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The Dynasty of Bharata
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TRANSLATION
Mudgala, the son of Bharmyāśva, had twin children, one male and the other female. The male child was named Divodāsa, and the female child was named Ahalyā. From the womb of Ahalyā by the semen of her husband, Gautama, came a son named Śatānanda.
TEXT 35
तस्य सत्यधृतिः पुत्रो धनुर्वेदविशारदः । 
  शरदांस्तत्सुतो यस्मादुर्वेशीदर्शनात् किल । 
  शरस्तम्बेऽपतद् रेतो मिथुनं तदभूब्लुमम् ॥३५॥
tasya satyadhṛtiḥ putro 
  dhanur-veda-viśāradaḥ 
  śaradvāṁs tat-suto yasmād 
  urvaśī-darśanāt kila 
  śara-stambe 'patad reto 
  mithunaṁ tad abhūc chubham
tasya —of him (Śatānanda);  satyadhṛtiḥ —Satyadhṛti;  putraḥ —a son;  dhanuḥ-veda-viśāradaḥ —very expert in the art of archery;  śaradvān —Śaradvān;  tat-sutaḥ —the son of Satyadhṛti;  yasmāt —from whom;  urvaśī-darśanāt —simply by seeing the celestial Urvaśī;  kila —indeed;  śara-stambe —on a clump of śara grass;  apatat —fell;  retaḥ —semen;  mithunam —a male and female;  tat abhūt —there were born;  śubham —all-auspicious.
TRANSLATION
The son of Śatānanda was Satyadhṛti, who was expert in archery, and the son of Satyadhṛti was Śaradvān. When Śaradvān met Urvaśī, he discharged semen, which fell on a clump of śara grass. From this semen were born two all-auspicious babies, one male and the other female.
TEXT 36
तद् दृष्ट्वा कृपयागृह्णाच्छान्तनुर्मृग्यां चरन् । 
  कृपः कुमारः कन्या च द्रोणपत्न्यभवत् कृपी ॥३६॥