द्रुह्योस्तु तनयो बभ्रुः
druhyostu tanayo babhruḥ
Amsha 4
Chapter 17: Druhyu's line and the northern kings
इति विष्णुमहापुराणे चतुर्थांशे सप्तदशोऽध्यायः ॥
5 verses · 17 of 24
What happens in this chapter
Druhyu's line and the northern kings
A short adhyaya of five verses, all a genealogy. Parashara gives the line of Druhyu, the son of Yayati and Sharmishtha who refused to take his father's old age. Druhyu's son is Babhru, and Babhru's son is Setu. Setu's son is named Arabdha. From Arabdha comes Gandhara, the king whose name is carried by the land of Gandhara. After him follow Dharma, Ghrita, Durdama and Pracheta. Pracheta's son is Shatadharma, who becomes overlord of the many mleccha peoples of the north. No katha is told here; the names stand on their own, and with them Parashara completes the houses of Yayati's sons before turning to Anu.
श्रीपराशर उवाच
बभ्रोःसेतुः
babhroḥsetuḥ
सेतुपुत्र आरब्धनामा
setuputra ārabdhanāmā
आरब्धस्यात्मजो गान्धारः गान्धारस्य धर्मः धर्मात्घृतः घृतात्दुर्दमः ततः प्रचेताः
ārabdhasyātmajo gāndhāraḥ gāndhārasya dharmaḥ dharmātghṛtaḥ ghṛtātdurdamaḥ tataḥ pracetāḥ
प्रचेतसः पुत्रः शतधर्मः बहुलानां म्लेछानामुदीच्यानामाधिपत्यमकरोत्
pracetasaḥ putraḥ śatadharmaḥ bahulānāṃ mlechānāmudīcyānāmādhipatyamakarot
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