Vairohya(?).
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AgP 272.12
आनर्तविषयश्चासीत् पुरी चासीत् कुशस्थली रेवस्य रैवतः पुत्रः ककुद्मी नाम धार्मिकः
ānartaviṣayaścāsīt purī cāsīt kuśasthalī revasya raivataḥ putraḥ kakudmī nāma dhārmikaḥ
And there was the country of Ānarta, and the city was Kuśasthalī. Reva's son was Raivata, righteous, named Kakudmin,
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AgP 272.13
ज्येष्ठः पुत्रशतस्यासीद्राज्यं प्राप्य कुशस्थलीम् स कन्यासहितः श्रुत्वा गान्धर्वं ब्रह्मणो ऽन्तिके
jyeṣṭhaḥ putraśatasyāsīdrājyaṃ prāpya kuśasthalīm sa kanyāsahitaḥ śrutvā gāndharvaṃ brahmaṇo 'ntike
the eldest of a hundred sons. Having obtained the kingdom, Kuśasthalī — he, together with his daughter, listened to gandharva music in the presence of Brahmā.
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AgP 272.14
मुहूर्तभूतं देवस्य मर्त्ये बहुयुगं गतम् आजगाम जवेनाथ स्वां पुरीं यादवैर् वृताम्
muhūrtabhūtaṃ devasya martye bahuyugaṃ gatam ājagāma javenātha svāṃ purīṃ yādavair vṛtām
What was a moment for the god had passed as many yugas in the mortal world; then he came in haste to his own city, which was occupied by the Yādavas,
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AgP 272.15
कृतां द्वारवतीं नाम बहुद्वारां मनोरमाम् भोजवृष्ण्यन्धकैर् गुप्तां(?) वासुदेवपुरोगमैः
kṛtāṃ dvāravatīṃ nāma bahudvārāṃ manoramām bhojavṛṣṇyandhakair guptāṃ(?) vāsudevapurogamaiḥ
(the city) that had been built, named Dvāravatī, with many gates, delightful, guarded by the Bhojas, Vṛṣṇis and Andhakas with Vāsudeva at their head.
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AgP 272.16
रेवतीं बलदेवाय ददौ ज्ञात्वा ह्य् अनिन्दिताम् तपः सुमेरुशिखरे तप्त्वा विष्ण्वालयं गतः
revatīṃ baladevāya dadau jñātvā hy aninditām tapaḥ sumeruśikhare taptvā viṣṇvālayaṃ gataḥ
He gave Revatī to Baladeva, knowing her to be blameless; and having performed austerities on the peak of Sumeru he went to the abode of Viṣṇu.
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AgP 272.17
नाभागस्य च पुत्रौ द्वौ वैश्यौ ब्राह्मणतां गतौ करूषस्य तु कारूषाः क्षत्रिया युद्धदुर्मदाः
nābhāgasya ca putrau dvau vaiśyau brāhmaṇatāṃ gatau karūṣasya tu kārūṣāḥ kṣatriyā yuddhadurmadāḥ
And Nābhāga's two sons, though vaiśyas, attained brahmin-hood; but from Karūṣa (came) the Kārūṣas, kṣatriyas frenzied in battle.
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AgP 272.18
शूद्रत्वञ्च पृषध्रो ऽगाद्धिंसयित्वा गुरोश् च गाम् मनुपुत्रादथेक्षाकोर्विकुक्षिर्देवराडभूत्
śūdratvañca pṛṣadhro 'gāddhiṃsayitvā guroś ca gām manuputrādathekṣākorvikukṣirdevarāḍabhūt
And Pṛṣadhra went to śūdra-hood, having killed his teacher's cow. Then from Manu's son Ikṣvāku, Vikukṣi became Devarāj.
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AgP 272.19
विकुक्षेस्तु ककुत्स्थो ऽभूत्तस्य पुत्रः सुयोधनः :प् ९ तस्य पुत्रः पृथुर् नाम विश्वगश्वः पृथोः सुतः
vikukṣestu kakutstho 'bhūttasya putraḥ suyodhanaḥ :p 9 tasya putraḥ pṛthur nāma viśvagaśvaḥ pṛthoḥ sutaḥ
From Vikukṣi came Kakutstha; his son was Suyodhana; his son was named Pṛthu; Viśvagaśva was Pṛthu's son.
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AgP 272.20
आयुस्तस्य च पुत्रो ऽभूद्युवनाश्वस् तथा सुतः युवनाश्वाच्च श्रावन्तः पूर्वे श्रावन्तिका पुरी
āyustasya ca putro 'bhūdyuvanāśvas tathā sutaḥ yuvanāśvācca śrāvantaḥ pūrve śrāvantikā purī
And Āyus was his son, and Yuvanāśva likewise a son; and from Yuvanāśva (came) Śrāvanta — of old the city was Śrāvantikā.
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AgP 272.21
श्रावन्ताद् वृहदश्वो ऽभूत् कुबलाश्वस्ततो नृपः धुन्धुमारत्वमगमद्धुन्धोर् नाम्ना च वै पुरा
śrāvantād vṛhadaśvo 'bhūt kubalāśvastato nṛpaḥ dhundhumāratvamagamaddhundhor nāmnā ca vai purā
From Śrāvanta came Bṛhadaśva, and after him king Kuvalāśva; and he formerly acquired the title Dhundhumāra from the name of Dhundhu.
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AgP 272.22
धुन्धुमारास्त्रयो भूपा दृढाश्वो दण्ड एव च कपिलो ऽथ दृढाश्वात्तु हर्यश्वश् च प्रमोदकः
dhundhumārāstrayo bhūpā dṛḍhāśvo daṇḍa eva ca kapilo 'tha dṛḍhāśvāttu haryaśvaś ca pramodakaḥ
There were three Dhundhumāra kings: Dṛḍhāśva, and Daṇḍa, and Kapila; and from Dṛḍhāśva (came) Haryaśva and Pramodaka.
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AgP 272.23
हर्यश्वाच्च निकुम्भो ऽभूत् संहताश्वो निकुम्भतः अकृशाश्वो रणाश्वश् च संहताश्वसुतावुभौ
haryaśvācca nikumbho 'bhūt saṃhatāśvo nikumbhataḥ akṛśāśvo raṇāśvaś ca saṃhatāśvasutāvubhau
And from Haryaśva came Nikumbha, from Nikumbha Saṃhatāśva; Akṛśāśva and Raṇāśva were both sons of Saṃhatāśva.
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AgP 272.24
युवनाश्वो रणाश्वस्य मान्धाता युवनाश्वतः मान्धातुः पुरुकुत्सो ऽभून्मुचुकुन्दो द्वितीयकः
yuvanāśvo raṇāśvasya māndhātā yuvanāśvataḥ māndhātuḥ purukutso 'bhūnmucukundo dvitīyakaḥ
Yuvanāśva was Raṇāśva's (son), Māndhātā came from Yuvanāśva; Māndhātā's (son) was Purukutsa, and Mucukunda the second.
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AgP 272.25
पुरुकुत्सादसस्युश् च सम्भूतो नर्मदाभवः सम्भूतस्य सुधन्वाभूत्त्रिधन्वाथ सुधन्वनः
purukutsādasasyuś ca sambhūto narmadābhavaḥ sambhūtasya sudhanvābhūttridhanvātha sudhanvanaḥ
And from Purukutsa (came) Asasyu, and Sambhūta born of Narmadā; Sambhūta's (son) was Sudhanvan, and then Tridhanvan from Sudhanvan.
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AgP 272.26
त्रिधन्वनस्तु तरुणस्तस्य सत्यव्रतः सुतः सत्यव्रतात्सत्यरथो हरिश् चन्द्रश् च तत्सुतः
tridhanvanastu taruṇastasya satyavrataḥ sutaḥ satyavratātsatyaratho hariś candraś ca tatsutaḥ
From Tridhanvan came Taruṇa, and his son was Satyavrata; from Satyavrata Satyaratha, and Hariścandra was his son.
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AgP 272.27
हरिश् चन्द्राद्रोहिताश्वो रोहिताश्वाद्वृको ऽभवत् वृकाद्वाहुश् च वाहोश् च सगरस्तस्य च प्रिया
hariś candrādrohitāśvo rohitāśvādvṛko 'bhavat vṛkādvāhuś ca vāhoś ca sagarastasya ca priyā
From Hariścandra came Rohitāśva, from Rohitāśva Vṛka was born; from Vṛka Bāhu, and from Bāhu Sagara; and his dear wife (was ...)
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AgP 272.28
प्रभा षष्टिसहस्राणां सुतानां जननी ह्य् अभूत् तुष्टादौर्वान्नृपादेकं भानुमत्यसमञ्जसम्
prabhā ṣaṣṭisahasrāṇāṃ sutānāṃ jananī hy abhūt tuṣṭādaurvānnṛpādekaṃ bhānumatyasamañjasam
Prabhā was indeed the mother of sixty thousand sons; and from the pleased Aurva the king (obtained) one alone, Asamañjas, from Bhānumatī.
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AgP 272.29
खनन्तः पृथिवीं दग्धा विष्णुना(१) बहुसागराः असमञ्जसो ऽंश्रुमांश् च दिलीपो ऽंशुमतो ऽभवत्
khanantaḥ pṛthivīṃ dagdhā viṣṇunā(1) bahusāgarāḥ asamañjaso 'ṃśrumāṃś ca dilīpo 'ṃśumato 'bhavat
Digging up the earth, the many oceanic (sons) were burnt by Viṣṇu; and Aṃśumān was Asamañjas's (son), and Dilīpa came from Aṃśumān.
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AgP 272.30
भगीरथो दिलीपात्तु येन गङ्गावतारिता :न् १ मुनिनेति ज॥ :प् १० भगीरथात्तु नाभागो नाभागादम्बरीषकः
bhagīratho dilīpāttu yena gaṅgāvatāritā :n 1 munineti ja.. :p 10 bhagīrathāttu nābhāgo nābhāgādambarīṣakaḥ
But from Dilīpa (came) Bhagīratha, by whom the Gaṅgā was brought down; and from Bhagīratha Nābhāga, from Nābhāga Ambarīṣa.
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AgP 272.31
सिन्धुद्वीपो ऽम्बरीषात्तु श्रुतायुस्तत्सुतः स्मृतः श्रुतायोरृतपर्णो ऽभूत्तस्य कल्माषपादकः
sindhudvīpo 'mbarīṣāttu śrutāyustatsutaḥ smṛtaḥ śrutāyorṛtaparṇo 'bhūttasya kalmāṣapādakaḥ
From Ambarīṣa (came) Sindhudvīpa, and Śrutāyus is recorded as his son; from Śrutāyus came Ṛtaparṇa, and his (son) was Kalmāṣapāda.
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AgP 272.32
कल्माषाङ्घ्रेः सर्वकर्मा(१) ह्य् अनरण्यस्ततो ऽभवत् अनरण्यात्तु निघ्नो ऽथ अनमित्रस्ततो रघुः
kalmāṣāṅghreḥ sarvakarmā(1) hy anaraṇyastato 'bhavat anaraṇyāttu nighno 'tha anamitrastato raghuḥ
From Kalmāṣāṅghri (came) Sarvakarmā, and from him came Anaraṇya; and from Anaraṇya Nighna, then Anamitra, and from him Raghu.
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AgP 272.33
रघोरभुद्दिलीपस्तु दिलीपाच्चाप्यजो नृपः दीर्घवाहुरजात् कालस्त्वजापालस्ततो ऽभवत्
raghorabhuddilīpastu dilīpāccāpyajo nṛpaḥ dīrghavāhurajāt kālastvajāpālastato 'bhavat
From Raghu came Dilīpa, and from Dilīpa king Aja; Dīrghabāhu came from Aja, then Kāla, and after him Ajapāla.
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AgP 272.34
तथ दशरथो जातस्तस्य पुत्रचतुष्टयम् नारायणात्मकाः सर्वे रामस्तस्याग्रजो ऽभवत्
tatha daśaratho jātastasya putracatuṣṭayam nārāyaṇātmakāḥ sarve rāmastasyāgrajo 'bhavat
Then Daśaratha was born; he had a set of four sons, all of them of the nature of Nārāyaṇa, and Rāma was his eldest.
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AgP 272.35
रावणान्तकरो राजा ह्य् अयोध्यायां रघूत्तमः वाल्मीकिर्यस्य चरितं चक्रे तन्नारदश्रवात्
rāvaṇāntakaro rājā hy ayodhyāyāṃ raghūttamaḥ vālmīkiryasya caritaṃ cakre tannāradaśravāt
(He was) the king who made an end of Rāvaṇa, the best of the Raghus, in Ayodhyā; Vālmīki composed his deeds, having heard that from Nārada.
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AgP 272.36
रामपुत्रौ कुशलवौ सीतायां कुलवर्धनौ अतिथिश् च कुशाज्जज्ञे निषधस्तस्य चात्मजः
rāmaputrau kuśalavau sītāyāṃ kulavardhanau atithiś ca kuśājjajñe niṣadhastasya cātmajaḥ
Rāma's two sons, Kuśa and Lava, (born) of Sītā, increasers of the line; and Atithi was born from Kuśa, and Niṣadha was his son.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 272.37
निषधात्तु नलो जज्ञे नभो ऽजायत वै नलात् नभसः पुण्डरीको ऽभूत् सुधन्वा च ततो ऽभवत्
niṣadhāttu nalo jajñe nabho 'jāyata vai nalāt nabhasaḥ puṇḍarīko 'bhūt sudhanvā ca tato 'bhavat
From Niṣadha Nala was born, and from Nala Nabha was born; from Nabha came Puṇḍarīka, and from him came Sudhanvā.
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AgP 272.38
सुधन्वनो देवानीको ह्य् अहीनाश्वश् च तत्सुतः अहीनाश्वात् सहस्राश्वश् चन्द्रालोकस्ततो ऽभवत्
sudhanvano devānīko hy ahīnāśvaś ca tatsutaḥ ahīnāśvāt sahasrāśvaś candrālokastato 'bhavat
Of Sudhanvā (the son was) Devānīka, and Ahīnāśva was his son; from Ahīnāśva (came) Sahasrāśva, and from him came Candrāloka.
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AgP 272.39
चन्द्रावलोकतस्तारापीडो ऽस्माच्चन्द्रपर्वतः चन्द्रगिरेर्भानुरथः श्रुतायुस्तस्य चात्मजः इक्ष्वाकुवंशप्रभवाः सूर्यवंशधराः स्मृताः
candrāvalokatastārāpīḍo 'smāccandraparvataḥ candragirerbhānurathaḥ śrutāyustasya cātmajaḥ ikṣvākuvaṃśaprabhavāḥ sūryavaṃśadharāḥ smṛtāḥ
From Candrāvaloka (came) Tārāpīḍa, and from him Candraparvata; from Candragiri (came) Bhānuratha, and Śrutāyus was his son. Those sprung from the lineage of Ikṣvāku are known as the bearers of the Solar dynasty.
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