[paragraph continues] Jayadhwaja 15. The son of the last was Tálajangha, who had a hundred sons, called after him Tálajanghas: the eldest of these was Vítihotra; another was Bharata 16, who had two sons, Vrisha and Sujátí 17. The son of Vrisha was Madhu 18; he had a hundred sons, the chief of whom was Vrishńi, and from him the family obtained the name of Vrishńi 19. From the name of their father, Madhu, they were also called Mádhavas; whilst from the denomination of their common ancestor Yadu, the whole were termed Yádavas 20.

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Footnotes

416:1 Or, 'in which Krishńa was born.' It might have been expected, from the importance of this genealogy, that it would have been so carefully preserved, that the authorities would have closely concurred in its details. Although, however, the leading specifications coincide, yet, as we shall have occasion to notice, great and irreconcilable variations occur.

416:2 The two first generally agree. There are differences in the rest; as,

Váyu.

Bráhma.

Bhágavata.

Kúrma.

Níla

Nala

Nala

Níla

Ajita

Anjika

Aripu

Jina

Raghu

Payoda

Aripu

Raghu

[paragraph continues] The Bráhma and Hari V. read Sahasráda for the first name; and the Linga has Balasani in place of Nala. The Agni makes Śatajit also a son of Yadu.

416:3 Veńuhaya: Bhágavata, &c. Uttánahaya: Padma. Vet́t́ahaya: Matsya. They were the sons of Sahasráda: Bráhma and Hari V.

416:4 Dharmatantra: Váyu. Dharma: Kúrma.

416:5 Kírtti: Váyu.

416:6 Sanjneya: Váyu. Sankana: Agni. Sahanja of Sahanjani pura: Bráhma. Sanjnita: Linga. Sanhana: Matsya. Sohanji: Bhágavata.

416:7 By whom the city of Máhíshmatí on the Narbadda was founded: Bráhma P., Hari V.

417:8 So the Bhágavata; but the Váyu, more correctly, has Bhadrasreńya. See p. 407. n. 12.

417:9 Kanaka: Váyu, &c. Varaka: Linga. Andhaka: Kúrma.

417:10 According to the Váyu, Kárttavírya was the aggressor, invading Lanká, and there taking Rávańa prisoner. The circumstances are more usually narrated as in our text.

417:11 See page 402. Kárttavírya's fate was the consequence of an imprecation denounced by Ápava or Vaśisht́ha, the son of Varuńa, whose hermitage had been burnt, according to the Mahábhárata, Rája-dharma, by Chitrabhánu, or Fire, to whom the king had in his bounty presented the world. The Váyu makes the king himself the incendiary, with arrows given him by Súrya to dry up the ocean.

417:12 Urjjita: Bhágavata.

417:13 Vrishabha: Bhágavata. Dhrisht́a: Matsya. Dhrishńa: Kúrma. Prishokta: Padma. Vrishńi: Linga. Krishńáksha: Bráhma.

417:14 Krishńa, in all except the Bhágavata.

418:15 King of Avanti: Bráhma and Hari Vanśa.

418:16 Ananta: Váyu and Agni; elsewhere omitted.