made answer precipitately, through fear of his queen; "This is my daughter-in-law." "I have never had a son," rejoined Śaivyá, "and you have no other children. Of what son of yours then is this girl the wife?" The king disconcerted by the jealousy and anger which the words of Śaivyá displayed, made this reply to her in order to prevent further contention; "She is the young bride of the future son whom thou shalt bring forth." Hearing this, Śaivyá smiled gently, and said, "So be it;" and the king entered into his great palace.

In consequence of this conversation regarding the birth of a son having taken place in an auspicious conjunction, aspect, and season, the queen, although passed the time of women, became shortly afterwards pregnant, and bore a son. His father named him Vidarbha, and married him to the damsel he had brought home. They had three sons, Kratha, Kaiśika 14, and Romapáda 15. The son of Romapáda was Babhru 16, and his son was Dhriti 17. The son of Kaiśika was Chedi, whose descendants were called the Chaidya kings 18. The son of Kratha was Kunti 19; his son was Vrishńi 20; his son was Nirvriti 21; his son was Dasárha; his son was Vyoman; his son was Jímúta; his son was Vikriti 22; his son was Bhímaratha; his son was Navaratha 23; his son was Daśaratha 24; his son was Śakuni; his son was Karambhi; his son was Devaráta; his son was Devakshatra 25; his son was Madhu 26; his son was Anavaratha; his

son was Kuruvatsa; his son was Anuratha; his son was Puruhotra; his son was Anśu; his son was Satwata, from whom the princes of this house were termed Sátwatas. This was the progeny of Jyámagha; by listening to the account of whom, a man is purified from his sins.

Footnotes

420:1 In the Bráhma P. and Hari V. we have two families from Krosht́ri; one which is much the same as that of the text; the other makes short work of a long story, as we shall again notice.

420:2 Vajravat: Kúrma.

420:3 Śánti: Kúrma. Swáha: Matsya. Triśanku Linga.

420:4 Vishánsu: Agni. Rishabha: Linga. Kuśika: Kúrma. Ruśeku: Bhágavata.

420:5 Or articles the best of their kind; seven animate, and seven inanimate; a wife, a priest, a general, a charioteer, a horse, an elephant, and a body of foot soldiers; or, instead of the last three, an executioner, an encomiast, a reader of the Vedas; and a chariot, an umbrella, a jewel, a sword, a shield, a banner, and a treasure.

420:6 The text states this in plain prose, but the Váyu quotes a verse which makes out but a hundred hundred or 10,000 sons.

420:7 The Matsya has the first, third, and fifth of our text, and Prithudharma, Prithukírtti, and Prithumat. The Kúrma has also six names, but makes as many successions.

420:8 Suyajna: Agni, Bráhma, Matsya. Dharma: Bhágavata.

420:9 Ushat: Bráhma, Hari V.