Amsha 4

Chapter 23: Future Barhadratha kings of Magadha

3 verses · 23 of 24

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Future Barhadratha kings of Magadha

The text here is incomplete: only three verses survive, and several names in them are garbled in transcription. Parashara announces that he will give, in order, the future kings of Magadha of the Barhadratha house, the line descended from Brihadratha. In this house, he says, there were mighty kings with Jarasandha at their head. From Jarasandha's son Sahadeva comes Somapi, and after him Shrutavan, Ayutayu, Niramitra, Sukshatra, Brihatkarma, Senajit, Shrutanjaya, Vipra and Shuchi. Then follow Kshemya, Suvrata, Dharma, Sushrama, Dridhasena, Sumati, Subala, Sunita, Satyajit, Vishvajit and Ripunjaya. These Barhadratha kings, Parashara says, will rule for one thousand years.

23.1

मागधानां बार्हद्रथानां भविष्याणामनुक्रमं कथयामि

māgadhānāṃ bārhadrathānāṃ bhaviṣyāṇāmanukramaṃ kathayāmi

23.2

अत्र हि वंशे महाबला जरासन्धप्रधानां बङूवुः

atra hi vaṃśe mahābalā jarāsandhapradhānāṃ baṅūvuḥ

23.3

जरासचन्धसुतात् सहदेवचात सोमापिः, तस्मात् श्रुतवान्, तस्याप्ययुतायुः, ततश्व निरमित्रः तत्तनयः सुक्षत्रः, तस्मादपि बृहत्कर्म्मा, ततश्व सेनजित्, तस्माज्व श्रुतञ्जयः, ततो विप्रः, तस्य च पुत्रः शुचिनामा भविष्यति । तस्यापि क्षेम्यः, ततश्व सुव्रतादू धर्म्मः, ततः सुश्रमः, ततो दृढ़सेनः,
ततः सुमतिः, तस्मात् सुबलः, तस्य सुनीतो भविता । ततः सत्यजित्, सत्यजितो विशजित्, तस्यापि रिपुञ्जयः पुत्रः, इत्येते बाहद्रथा भूपतयो वर्षसहस्त्रमेकं भविष्यन्ति

jarāsacandhasutāt sahadevacāta somāpiḥ, tasmāt śrutavān, tasyāpyayutāyuḥ, tataśva niramitraḥ tattanayaḥ sukṣatraḥ, tasmādapi bṛhatkarmmā, tataśva senajit, tasmājva śrutañjayaḥ, tato vipraḥ, tasya ca putraḥ śucināmā bhaviṣyati | tasyāpi kṣemyaḥ, tataśva suvratādū dharmmaḥ, tataḥ suśramaḥ, tato dṛr̤hasenaḥ,
tataḥ sumatiḥ, tasmāt subalaḥ, tasya sunīto bhavitā | tataḥ satyajit, satyajito viśajit, tasyāpi ripuñjayaḥ putraḥ, ityete bāhadrathā bhūpatayo varṣasahastramekaṃ bhaviṣyanti

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