{"collection":"Hinduism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/hin/rama/ry071.htm","path":"hin/rama/ry071.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/hin/rama/ry071.htm","text":"Then to the saint supremely wise\n King Janak spoke in suppliant guise:\n 'Deign, Hermit, with attentive ear,\n Mv race's origin to hear.\n When kings a daughter's hand bestow,\n 'Tis right their line and fame to show.\n There was a king whose deeds and worth\n Spread wide his name through heaven and earth,\n \n \n \n Nimi, most virtuous e'en from youth,\n The best of all who love the truth,\n His son and heir was Mithi, and\n His Janak, first who ruled this land.\n He left a son Ud\u00e1vasu,\n Blest with all virtues, good and true.\n His son was Nandivardhan, dear\n For pious heart and worth sincere.\n His son Suketu, hero brave,\n To Devar\u00e1t, existence gave.\n King Devar\u00e1t, a royal sage,\n For virtue, glory of the age,\n Begot Vrihadratha; and he\n Begot, his worthy heir to be,\n The splendid hero Mah\u00e1bir\n Who long in glory governed here.\n His son was Sudhriti, a youth\n Firm in his purpose, brave in sooth,\n His son was Dhristaketu, blest\n With pious will and holy breast.\n The fame of royal saint he won:\n Haryas'va was his princely son.\n Haryas'va's son was Maru, who\n Begot Prat\u00edndhak, wise and true.\n Next K\u00edrtiratha held the throne,\n His son, for gentle virtues known.\n Then followed Devamidha, then\n Vibudh, Mah\u00e1ndhrak, kings of men.\n Mah\u00e1ndhrak's son, of boundless might,\n Was K\u00edrtir\u00e1t, who loved the right.\n He passed away, a sainted king,\n And Mah\u00e1rom\u00e1 following\n To Swarnarom\u00e1 left the state.\n Then Hras'varom\u00e1, good and great,\n Succeeded, and to him a pair\n Of sons his royal consort bare,\n Elder of these I boast to be:\n Brave Kus'adhwaj is next to me. \u00a01b\n Me then, the elder of the twain,\n My sire anointed here to reign.\n He bade me tend my brother well,\n Then to the forest went to dwell.\n He sought the heavens, and I sustained\n The burden as by law ordained,\n And noble Kus'adhwaj, the peer\n Of Gods, I ever held most dear.\n Then came S\u00e1nk\u00e1s'y\u00e1's mighty lord,\n Sudhanv\u00e1, threatening siege and sword,\n And bade me swift on him bestow\n S'iva's incomparable bow,\n \n \n \n And S\u00edt\u00e1 of the lotus eyes:\n But I refused each peerless prize.\n Then, host to host, we met the foes,\n And fierce the din of battle rose,\n Sudhanv\u00e1, foremost of his band,\n Fell smitten by my single hand.\n When thus S\u00e1nk\u00e1s'y\u00e1's lord was slain,\n I sanctified, as laws ordain,\n My brother in his stead to reign,\n Thus are we brothers, Saint most high\n The younger he, the elder I.\n Now, mighty Sage, my spirit joys\n To give these maidens to the boys.\n Let S\u00edt\u00e1 be to R\u00e1ma tied.\n And Urmil\u00e1 be Lakshman's bride.\n First give, O King, the gift of cows,\n As dowry of each royal spouse,\n Due offerings to the spirits pay,\n And solemnize the wedding-day.\n The moon tonight, O royal Sage,\n In Magh\u00e1's\u00a01 House takes harbourage;\n On the third night his rays benign\n In second Ph\u00e1lguni\u00a02 will shine:\n Be that the day, with prosperous fate,\n The nuptial rites to celebrate.'\n \n \n \u00a0 \n \n \n \n82:1 This is another fanciful derivation, Sa--with, and gara--poison.\n82:2 Purush\u00e1dak means a cannibal. First called Kalm\u00e1shap\u00e1da on account of his spotted feet he is said to have been turned into a cannibal for killing the son of Vas'ishtha.\n82:1b 'In the setting forth of these royal genealogies the Bengal recension varies but slightly from the Northern. The first six names of the genealogy of the Kings of Ayodhy\u00e1 are partly theogonical and partly cosmogonical; the other names are no doubt in accordance with tradition and deserve the same amount of credence as the ancient traditional genealogies of other nations.' GORRESIO.","title":"BOOK I: Canto LXXI.: Janak's Pedigree.","type":"page"}