{"collection":"Hinduism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/hin/vp/vp107.htm","path":"hin/vp/vp107.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/hin/vp/vp107.htm","text":"The Vishnu Purana, translated by Horace Hayman Wilson, [1840]\nDescendants of \u015aini, of Anamitra, of \u015awaphalka and Chitraka, of Andhaka. The children of Devaka and Ugrasena. The descendants of Bhajam\u00e1na. Children of \u015a\u00fara: his son Vasudeva: his daughter Prith\u00e1 married to P\u00e1\u0144d\u0301u: her children Yudhisht\u0301hira and his brothers; also Kar\u0144a by \u00c1ditya. The sons of P\u00e1\u0144d\u0301u by M\u00e1dr\u00ed. Husbands and children of \u015a\u00fara's other daughters. Previous births of \u015ai\u015bup\u00e1la.\nTHE younger brother of Anamitra was \u015aini; his son was Satyaka; his son was Yuyudh\u00e1na, also known by the name of S\u00e1tyaki; his son was Asanga; his son was T\u00fani 1; his son was Yugandhara 2. These princes were termed \u015aaineyas.\nIn the family of Anamitra, Pri\u015bni was born; his son was \u015awaphalka 3, the sanctity of whose character has been described: the younger brother of \u015awaphalka was named Chitraka. \u015awaphalka had by G\u00e1ndin\u00ed, besides Akr\u00fara, Upamadgu, Mridura, \u015a\u00e1rimejaya, Giri, Kshatropakshatra, \u015aatrughna, Arimarddana, Dharmadhris, Dhrisht\u0301asarman, Gandhamoj\u00e1vaha, and Prativ\u00e1ha. He had also a daughter, Sut\u00e1r\u00e1 4.\nDevavat and Upadeva were the sons of Akr\u00fara. The sons of Chitrika were Prithu and Vipritha, and many others 5. Andhaka had four sons, Kukkura, Bhajam\u00e1na, \u015auchi 6, Kambalavarhish. The son of Kukkura was Vrisht\u0301a 7; his son was Kapotaroman; his son was Viloman 8;\nhis son was Bhava 9, who was also called Chandanodakadundubhi 10; he was a friend of the Gandharba Tumburu; his son was Abhijit; his son was Punarvasu; his son was \u00c1huka, and he had also a daughter named \u00c1huk\u00ed. The sons of \u00c1huka were Devaka and Ugrasena. The former had four sons, Devavat, Upadev\u00e1, Sudeva, and Devarakshita, and seven daughters, Vrikadev\u00e1, Upadev\u00e1, Devarakshit\u00e1, \u015ar\u00eddev\u00e1, \u015a\u00e1ntidev\u00e1, Sahadev\u00e1, and Devak\u00ed: all the daughters were married to Vasudeva. The sons of Ugrasena were Kansa, Nyagrodha, Sun\u00e1man, Kanka, \u015aanku, Subh\u00fami, R\u00e1sht\u0301rap\u00e1la, Yuddhamusht\u0301hi, and Tusht\u0301imat; and his daughters were Kans\u00e1, Kansavat\u00ed, Sutanu, R\u00e1sht\u0301rap\u00e1l\u00ed, and Kank\u00ed.\nThe son of Bhajam\u00e1na 11 was Vid\u00faratha; his son was \u015a\u00fara; his son was \u015aamin 12; his son was Prat\u00edkshatra 13; his son was Swayambhoja 14; his son was Hridika, who had Kritavarman, \u015aatadhanu, Devam\u00edd\u0301husha, and others 15. \u015a\u00fara, the son of Devam\u00edd\u0301husha 16, was married to M\u00e1rish\u00e1, and had by her ten sons. On the birth of Vasudeva, who was one of these sons, the gods, to whom the future is manifest, foresaw that the divine being would take a human form in his family, and thereupon they sounded with joy the drums of heaven: from this circumstance Vasudeva was also called \u00c1nakadunbubhi 17. His brothers were Devabh\u00e1ga, Deva\u015bravas, An\u00e1dhrisht\u0301i, Karundhaka, Vatsab\u00e1laka, \u015arinjaya,\n[paragraph continues] \u015ay\u00e1ma, \u015aam\u00edka, and Ga\u0144d\u0301\u00fasha; and his sisters were Prith\u00e1, \u015arutadev\u00e1, \u015arutak\u00edrtt\u00ed, \u015aruta\u015bravas, and R\u00e1j\u00e1dhidev\u00ed.\n\u015a\u00fara had a friend named Kuntibhoja, to whom, as he had no children, the presented in due form his daughter Pritha. She was married to Pa\u0144d\u0301u, and bore him Yudhisht\u0301hira, Bh\u00edma, and Arjuna, who were in fact the sons of the deities Dharma, V\u00e1yu (air), and Indra. Whilst she was yet unmarried, also, she had a son named Kar\u0144a, begotten by the divine \u00c1ditya (the sun). Pa\u0144d\u0301u had another wife, named M\u00e1dr\u00ed, who had by the twin sons of \u00c1ditya, N\u00e1satya and Dasra, two sons, Nakula and Sahadeva 18.\n\u015arutadev\u00e1 was married to the K\u00e1rusha prince Vriddha\u015barman, and bore him the fierce Asura Dantavaktra. Dhrisht\u0301aketu, raja of Kaikeya 19, married \u015arutak\u00edrtti, and had by her Santarddana and four other sons, known as the five Kaikeyas. Jayasena, king of Avanti, married R\u00e1j\u00e1dhidev\u00ed, and had Vinda and Anavinda. \u015aruta\u015bravas was wedded to Damaghosha, raja of Chedi, and bore him \u015ai\u015bup\u00e1la 20. This prince was in a former existence the unrighteous but valiant monarch of the Daityas, Hira\u0144yaka\u015bipu, who was killed by the divine guardian of creation (in the man-lion Avat\u00e1ra). He was next the ten-headed sovereign R\u00e1va\u0144a, whose unequalled prowess, strength, and power were overcome by the lord of the three worlds, R\u00e1ma. Having been killed by the deity in the form of R\u00e1ghava, he had long enjoyed the reward of his virtues in exemption from an embodied state, but had now received birth once more as \u015ai\u015bup\u00e1la, the son of Damaghosha, king of Chedi. In this character he renewed, with greater inveteracy than ever, his hostile hatred towards the god surnamed Pu\u0144d\u0301arik\u00e1ksha, a portion of the supreme being, who had descended to lighten the burdens of the earth; and was in consequence slain by him: but from the circumstance of his thoughts being constantly engrossed by the supreme being, \u015ai\u015bup\u00e1la was united with him after death; for the lord giveth to those to whom he is favourable whatever they desire, and he bestows a heavenly and exalted station even upon those whom he slays in his displeasure.\n435:1 Bh\u00fati: V\u00e1yu. Kuni: Bh\u00e1gavata. Dyumni: Matsya.\n435:2 The Agni makes these all brother's sons of Satyaka, and adds another, Rishabha, the father of \u015awaphalka.\n435:3 The authorities are not agreed here. \u015awaphalka, according to the Agni, as just remarked, comes from \u015aini, the son of Anamitra. The Bh\u00e1gavata, instead of Pri\u015bni, has Vrish\u0144i, son of Anamitra; the Br\u00e1hma and Hari V. have Vrish\u0144i; and the Agni, Prish\u0144i, son of Yudh\u00e1jit. The Matsya also makes Yudh\u00e1jit the ancestor of Akr\u00fara, through Rishabha and Jayanta. Yudh\u00e1jit in the Br\u00e1hma, &c. is the son of Krosht\u0301ri.\n435:4 The different authorities vary in the reading of these names, though they generally concur in the number.\n435:5 The Matsya and Padma call them sons of Akr\u00fara, but no doubt incorrectly.\n435:6 \u015aami: V\u00e1yu. \u015aa\u015bi: Matsya. \u015aini Agni. This last makes them the sons of Babhru, and calls the first Sundara.\n435:7 Vrish\u0144i: Bh\u00e1gavata, V\u00e1yu, Matsya, &c. Dhrisht\u0301a: Agni. Dhrish\u0144u: Br\u00e1hma, Hari V.\n435:8 The Bh\u00e1gavata puts Viloman first. The Linga makes it an epithet of Kapotaroman, saying he was Vilomaja, 'irregularly begotten.' In place of Viloman we have Raivata, V\u00e1yu; Taittiri, Matsya; Tittiri, Agni.\n436:9 Nava: Agni. Bala: Linga. Nala: Matsya. Tomas: K\u00farma. Anu: Bh\u00e1gavata.\n436:10 The Matsya, V\u00e1yu, and Agni agree with our text. The Linga, Padma, and K\u00farma read \u00c1nakadundubhi as a synonyme of Bala. The Br\u00e1hma and Hari V. have no such name, but here insert Punarvasu, son of Taittiri. The Bh\u00e1gavata has a different series, or Anu, Andhaka, Dundubhi, Arijit, Punarvasu, \u00c1huka.\n436:11 This Bhajam\u00e1na is the son of Andhaka, according to all the best authorities; so the Padma calls this branch the \u00c1ndhakas. The Agni makes him the son of Babhru.\n436:12 V\u00e1ta, Niv\u00e1ta, \u015aamin: V\u00e1yu.\n436:13 Son\u00e1\u015bwa: Matsya. Son\u00e1ksha: Padma. \u015aini: Bh\u00e1javata.\n436:14 Bhojaka: Agni. Bhoja: Padma.\n436:15 Ten sons: Matsya, &c.\n436:16 Dev\u00e1rha: V\u00e1yu, Padma, Agni, and Matsya; and a different series follows, or Kambalavarhish, Asamaujas, Samaujas, Sudanstra, Suva\u015ba, Dhrisht\u0301a, Anamitra, Nighna, Satr\u00e1jit. They all make Vasudeva the son of \u015a\u00fara, however; but the three first leave it doubtful whether that \u015a\u00fara was the son of Bhajam\u00e1na or not. The Bh\u00e1gavata and Br\u00e1hma agree with the text, which is probably correct. The Br\u00e1hma has \u015a\u00fara son of Devam\u00edd\u0301hush, although it does not specify the latter amongst the sons of Hridika.\n436:17 \u00c1naka a larger, and Dundubhi a smaller drum.\n437:18 The Mah\u00e1bh\u00e1rata is the best authority for these circumstances.\n437:19 The Padma calls him king of Kashmir.\n437:20 The Br\u00e1hma P. and Hari V. make \u015arutadev\u00e1 mother of \u015ai\u015bup\u00e1la, and Prithuk\u00edrtti of Dantavaktra.","title":"The Vishnu Purana: Book IV: Chapter XIV","type":"page"}