The Vishnu Purana: Book IV: Chapter XXII | Internet Sacred Text Archive

CHAP. XXII.

Future kings of the family of Ikshwáku, ending with Sumitra.

I WILL now repeat to you the future princes of the family of Ikshwáku 1.

The son of Vrihadbala 2 will be Vrihatkshańa 3; his son will be Urukshepa 4; his son will be Vatsa 5; his son will be Vatsavyúha 6; his son will be Prativyoman 7; his son will be Divákara; his son will be Sahadeva 8; his son will be Vrihadaśwa 9; his son will be Bhánuratha 10; his son will be Supratítha 11; his son will be Marudeva 12; his son will be Sunakshatra; his son will be Kinnara 13; his son will be Antaríksha; his son will be Suvarna 14; his son will be Amitrajit 15; his son will be Vrihadrája 16; his son will be Dharman 17; his son will be Kritanjaya; his son will be Rańanjaya; his son will be Sanjaya; his son will be Śákya 18; his son will be Śuddhodana 19; his son will be Rátula 20; his son will be

[paragraph continues] Prasenajit; his son will be Kshudraka; his son will be Kuńd́aka 21; his son will be Suratha 22; his son will be Sumitra. These are the kings of the family of Ikshwáku, descended from Vrihadbala. This commemorative verse is current concerning them; "The race of the descendants of Ikshwáku will terminate with Sumitra: it will end in the Kali age with him 23."

Footnotes

463:1 See p. 359.

463:2 Vrihadratha: Váyu,

463:3 Vrihatkshaya: Váyu. Vrihadrańa: Bhág. Omitted: Mats.

463:4 Omitted: Váyu. Urukshaya: Mats. Urukriya: Bhág.

463:5 Omitted by all three.

463:6 Vatsavriddha: Bhág.

463:7 Prativyúha: Váyu.

463:8 The Bhágavata inserts Bhánu. The Matsya says that Ayodhyá was the capital of Divákara. The Váyu omits the next twelve names; probably a defect in the copies.

463:9 Dhruváśwa: Mats.

463:10 Bhánumat: Bhág. Bhávyaratha or Bhávya: Mats.

463:11 Pratikáśwa: Bhág. Pratípáśwa: Mats.

463:12 The Bhágavata and Matsya prefix a Supratípa or Supratíka.

463:13 Pushkara: Bhág.

463:14 Suparvan or Sumantra: Mats. Sutapas: Bhág.

463:15 Amantravit: Matsya.

463:16 Vrihadbrája: Bhág,

463:17 Omitted: Mats. Varhish: Bhág.

463:18 The Bhágavata and Váyu have Śákya. My copy of the Matsya has Śádhya, but the Radcliffe MS., more correctly, no doubt, Śakya.

463:19 In some copies Krodhodana; but it is also Śuddhodana, Mats. and Váyu; Śuddhoda, Bhág.