CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO
The Descendants of Ajamidha
This chapter describes the descendants of Divodasa. It also describes
Jarasandha, who belonged to the Rksa dynasty, as well as Duryodhana,
Arjuna and others.

The son of Divodadsa was Mitrayu, who had four sons, one after
another—Cyavana, Sudasa, Sahadeva and Somaka. Somaka had one
hundred sons, of whom the youngest was Prsata, from whom Drupada
was born. Drupada’s daughter was Draupadi, and his sons were headed
by Dhrstadyumna. Dhrstadyumna’s son was Dhrstaketu.

Another son of Ajamidha was named Rksa. From Rksa came a son
named Sarthnvarana, and from Sathvarana came Kuru, the king of
Kuruksetra. Kuru had four sons—Pariksi, Sudhanu, Jahnu and Nisadha.
Among the descendants in the dynasty from Sudhanu were Suhotra,
Cyavana, Krti and Uparicara Vasu. The sons of Uparicara Vasu, includ-
ing Brhadratha, Kusdmba, Matsya, Pratyagra and Cedipa, became kings
of the Cedi state. In the dynasty from Brhadratha came Kuéagra, Rsabha,
Satyahita, Puspavan and Jahu, and from Brhadratha through the womb
of another wife came Jarasandha, who was followed by Sahadeva, Somapi
and Srutasrava. Pariksi, the son of Kuru, had no sons. Among the de-
scendants of Jahnu were Suratha, Vidiratha, Sarvabhauma, Jayasena,
Radhika, Ayutayu, Akrodhana, Devatithi, Rksa, Dilipa and Pratipa.

The sons of Pratipa were Devapi, Santanu and Bahlika. When Devapi
retired to the forest, his younger brother Santanu became the king. Al-
though Santanu, being younger, was not eligible to occupy the throne, he
disregarded his elder brother. Consequently, there was no rainfall for
twelve years. Following the advice of the brahmanas, Santanu was ready
to return the kingdom to Devapi, but by the intrigue of Santanu’s
minister, Devapi became unfit to be king. Therefore Santanu resumed
charge of the kingdom, and rain fell properly during his regime. By
mystic power, Devapi still lives in the village known as Kalapa-grama.
In this Kali-yuga, when the descendants of Soma known as the
candra-varnsa (the lunar dynasty) die out, Devapi, at the beginning of

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