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Bhagavata Purana — Skandha 9 — Chapter 17

SB 9 17.1

श्रीबादरायणिरुवाच यः पुरूरवसः पुत्र आयुस्तस्याभवन् सुताः नहुषः क्षत्रवृद्धश्च रजी राभश्च वीर्यवान्

śrībādarāyaṇiruvāca yaḥ purūravasaḥ putra āyustasyābhavan sutāḥ nahuṣaḥ kṣatravṛddhaśca rajī rābhaśca vīryavān

Śrī Bādarāyaṇi said: Āyu, who was the son of Purūravas — his sons were Nahuṣa, Kṣatravṛddha, Rajī, and the valiant Rābha,

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SB 9 17.2

अनेना इति राजेन्द्र शृणु क्षत्रवृधो ऽन्वयम् क्षत्रवृद्धसुतस्यासन् सुहोत्रस्यात्मजास्त्रयः

anenā iti rājendra śṛṇu kṣatravṛdho 'nvayam kṣatravṛddhasutasyāsan suhotrasyātmajāstrayaḥ

and Anenā, O lord of kings. Hear the line of Kṣatravṛddha. Kṣatravṛddha's son was Suhotra, and he had three sons:

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SB 9 17.3

काश्यः कुशो गृत्समद इति गृत्समदादभूत् शुनकः शौनको यस्य बह्वृचप्रवरो मुनिः

kāśyaḥ kuśo gṛtsamada iti gṛtsamadādabhūt śunakaḥ śaunako yasya bahvṛcapravaro muniḥ

Kāśya, Kuśa and Gṛtsamada. From Gṛtsamada came Śunaka, whose son was Śaunaka, the sage foremost among the knowers of many hymns of the Ṛgveda.

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SB 9 17.4

काश्यस्य काशिस्तत्पुत्रो राष्ट्रो दीर्घतमःपिता धन्वन्तरिर्दीर्घतमस आयुर्वेदप्रवर्तकः

kāśyasya kāśistatputro rāṣṭro dīrghatamaḥpitā dhanvantarirdīrghatamasa āyurvedapravartakaḥ

Kāśya's son was Kāśi, his son Rāṣṭra, the father of Dīrghatama; from Dīrghatama came Dhanvantari, the promulgator of the science of medicine,

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SB 9 17.5

यज्ञभुग् वासुदेवांशः स्मृतमात्रार्तिनाशनः तत्पुत्रः केतुमान् अस्य जज्ञे भीमरथस्ततः

yajñabhug vāsudevāṃśaḥ smṛtamātrārtināśanaḥ tatputraḥ ketumān asya jajñe bhīmarathastataḥ

the enjoyer of the sacrificial offering, a portion of Vāsudeva, who destroys affliction by the mere remembrance (of him). His son was Ketumān; from him Bhīmaratha was born; from him,

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SB 9 17.6

दिवोदासो द्युमांस्तस्मात् प्रतर्दन इति स्मृतः स एव शत्रुजिद्वत्स ऋतध्वज इतीरितः तथा कुवलयाश्वेति प्रोक्तो ऽलर्कादयस्ततः

divodāso dyumāṃstasmāt pratardana iti smṛtaḥ sa eva śatrujidvatsa ṛtadhvaja itīritaḥ tathā kuvalayāśveti prokto 'larkādayastataḥ

Divodāsa; from him Dyumān, who is remembered as Pratardana. He is the same one called Śatrujit, Vatsa, and Ṛtadhvaja, and likewise Kuvalayāśva; from him came Alarka and the rest.

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SB 9 17.7

षष्टिं वर्षसहस्राणि षष्टिं वर्षशतानि च नालर्कादपरो राजन् बुभुजे मेदिनीं युवा

ṣaṣṭiṃ varṣasahasrāṇi ṣaṣṭiṃ varṣaśatāni ca nālarkādaparo rājan bubhuje medinīṃ yuvā

For sixty thousand years and sixty hundred years, O king, no one but Alarka enjoyed the earth as a young man.

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SB 9 17.8

अलर्कात् सन्ततिस्तस्मात् सुनीथो ऽथ निकेतनः धर्मकेतुः सुतस्तस्मात् सत्यकेतुरजायत

alarkāt santatistasmāt sunītho 'tha niketanaḥ dharmaketuḥ sutastasmāt satyaketurajāyata

From Alarka (came) Santati, from him Sunītha, then Niketana; from him the son Dharmaketu, and from him Satyaketu was born.

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SB 9 17.9

धृष्टकेतुस्ततस्तस्मात् सुकुमारः क्षितीश्वरः वीतिहोत्रो ऽस्य भर्गो ऽतो भार्गभूमिरभून् नृप

dhṛṣṭaketustatastasmāt sukumāraḥ kṣitīśvaraḥ vītihotro 'sya bhargo 'to bhārgabhūmirabhūn nṛpa

From him Dhṛṣṭaketu, and from him Sukumāra, lord of the earth; his (son) was Vītihotra, from him Bharga, and from him came Bhārgabhūmi, O king.

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SB 9 17.10

इतीमे काशयो भूपाः क्षत्रवृद्धान्वयायिनः राभस्य रभसः पुत्रो गम्भीरश्चाक्रियस्ततः

itīme kāśayo bhūpāḥ kṣatravṛddhānvayāyinaḥ rābhasya rabhasaḥ putro gambhīraścākriyastataḥ

Thus these are the kings of Kāśi, belonging to the line of Kṣatravṛddha. Rabhasa was the son of Rābha, and from him Gambhīra, and then Akriya.

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SB 9 17.11

तद्गोत्रं ब्रह्मविज् जज्ञे शृणु वंशमनेनसः शुद्धस्ततः शुचिस्तस्माच् चित्रकृद्धर्मसारथिः

tadgotraṃ brahmavij jajñe śṛṇu vaṃśamanenasaḥ śuddhastataḥ śucistasmāc citrakṛddharmasārathiḥ

In that lineage a knower of Brahman was born. Hear (now) the line of Anenas: from him Śuddha, from him Śuci, then Citrakṛt, (then) Dharmasārathi.

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SB 9 17.12

ततः शान्तरजो जज्ञे कृतकृत्यः स आत्मवान् रजेः पञ्चशतान्यासन् पुत्राणाममितौजसाम्

tataḥ śāntarajo jajñe kṛtakṛtyaḥ sa ātmavān rajeḥ pañcaśatānyāsan putrāṇāmamitaujasām

Then Śāntaraja was born, who had accomplished what was to be done and was self-possessed. Of Raji there were five hundred sons of immeasurable might.

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SB 9 17.13

देवैरभ्यर्थितो दैत्यान् हत्वेन्द्रायाददाद्दिवम् इन्द्रस्तस्मै पुनर्दत्त्वा गृहीत्वा चरणौ रजेः

devairabhyarthito daityān hatvendrāyādadāddivam indrastasmai punardattvā gṛhītvā caraṇau rajeḥ

Entreated by the gods, having slain the Daityas he gave heaven to Indra; and Indra, giving it back to him and clasping Raji's feet,

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SB 9 17.14

आत्मानमर्पयामास प्रह्रादाद्यरिशङ्कितः पितर्युपरते पुत्रा याचमानाय नो ददुः

ātmānamarpayāmāsa prahrādādyariśaṅkitaḥ pitaryuparate putrā yācamānāya no daduḥ

offered himself (to him), fearing enemies such as Prahlāda. When the father had passed away, the sons did not give (heaven back to Indra) though he begged for it,

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SB 9 17.15

त्रिविष्टपं महेन्द्राय यज्ञभागान् समाददुः गुरुणा हूयमाने ऽग्नौ बलभित् तनयान् रजेः

triviṣṭapaṃ mahendrāya yajñabhāgān samādaduḥ guruṇā hūyamāne 'gnau balabhit tanayān rajeḥ

nor did they hand over Triviṣṭapa (heaven) to Mahendra along with the sacrificial shares. While the guru was pouring oblations into the fire, Balabhit (Indra), the sons of Raji—

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SB 9 17.16

अवधीद्भ्रंशितान् मार्गान् न कश्चिदवशेषितः कुशात् प्रतिः क्षात्रवृद्धात् सञ्जयस्तत्सुतो जयः

avadhīdbhraṃśitān mārgān na kaścidavaśeṣitaḥ kuśāt pratiḥ kṣātravṛddhāt sañjayastatsuto jayaḥ

—he slew, they having been made to fall from the (right) path; not one was left over. From Kuśa (came) Prati; from Kṣātravṛddha, Sañjaya; his son was Jaya.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

SB 9 17.17

ततः कृतः कृतस्यापि जज्ञे हर्यबलो नृपः सहदेवस्ततो हीनो जयसेनस्तु तत्सुतः

tataḥ kṛtaḥ kṛtasyāpi jajñe haryabalo nṛpaḥ sahadevastato hīno jayasenastu tatsutaḥ

From him Kṛta; and of Kṛta was born king Haryabala; from him Sahadeva, from him Hīna, and Jayasena was his son.

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SB 9 17.18

सङ्कृतिस्तस्य च जयः क्षत्रधर्मा महारथः क्षत्रवृद्धान्वया भूपा इमे शृण्व् अथ नाहुषान्

saṅkṛtistasya ca jayaḥ kṣatradharmā mahārathaḥ kṣatravṛddhānvayā bhūpā ime śṛṇv atha nāhuṣān

His (son was) Saṅkṛti, and his, Jaya Kṣatradharmā, the great chariot-warrior. These are the kings of Kṣatravṛddha's line; now hear of the descendants of Nahuṣa.

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