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was Keśidhvaja, and the son of Mitadhvaja was Khāṇḍikya. Keśidhvaja was a self-realized soul, and his son was Bhānumān, whose descendants were as follows: Śatadyumna, Śuci, Sanadvāja, Ūrjaketu, Aja, Purujit, Ariṣṭanemi, Śrutāyu, Supārśvaka, Citraratha, Kṣemādhi, Samaratha, Satyaratha, Upaguru, Upagupta, Vasvananta, Yuyudha, Subhāṣaṇa, Śruta, Jaya, Vijaya, Rta, Śunaka, Vitahavya, Dhṛti, Bahulāśva, Kṛti and Mahāvaśī. All of these sons were great self-controlled personalities. This completes the list of the entire dynasty.
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श्रीशुक उवाच
निमिरिक्षवाकुतनयो वसिष्ठमवृत्तिर्विजम् । आरभ्य सत्रं सोऽप्याह शक्रेण प्राग्वृतोऽस्मि भोः ॥ १ ॥
śrī-śuka uvāca nimir ikṣvāku-tanayo vasiṣṭham avṛtartvijam ārabhya satraṁ so 'py āha śakreṇa prāg vṛto 'smi bhoḥ
śrī-śukaḥ uvāca—Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said; nimiḥ—King Nimi; ikṣvāku-tanayaḥ—the son of Mahārāja Ikṣvāku; vasiṣṭham—the great sage Vasiṣṭha; avṛta—appointed; ṛtvijam—the chief priest of the sacrifice; ārabhya—beginning; satram—the sacrifice; saḥ—he, Vasiṣṭha; api—also; āha—said; śakreṇa—by Lord Indra; prāk—before; vṛtaḥ asmi—I was appointed; bhoḥ—O Mahārāja Nimi.
TRANSLATION
Śrīla Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: After beginning sacrifices, Mahārāja Nimi, the son of Ikṣvāku, requested the great sage Vasiṣṭha to take the post of chief priest. At that time, Vasiṣṭha replied, “My dear Mahārāja Nimi, I have already accepted the same post in a sacrifice begun by Lord Indra.