CHAPTER SEVENTEEN

The Dynasties
of the Sons of Purirava

Ayu, the eldest son of Purdrava, had five sons. This chapter describes
the dynasties of four of them, beginning with Ksatravrddha.

Ayu, the son of Purirava, had five sons—Nahusa, Ksatravrddha, Raji,
Rabha and Anena. The son of Ksatravrddha was Suhotra, who had three
sons, named Kasya, Kuga and Grtsamada. The son of Grtsamada was
Sunaka, and his son was Saunaka. The son of Kagya was Kasi. From Kasi
came the sons and grandsons known as Rastra, Dirghatama and then
Dhanvantari, who was the inaugurator of medical science and was a
Saktydvesa incarnation of the Supreme Personality of Godhead,
Vasudeva. The descendants of Dhanvantari were Ketuman, Bhimaratha,
Divoddsa and Dyuman, who was also known as Pratardana, Satrujit,
Vatsa, Rtadhvaja and Kuvalayasva. The son of Dyuman was Alarka, who
reigned over the kingdom for many, many years. Following in the
dynasty of Alarka were Santati, Sunitha, Niketana, Dharmaketu,
Satyaketu, Dhrstaketu, Sukumara, Vitihotra, Bharga and Bhargabhimi.
All of them belonged to the dynasty of Kasi, the descendant of
Ksatravrddha.

The son of Rabha was Rabhasa, and his son was Gambhira. Gambhira’s
son was Akriya, and from Akriya came Brahmavit. The son of Anena
was Suddha, and his son was Suci. The son of Suci was Citrakrt, whose
son was Santaraja. Raji had five hundred sons, all of extraordinary
strength. Raji was personally very powerful and was given the kingdom
of heaven by Lord Indra. Later, after Raji’s death, when the sons of Raji
refused to return the kingdom to Indra, by Brhaspati’s arrangement they
became unintelligent, and Lord Indra conquered them.

The grandson of Ksatravrddha named Kusa gave birth to a son named
Prati. From Prati came Safijaya; from Safijaya, Jaya; from Jaya, Krta;
and from Krta, Haryabala. The son of Haryabala was Sahadeva; the son
of Sahadeva, Hina; the son of Hina, Jayasena; the son of Jayasena,
Sankrti; and the son of Sankrti, Jaya.

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