Chapter Twenty-three

Dynasties of Yaytis Four Sons

|| 9.23.1 ||
r-uka uvca
ano sabhnara caku
pareu ca traya sut
sabhnart klanara
sjayas tat-sutas tata
ukadeva Gosvm said: Anu, the fourth son of Yayti, had
three sons, named Sabhnara, Caku and Pareu. O King,
from Sabhnara came a son named Klanara, and from
Klanara came a son named Sjaya.
The Twenty-third Chapter described the dynasties of Anu, Druhya,
Turasu and Yadu, ending with Jymagha, and describes the glory of
Kartavryrjuna. Having described the dynasty of Prus fifth son
Yayti, the dynasties from the other four sons are now described.
|| 9.23.2 ||
janamejayas tasya putro
mahlo mahman
unaras titiku ca
mahmanasa tmajau
From Sjaya came a son named Janamejaya. From
Janamejaya came Mahla; from Mahla, Mahman; and
from Mahman two sons, named Unara and Titiku.
|| 9.23.3-4 ||
ibir vara kmir daka
catvronartmaj
vdarbha sudhra ca
madra kekaya tmavn
ibe catvra evsas
titiko ca ruadratha
tato homo 'tha sutap
bali sutapaso 'bhavat
The four sons of Unara were ibi, Vara, Kmi and Daka,
and from ibi again came four sons, named Vdarbha,
Sudhra, Madra and Kekaya. The son of Titiku was
Ruadratha. From Ruadratha came Homa; from Homa,
Sutap; and from Sutap, Bali.
Catvronartmaj should be catvra unartmaj,

|| 9.23.5 ||
aga-vaga-kaligdy
suhma-puraura-sajit
jajire drghatamaso
bale ketre mahkita
By the semen of Drghatam in the wife of Bali, the emperor
of the world, six sons took birth, namely Aga, Vaga, Kaliga,
Suhma, Pura and Ora.
Through the wife of Bali, the son of Utathya (brother of Bhaspati),
named Drghatamas were born six sons.
|| 9.23.6 ||
cakru sva-nmn viayn
a imn prcyak ca te
khalapno 'gato jaje
tasmd divirathas tata
These six sons, headed by Aga, later became kings of six
states in the eastern side of India, known by the names of
those kings. From Aga came a son named Khalapna, and
from Khalapna came Diviratha.
Viayn means provinces. Prchykn means eastern parts of
Bhrata-vara.
|| 9.23.7-10 ||
suto dharmaratho yasya
jaje citraratho 'praj
romapda iti khytas
tasmai daaratha sakh
nt sva-kany pryacchad
yaga uvha ym
deve 'varati ya rm
ninyur hari-sutam
nya-sagta-vditrair
vibhramliganrhaai
sa tu rjo 'napatyasya
nirpyei marutvate
prajm add daaratho
yena lebhe 'praj praj
caturago romapdt
pthulkas tu tat-suta

From Diviratha came a son named Dharmaratha, and his son

was Citraratha, who was celebrated as Romapda.
Romapda, however, was without issue, and therefore his
friend Mahrja Daaratha gave him his own daughter,
named nt. Romapda accepted her as his daughter, and
thereafter she married yaga. When the devats failed
to shower rain, yaga was appointed the priest for
performing a sacrifice, after being brought from the forest
by the allurement of prostitutes, who danced, sang and
performed music, embraced him and worshiped him.
Thereafter, yaga performed a son-giving sacrifice on
behalf of Mahrja Daaratha, who had no issue, and then
Mahrja Daaratha had sons. From Romapda, by the
mercy of yaga, Caturaga was born, and from Caturaga
came Pthulka.
|| 9.23.11 ||
bhadratho bhatkarm
bhadbhnu ca tat-sut
dyd bhanmans tasmj
jayadratha udhta
The sons of Pthulka were Bhadratha, Bhatkarm and
Bhadbhnu. From the eldest, Bhadratha, came a son
named Bhanman, and from Bhanman came a son named
Jayadratha.
dyt means from Bhadratha.
|| 9.23.12 ||
vijayas tasya sambhty
tato dhtir ajyata
tato dhtavratas tasya
satkarmdhirathas tata
The son of Jayadratha, by the womb of his wife Sambhti,
was Vijaya, and from Vijaya, Dhti was born. From Dhti
came Dhtavrata; from Dhtavrata, Satkarm; and from
Satkarm, Adhiratha.
|| 9.23.13 ||
yo 'sau gag-tae kran
majntargata ium
kuntypaviddha knnam
anapatyo 'karot sutam
While playing on the bank of the Ganges, Adhiratha found a
baby wrapped up in a basket, left by Kunt, before her

marriage. Because Adhiratha had no sons, he raised this

baby as his own. (He was later known as Kara.)
Apaviddham means abandoned because of shame.
|| 9.23.14||
vasena sutas tasya
karasya jagatpate
druhyo ca tanayo babhru
setus tasytmajas tata
O King! The only son of Kara was Vasena. Druhyu, the
third son of Yayti, had a son named Babhru, and the son of
Babhru was known as Setu.
Druhya was the son of Yayti.
|| 9.23.15 ||
rabdhas tasya gndhras
tasya dharmas tato dhta
dhtasya durmadas tasmt
pracet prcetasa atam
The son of Setu was rabdha, rabdha's son was Gndhra,
and Gndhra's son was Dharma. Dharma's son was Dhta,
Dhta's son was Durmada, and Durmada's son was Pracet,
who had one hundred sons.
|| 9.23.16 ||
mlecchdhipatayo 'bhvann
udc diam rit
turvaso ca suto vahnir
vahner bhargo 'tha bhnumn
The sons of Pracet occupied the northern side of India,
which was devoid of Vedic civilization, and became kings
there. Yayti's second son was Turvasu. The son of Turvasu
was Vahni; the son of Vahni, Bharga; the son of Bharga,
Bhnumn.
Turvasu was also a son of Yayti.
|| 9.23.17 ||
tribhnus tat-suto 'sypi
karandhama udra-dh
marutas tat-suto 'putra
putra pauravam anvabht

The son of Bhnumn was Tribhnu, and his son was the
magnanimous Karandhama. Karandhama's son was Maruta,
who had no sons and who therefore adopted a son of the
Pru dynasty [Mahrja Dumanta] as his own.
Maruta had no son and therefore adopted Dumanta of the Puru
dynasty as his son
|| 9.23.18-19 ||
dumanta sa punar bheje
sva-vaa rjya-kmuka
yayter jyeha-putrasya
yador vaa nararabha
varaymi mah-puya
sarva-ppa-hara nm
yador vaa nara rutv
sarva-ppai pramucyate
Mahrja Dumanta, desiring to occupy the throne, returned
to his original dynasty [the Pru dynasty], even though he
had accepted Maruta as his father. O Mahrja Parkit! I
will now describe the dynasty of Yadu, the eldest son of
Mahrja Yayti, which vanquishes all sins. Simply by
hearing this description, one is freed from all sinful
reactions.
Dumanta participated in Prus lineage, not that of Turvasu,
because he desired to rule the kingdom. In the Pru dynasty he had
a right to claim the throne.
|| 9.23.20-21 ||
yatrvatro bhagavn
paramtm narkti
yado sahasrajit kro
nalo ripur iti rut
catvra snavas tatra
atajit prathamtmaja
mahhayo reuhayo
haihaya ceti tat-sut
In that dynasty the Supreme Lord, Paramtm, descended in
his human form. Yadu had four sons, named Sahasrajit,
Kro, Nala and Ripu. Of these four, the eldest, Sahasrajit,
had a son named atajit, who had three sons, named
Mahhaya, Reuhaya and Haihaya.

Narkti means his svarpa is that of a human or he is of human

species, since the word kti can mean svarpa or species. The
human form is not a secondary feature of Paramtm, but his
svarpa. This was shown by the following statement:
yya n-loke bata bhri-bhg
loka punn munayo 'bhiyanti
ye ghn vasatti skd
gha para brahma manuya-ligam
You Pavas are most fortunate in this world. Sages who purify the
planets come and visit your houses because the Supreme Brahman
personally resides your houses in a human form. SB 7.10.48
|| 9.23.22 ||
dharmas tu haihaya-suto
netra kunte pit tata
sohajir abhavat kunter
mahimn bhadrasenaka
The son of Haihaya was Dharma, and the son of Dharma was
Netra, the father of Kunti. From Kunti came a son named
Sohaji, from Sohaji came Mahimn, and from Mahimn,
Bhadrasenaka.
|| 9.23.23 ||
durmado bhadrasenasya
dhanaka ktavryas
ktgni ktavarm ca
ktauj dhanaktmaj
The sons of Bhadrasena were known as Durmada and
Dhanaka. Dhanaka was the father of Ktavrya and also of
Ktgni, Ktavarm and Ktauj.
Bhadrasena had two sons Durmada and Dhanaka. Dhanakas son
was Ktavrya. He had four sons in all.
|| 9.23.24 ||
arjuna ktavryasya
sapta-dvpevaro 'bhavat
datttreyd dharer at
prpta-yoga-mahgua
The son of Ktavrya was Arjuna. He [Krtavryrjuna]
became the emperor of the entire world, consisting of seven
islands, and received mystic power from Datttreya, the
incarnation of the Lord.

If the dynasty of Yadu was cursed by Yayti, how did Arjuna become
the king of the world? He was given powers by Datttreya.
|| 9.23.25 ||
na nna krtavryasya
gati ysyanti prthiv
yaja-dna-tapo-yogai
ruta-vrya-daydibhi
No other king in this world could equal Krtavryrjuna in
sacrifices, charity, austerity, mystic power, education,
strength or mercy.
|| 9.23.26 ||
pacti sahasri
hy avyhata-bala sam
anaa-vitta-smarao
bubhuje 'kayya-a-vasu
For eighty-five thousand years, Krtavryrjuna, with
inexhaustible strength, by memory of whom ones wealth
becomes indestructible, enjoyed undecaying objects of the
six senses.
Anaa-vitta-smaraa means a person by remembering whom,
ones wealth is not destroyed. He enjoyed undecaying objects of the
six senses.
|| 9.23.27 ||
tasya putra-sahasreu
pacaivorvarit mdhe
jayadhvaja raseno
vabho madhur rjita
Of the one thousand sons of Krtavryrjuna, only five
remained alive after the fight with Paraurma. Their names
were Jayadhvaja, rasena, Vabha, Madhu and rjita.
Mdhe means in the fight with Paraurma.
|| 9.23.28 ||
jayadhvajt tlajaghas
tasya putra-ata tv abht
katra yat tlajaghkhyam
aurva-tejopasahtam
Jayadhvaja had a son named Tlajagha, who had one
hundred sons. All the katriyas in that dynasty, known as

Tlajagha, were annihilated by the great power received by

Mahrja Sagara from Aurva i.
Aurvasya tejas means by the power of King Sagara.
|| 9.23.29 ||
te jyeho vtihotro
vi putro madho smta
tasya putra-ata tv sd
vi-jyeha yata kulam
Of the sons of Tlajagha, Vtihotra was the eldest. The son
of Madhu was named Vi. Madhu had one hundred sons,
of whom Vi was the eldest, from which a dynasty
started.
Madhu was the son of Kartavryrjuna.
|| 9.23.30-31 ||
mdhav vayo rjan
ydav ceti sajit
yadu-putrasya ca kroo
putro vjinavs tata
svhito 'to viadgur vai
tasya citrarathas tata
aabindur mah-yog
mah-bhgo mahn abht
caturdaa-mahratna
cakravarty aparjita
O King! The dynasties of Yadu, Madhu and Vi are known
as Ydava, Mdhava and Vi. The son of Yadu named
Kro had a son named Vjinavn. The son of Vjinavn
was Svhita; the son of Svhita, Viadgu; the son of
Viadgu, Citraratha; and the son of Citraratha, aabindu.
The greatly fortunate aabindu, who was a great mystic,
possessed fourteen great jewels. He became the undefeated
emperor of the world.
Yadu, Madhu and Vni started famous dynasties. aabindhu
possessed the best of each treasure. These treasures are 1) an
elephant, (2) a horse, (3) a chariot, (4) a wife, (5) arrows, (6) a
reservoir of wealth, (7) a garland, (8) valuable clothes, (9) trees,
(10) a spear, (11) a noose, (12) jewels, (13) an umbrella, and (14)
air plane.
|| 9.23.32 ||
tasya patn-sahasr

dan sumah-ya
daa-laka-sahasri
putr tsv ajjanat
The famous aabindu had ten thousand wives, and begot
one billion sons.
In each wife he begot one hundred thousand sons.
|| 9.23.33 ||
te tu a pradhnn
pthuravasa tmaja
dharmo nmoan tasya
hayamedha-atasya y
Among these many sons, six were the foremost. The son of
Pthurav was known as Dharma, and his son was known
as Uan. Uan was the performer of one hundred horse
sacrifices.
Uan was the son of Dharma.
|| 9.23.34 ||
tat-suto rucakas tasya
pacsann tmaj u
purujid-rukma-rukmeupthu-jymagha-sajit
The son of Uan was Rucaka, who had five sonsPurujit,
Rukma, Rukmeu, Pthu and Jymagha.
|| 9.23.35-36 ||
jymaghas tv aprajo 'py any
bhry aiby-patir bhayt
nvindac chatru-bhavand
bhojy kanym ahrat
ratha-sth t nirkyha
aiby patim amarit
keya kuhaka mat-sthna
ratham ropiteti vai
snu tavety abhihite
smayant patim abravt
Jymagha had no sons, but because he was fearful of his
wife, aiby, he could not accept another wife. Jymagha
once took from the house of some royal enemy a girl for
enjoyment, but upon seeing her aiby becamse angry and
said to her husband, "O cheater! Who is this girl sitting upon

my seat on the chariot?" Jymagha then replied, "This girl is

your daughter-in-law." With a smile, aiby replied.
|| 9.23.37 ||
aha bandhysapatn ca
snu me yujyate katham
janayiyasi ya rji
tasyeyam upayujyate
aiby said, "I am sterile and have no co-wife. How can this
girl be my daughter-in-law?" Jymagha replied, "My dear
Queen, this girl will be the wife of the son you will bear."
I do not have a co-wife, who could bear a son. In great fear,
Jymagha said, You will have a son.
|| 9.23.38 ||
anvamodanta tad vivedev pitara eva ca
aiby garbham adht kle
kumra suuve ubham
sa vidarbha iti prokta
upayeme snu satm
The Vivadevas and Pits made his words come true. aiby
became pregnant and in due time gave birth to a good son
named Vidarbha. He later married the girl brought by
Jymagha as a daughter-in-law.
Seeing the risk of life for the King whose limbs were perspiring and
quivering in fear of his wife, the Vivadevas and Pits, out of
compassion for him, made his words come true. It is understood
that he had previously worshipped them with devotion. Though
aiby was infertile, by their mercy she became pregnant. Parara
and others say, Among all those who have died and those who will
be born, the husband of aiby, Jymagha, king of the earth, is the
best.
Thus ends the commentary on the Twenty-third Chapter of the Ninth
Canto of the Bhgavatam for the pleasure of the devotees, in
accordance with the previous cryas.