Text 4] The Dynasty of Kuga 139

Balasthala. The son of Balasthala was Vajranabha, who was said to
have been born from the effulgence of the sun-god.

TEXTS 3-4

ANNA AT frataaraay aa:
cet faroraratsege aT a: Teal
Farea: RTS ATH MATS ATL TA |

qt = naiewafiecmaitee et

saganas tat-sutas tasmad
vidhrtis cabhavat sutah

tato hiranyanabho *bhid
yogacaryas tu jaimineh

Sisyah kausalya ddhyatmam
yajnavalkyo ‘dhyagad yatah

yogam mahodayam rsir
hrdaya-granthi-bhedakam

saganah—Sagana; tat—this (Vajranabha’s); sutah—son; tasmat—
from him; vidhrtih—Vidhrti; ca—also; abhavat—was born; sutah—his
son; tatah—from him; hiranyanaébhah—Hiranyanabha; abhiit—be-
came; yoga-Gcdryah—the propounder of the philosophy of yoga; tu—
but; jaimineh—because of accepting Jaimini as his spiritual master;
Sisyah—disciple; kausalyah—Kausalya; addhyatmam —spiritual; ydjfia-
valkyah—Yajiiavalkya; adhyagat—studied; yatah—from him (Hiran-
yanabha); yogam—the mystic performances; mahd-udayam—highly
elevated; rsih—Yajiiavalkya Rsi; hrdaya-granthi-bhedakam—mystic
yoga, which can loosen the knots of material attachment in the heart.

TRANSLATION

The son of Vajranabha was Sagana, and his son was Vidhrti. The
son of Vidhrti was Hiranyanabha, who became a disciple of Jaimini
and became a great acarya of mystic yoga. It is from Hiranyanabha
that the great saint Yajiavalkya learned the highly elevated system
