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Sarga 70: Rama's Lineage

Rama Vamsha

The divine lineage and ancestry of Rama is narrated.

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Shloka 70.22Word-by-word available

तमिक्ष्वाकुमयोध्यायां राजानं विद्धि पूर्वकम्। इक्ष्वाकोस्तु सुतश्श्रीमान् कुक्षिरित्येव विश्रुत:

Meaning

'Know that Ikshvaku was the first king of Ayodhya; his son was the glorious Kukshi.'

Shloka 70.23Word-by-word available

कुक्षेरथात्मज: श्रीमान् विकुक्षिरुदपद्यत। विकुक्षेस्तु महातेजा बाण: पुत्र: प्रतापवान्

Meaning

'Kukshi's son was the prosperous Vikukshi, whose own son was the mighty and valiant Bana.'

Shloka 70.24Word-by-word available

बाणस्य तु महातेजा अनरण्य: प्रतापवान्। अनरण्यात्पृथुर्जज्ञे त्रिशङ्कुस्तु पृथोस्सुत:

Meaning

'Bana's son was the glorious Anaranya, from whom came Prithu, whose son in turn was Trishanku.'

Shloka 70.25Word-by-word available

त्रिशङ्कोरभवत्पुत्रो दुन्दुमारो महायशा:। युवनाश्वसुतस्त्वासीन्मान्धाता पृथिवीपति:

Meaning

'Trishanku's celebrated son was Dundumara, also called Yuvanashva, whose son was king Mandhata.'

Shloka 70.26Word-by-word available

मान्धातुस्तु सुत श्श्रीमान् सुसन्धिरुदपद्यत। सुसन्धेरपि पुत्रौ द्वौ ध्रुवसन्धि: प्रसेनजित्

Meaning

'Mandhata's son was the prosperous Susandhi, who had two sons, Dhruvasandhi and Prasenajit.'

Shloka 70.27Word-by-word available

यशस्वी ध्रुवसन्धेस्तु भरतो नाम नामत:। भरतात्तु महातेजा असितो नाम जातवान्

Meaning

'Dhruvasandhi's renowned son was named Bharata, and Bharata's mighty son was named Asita.'

Shloka 70.28Word-by-word available

यस्यैते प्रतिराजान उदपद्यन्त शत्रव:। हैहयास्तालजंघाश्च शूराश्च शशिबिन्दव:

Meaning

'Against Asita rose enemy kings of the Haihaya, Talajangha, and Shashibindu lines.'

Shloka 70.29Word-by-word available

तांस्तु स प्रतियुध्यन् वै युद्धे राजा प्रवासित:। हिमवन्तमुपागम्य भृगुप्रस्रवणेऽवसत्

Meaning

'Defeated by them in battle, king Asita, his strength spent, withdrew with his ministers to the Himalayas and settled at Bhriguprasravana.'

Shloka 70.30Word-by-word available

द्वे चास्य भार्ये गर्भिण्यौ बभूवतुरिति श्रुतम्। एका गर्भविनाशाय सपत्न्यै सगरं ददौ

Meaning

'It is told that Asita's two queens were both pregnant, and that one gave the other poisoned food, meaning to destroy her unborn child.'

Shloka 70.31Word-by-word available

तत श्शैलवरं रम्यं बभूवाभिरतो मुनि:। भार्गवश्च्यवनो नाम हिमवन्तमुपाश्रित:

Meaning

'At that time the sage Chyavana of Bhrigu's line was living contentedly on that same delightful Himalayan slope.'