Text 15]
The Dynasties of the Sons of Yayāti
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TRANSLATION
While playing on the bank of the Ganges, Adhiratha found a baby wrapped up in a basket. The baby had been left by Kunti because he was born before she was married. Because Adhiratha had no sons, he raised this baby as his own. [This son was later known as Karṇa.]
TEXT 14
वृषसेनः सुतस्तस्य कर्णस्य जगतीपते । द्रुह्योश्च तनयो बभ्रुः सेतुस्तस्यात्मजस्ततः ॥१४॥
vṛṣasenaḥ sutas tasya karṇasya jagatīpate druhyoś ca tanayo babhruḥ setus tasyātmajas tataḥ
vṛṣasenaḥ—Vṛṣasena; sutaḥ—a son; tasya karṇasya—of that same Karṇa; jagatī pate—O Mahārāja Parikṣit; druhyoḥ ca—of Druhyu, the third son of Yayāti; tanayaḥ—a son; babhruḥ—Babhru; setuḥ—Setu; tasya—of him (Babhru); ātmajaḥ tataḥ—a son thereafter.
TRANSLATION
O King, the only son of Karṇa was Vṛṣasena. Druhyu, the third son of Yayāti, had a son named Babhru, and the son of Babhru was known as Setu.
TEXT 15
आरब्धस्तस्य गान्धारस्तस्य धर्मस्ततो धृतः । धृतस्य दुर्मदस्तस्मात् प्रचेताः प्राचेतसः शतम् ॥१५॥
ārabdhas tasya gāndhāras tasya dharmas tato dhṛtaḥ dhṛtasya durmadas tasmāt pracetāḥ prācetasaḥ śatam
ārabdhaḥ—Ārabdha (was the son of Setu); tasya—of him (Ārabdha); gāndhāraḥ—a son named Gāndhāra; tasya—of him (Gāndhāra);