| Puruvansh
Puru, the youngest son of Yayati gave rise to the mighty Puruvansh which ruled the land. Janmejay was the one who appeared from Puru. Prachinvan was his son and from him was there Pravir after whom Manusyu appeared; it was of him that Charupad appeared. The son appearing from him was Sudyu who had a son named Bahugav of whom was born Samyati who had a son named Ahamyati. The memorable Raudrashva was his son. He, with an Apsara girl Ghritachi, had ten sons: Riteyu, Kaksheyu, Sthandileyu, Kriteyuka, Jaleyu, Sannateyu, Dharmeyu, Satyeyu, Vrateyu and Vaneyu as the youngest. From Riteyu appeared a son named Rantinav and his three sons, a ruler of man, were Sumati, Dhruv and Apratirath. Kanva was Apratirath's son. Of him there was Medhatithi of whom there were Prashkann and others who were all twice-born souls. From Sumati there was Rebhi whose son is the known Dushyant. Once, Dushyant went hunting and arrived at the hermitage of sage Kanva. When he came there saw he a woman sitting who shone in her own beauty like the goddess of fortune. The maiden was Shakuntala, and both of them fell in love with each other and decided to marry there and then in a Gandharv marriage. After due time, Shakuntala then gave birth to a mighty son Bharat. Kanva Muni executed in the forest the prescribed ceremonies for the son who as a child was remembered to capture a lion by force and play with it. After his father passed away, his son and he became an emperor of great fame and glory celebrated as a partial representation of the Lord on this earth. With the mark of the Chakra on his right hand and the mark of the lotus-whorl on his soles, was he of worship with a great ceremony and was he promoted to the position of the topmost ruler and master over everything. In the Mashnar sacrifice where Bhrigu rishi was the priest, he gave in charity fourteen lakhs of fine black elephants with the whitest tusks, complete with golden ornaments. Just like it is for certain impossible to seize the heavenly planets by the strength of one's arms, it is neither possible to parallel the exalted activities of Bharat, nor will any of the human rulers after him ever be able to attain such a thing. He became a world-monarch and this part of the continent has since ever been called Bhaarat in his honour. All such barbarian rulers of man against the Brahminical culture as the Kirats [Africans], the northern tribes [Huns], the Yavans [Greeks] the Paundras [the wild men of south Bihar and Bengal] and the Kanks, the Khasas [the Mongolians] and the Shakas he killed conquering all directions. The great king had three wives, daughters of Vidarbha. After he performed a Marut-stoma sacrifice to beget sons, the Maruts themselves presented him a valiant son Bharadvaj. From Vitatha [Bharadvaj], was born a son Manyu, and from him, there were Brihatkshatra, Jay, Mahavirya, Nar and Garg. #Of them, Nar had Sankriti, and Sankriti had Guru and the extremely generous Rantidev; the glories of whom are sung in this world and the next. #From Garg, there was Shini, from whom came Grgya, of whom despite of his Kshatriya birth, a whole line of Brahmins originated. #From Mahavirya there was Duritakshay whose sons were named Trayaruni, Kavi and Pushkararuni. They all achieved the position of Brahmins. #Hasti became Brihatkshatra's son who founded the city of Hastinapur. Ajamidh, Dvimidh and Purumidh were the sons of Hasti. Ajamidh's descendants were headed by Priyamedh, while Purumidh was without a son. -Yavinar born of Dvimidh had Kritiman for his son and his son well known is Satyadhriti whose son Dridhanemi was the father of Suparshva. Suparshva had Sumati whose son Sannatiman had one called Kriti, who from Lord Brahma got the mystic power to teach the six Prcyasma Samhit's [Saam-ved verses]. Of him came Np, of whom Udgrayudh was born. His son was Kshemya, of whom came Suvir. From Suvir was there Ripun'jay. The one from him was named Bahurath. -From Ajamdh there was a son Brihadishu, his son was Brihaddhanu, Brihatkaya came thereafter and his son was Jayadrath. His son was Vishad of whom Syenajit was born and his sons were Rucirshva, Dridhahanu, Kshya and Vatsa. Rucirashva's son was Pr, from him was Prithusen and then Nip. He begot Brahmadatt, a yogi who from his wife Sarasvati had Vishvaksen. By the instruction of rishi Jaigishavya he wrote a description of yoga. He had a son Udaksen and from him there was Bhallath. -Of Ajamidh from the wife Nalini, was born Neel who then had Shanti as his son. Shanti's son Sushanti had Puruj, Ark was his son and from him generated Bharmyashva who had five sons with Mudgal as the eldest, Yavinar, Brihadvishva, Kampil and San'jay. He prayed to them: 'My sons, if you're really capable, then care for all the different states'. Thus received they the name of Panchls [Of the Five States]. From Mudgal was there a line consisting of Brahmins known as Maudgalyas. Two non-identical twins, one male and one female were born to Mudgal. The male was called Divodas and the female was Ahalya. From Divodas was Mitryu born and his sons, were Chyavan, Sudas, Sahadev and Somak. Somak was the father of Jantu. Of him, there were a hundred sons, and the youngest of them was Prishat. From him was Drupad born, who conducted a massive fire-sacrifice and obtained the beautiful daughter Draupadi [the wife of the Pandavs]. His sons were led by Dhrishthadyumna of whom there was Dhrishtaketu. Of Ahalya's marriage with Gautam rishi was Shatanand born. Of him there was a son Satyadhriti, and of Sharadvan, his son, were, simply by seeing Urvashi, of his semen falling on a clump of shar grass, a male and a female child born. During a hunt, King Shantanu saw the twins whom he out of compassion took with him, naming the boy Krip and the girl Kripi. She later became Dronacharya's wife. Kuruvansh -Riksha was another son born from Ajamidh. His son Samvaran begot in his wife Tapti, the daughter of Sun-God Surya, the mighty Kuru, who found the city of Kurukshetra. After growing up, Kuru mastered all the four Vedas and other scriptures within a very short period. At the raw age of 24, he became a scholar. When he attained marriageable age, he was married to Saudamini- the daughter of Sudama. Later on, he was appointed as the successor by his father, Samvaran. After becoming the king, Kuru ruled his subjects in a just manner but very soon he got bored of his monotonous life. He knew that only those kings became immortal who accomplished amazing feats. He decided to do something for which people would remember him. With the objective of making his name immortal, he went to the most sacred place called Samantpanchak and decided to cultivate the eight virtues of Tapa, Satya, Kshama, Daya, Shauch, Daan, Yuga and Brahmacharya on its barren land. He started ploughing a piece of land with a golden plough, which was pulled by Lord Shankar's bull Nandi, and Yamaraj's buffalo Paundrak. While he was busy ploughing the field, Indra approached him and asked suspiciously as to what he was trying to cultivate. When Kuru revealed his intentions, Indra made fun of him and went back. But Kuru continued to cultivate the land. In a very short time, he had already cultivated the land measuring 7 kosas. Pleased by his perseverance, Lord Vishnu Himself arrived and asked the same question. Kuru told him that all these eight virtues were present in his own body and it would not be a difficult task to cultivate these things. He then offered his own body in a sacrifice to the Lord! Lord Vishnu was pleased with his devotion and asked him to demand anything. Kuru replied- "All the area cultivated by me should become famous as a sacred pilgrimage. All the devotees who visit or die at this sacred pilgrimage must attain salvation. This place should be known by my name." This is how the most sacred place of pilgrimage- Kurukshetra came into existence. Parikshi, Sudhanu, Jahnu and Nishadh were Kuru's sons. # From Sudhanu was Suhotra born and from him came Chyavan of whom there was Kriti. Of him there was the famous Uparichar Vasu. His sons headed by Brihadrath were Kushamb, Matsya, Pratyagra, Chedip and others. They all became rulers of the state of Chedi. From Brihadrath was Kushagra born. Of his son Rishabh was Satyahit born who as his offspring had Pushpvn whose son was Jahu. Brihadrath being with also a second wife had a son who was born in two parts! The demoness Jara playfully united the two parts of the baby saying: 'Come alive, come alive', so that a son called Jarsandh was born [who later became an enemy of Lord Krishna]. From him was then Sahadev born of whose son Somapi there was Shrutashrava. # Parikshi [another son of Kuru] had no children while of Jahnu one was born named Surath. From him there was Vidurath of whom Sarvabhaum was born. He had Jayasen and from his son Radhik was Ayutayu born. From him then there was Akrodhan who had a son named Devtithi of whom Riksh was born who had a son called Dilip and of him there was the son Prateep. Of him there were the sons Devapi, Shantanu and Vahlik. Vahlik generated Somdatt and from him were Bhuri, Bhurishrava and Shal. Devapi the eldest rejected kingship and left for the forest so that Shantanu became the king. Shantanu, in his previous life had been the celebrated Mahabhish; whomever he touched with his hands attained youth however old that person would be. Because one indeed primarily by the touch of his hands could get the youth of pleasure, he was known as Shantanu. When Indra, for twelve years had not sent down rain in his kingdom, Shantanu was advised by the wise Brahmins: 'Give immediately, for the elevation of your stronghold and kingdom, the realm back to your elder brother.' Thus advised, Shantanu asked Devapi to take charge of the kingdom. But Devpi had no desire to rule, and gave back the right to reign. When that was said, the demigod showered the rains. Devapi later sought his refuge in the village of Kalp taking up the practice of yoga. The Som-dynasty lost in Kali-yug will [by him] at the beginning of the next Satya-yuga be re-established! Shantanu begot in his wife Ganga the self-realized great devotee and scholar Bhishm, the best of all defenders of the dharma. He also begot from his second wife Satyavati, the daughter of Das [a fisherman] two sons Chitrangad and Vichitravirya. Satyavati, previous to her marriage to Shantanu had by the mercy of sage Parashar incarnated an expansion of the Lord who was a great muni protecting the Veda's: Krishna Dvaipayan Vyas. Chitrangad was killed by a Gandharv of the same name. Vichitravirya, the younger son, married two daughters of Kashiraj, Ambika and Ambalika. But he soon died of tuberculosis. There being no offspring, Vyasdev begot Dhritrashtra and Pandu [with Ambika and Ambalika] and Vidur [with maidservant Vinita]. From his wife Gandhara were of Dhritrashthra a hundred sons born, of whom Duryodhan and Dushasan were the eldest, as well as one daughter called Duhsala. Pandu because of a curse had to restrain his sexual life, and so the great Pandav heroes, took birth by means of a mantra given to Kunti, by the sage Durvasa. The three Yuddhishthir, Bheem and Arjun were begotten by Dharma, Indra and Vayu [not mentioning Karna from Surya]. Nakul and Sahdev were in the womb of Madri begotten by the two Ashvins [Nasatya and Dasra]. From these five brothers came [with Draupadi] five sons into this world: Yudhishthhir had Prativindhya, Bheem had Shrutsen, from Arjun came Shrutakirti and of Nakul there was Shatanik. Sahdev had Shrutkarma. There indeed were also other sons: from Yudhishthhir was there with Pauravi a son Devak, Bheem had Ghathotkach with Hidimba and Sarvagat with Kali. Likewise had Sahdeva with Vijaya, the daughter of the Himalayan king, Suhotra born from him. Nakul had with Renumati a son named Narmitra. Arjun had the son Iravan from the womb of Ulup [a Naag-daughter] and the son Babhruvahan with the princess of Manipur Chitrangada, who was adopted by the father -in-law. From Subhadra [Krishna's sister] was born Abhimanyu who was a great hero who defeated all Atiratha's ['those who can oppose a thousand charioteers'] and died gloriously in the Mahabharat War. His son was Parikshit, who took birth from Uttara. With the annihilation of the Kuru-dynasty, Ashvatthama, the son of Dron, tried to put him also to death with the heat of the Brahmastra-weapon, but by the mercy of Lord Krishna, he was saved. All the sons of Parikshit, beginning with Janmejay first, Shrutsen, Bheemsen and Ugrasen - were of great power. The eldest son, knowing that his father had died from the bite of Takshak, the king of the snakes, organized and offered in a fire sacrifice almost all the snakes of the world. Shatanik, his son, with Yajn'avalkya thoroughly studied the three Vedas, realized the military art from Kripacharya and with Shaunak achieved the transcendental. Sahasranik his son, had Ashvamedhaj, and from him was Asimakrishna who had a son Nemichakra. With Hastinapur flooded by the river, Nemichakra duly lived at Kaushambi, whereafter from his son called Chitrarath there was the son Shuciratha. From him was born Vrishthiman from whom was Sushen, an emperor born. His son Sunt had one called Nrichakshu and from him was Sukhinal. Pariplav was his son and from Sunay after him was Medhavi; from him there was Nripan'jay, who had Durva and by him Timi took birth. Of Timi, was born Brihadrath of whom Sudas had the son Shatanik. Shatanik had a son named Durdaman and his son was Mahinar. Dandpani, from him, had Nimi from whom Kshemak took birth. With Kshemak closing the row as the monarch there was an end to this dynasty, this source of Brahmins and Kshatriyas respected by the seers and the godly in Kali-yuga. The aftermath of the terrible Mahabharat War, was so mammoth that for a few centuries to come, history came to a standstill. This phase of Indian history would be stagnant until the coming of the Lord again in the form of Buddha, the Enlightened One. Next in the future, will be the kings of Magadh. Other sons of Yayati
1). Turvasu [Yayati's second son] had the son Vahni. Vahni had next Bharg who begot Bhanuman. Tribhanu, his son, had also one: the magnanimous Karandham. His son was Marut; he, sonless, adopted a Paurav [Dushmant] as his son. Dushmant desirous for the throne, turned back to his clan [the Purus]. 2). Of Druhyu [Yayati's third son] there was a son Babhru who next begot Setu. Arabdha born from him had Gandhar and of him there was Dharma. He had Dhrita, and of Dhrita there was Durmad of whom the son Praceta had a hundred sons. They as kings accepted the jurisdiction over the northern direction, the uncivilized areas of Mlecchadesh. 3). Of Anu [the fourth son of Yayati] were there the three sons Sabhanar, Chakshu and Pareshnu. From Sabhanar thereafter came Kalanar and a son of him called Srin'jay. Of Janmejay [after him] there was a son Mahshl who had Mahamana. Ushinar and Titikshu were the two sons of Mahamana. Shibi, Vara, Krimi and Daksh were the four born from Ushinar. Vrishadarbh, Sudhir, Madra and the self-realized Kekaya were four sons born from Shibi. Of Titikshu there was one called Rushadratha from whom there was Hom who begot Sutapa. Bali was Sutapa's son. Headed by Anga, Vanga and Kalinga were Suhma, Pundra and Odra known as being born from Dirghatma in the wife of the great conqueror Bali. It were their names that were given to the six states they created in the East [of India]. From Anga came Khalpan into existence and from him appeared thereafter Divirath. From Dharmarath, his son, was Chitrarath born, celebrated as Rompad. Rompad had no son and thus gave to his friend Dashrath, Shanta, his own daughter [to be adopted], who then married Rishyashringa a hermit who lived in the forest. On behalf of the king, Rishyashringa established a Marutvan [son-giving] sacrifice so that Dashrath [as the father-in-law] was delivered a child. And so did Rompad, sonless, indeed achieve offspring; he got Chaturanga who then had Prithulaksh for his son. Brihadrath, Brihatkarma and Brihadbhanu were his sons. From the eldest [Brihadratha] was there Brihanmana and from him was there the one celebrated as Jayadrath. Vijay with him born from Sambhuti had thereafter Dhriti and from him took Dhritavrat his birth, of whom came Satkarma who had Adhirath. He, bathing at the bank of the Ganges found in a basket the baby that was abandoned by Kunt because it was born before she was married. Being sonless he adopted it as his son [Karna]. Vrishasen was Karna's son.
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