अध्याय ७५
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[[इति श्रीविष्णुपुराणे चतुर्थे ऽंशे ऽष्टदशो ऽध्यायः ]] पूरोर् जनमेजयः पुत्रस् तस्यापि प्रचिन्वान् प्रचिन्वतः प्रवीरः ।तस्मान् मनस्युर् मनस्योश् चाभयदस् तस्यापि सुद्युः सुद्योर् बहुगवः ।तस्यापि संयातिः संयातेर् अहंयातिः ततो रौद्राश्वः ।ऋतेयुः कक्षेयुः स्थण्डिलेयुर् धृतेयुर् जलेयुः स्थलेयुर् धर्मेयुः संनतेयुर् धनेयुर् वनेयुर् नामानो रौद्राश्वस्य दशात्मजा व् पुत्रा बभूवुः ।ऋतेयो रन्तिनारः पुत्रो ऽभूत् ।सुमतिम् अप्रतिरथं ध्रुवं च रन्तिनारः पुत्रान् अवाप ।अप्रतिरथात् कण्वस् तस्यापि मेधातिथिः ।यतः कण्वायना द्विजा बभूवुः ।अप्रतिरथस्यापरः पुत्रो ऽभूद् ऐलीनः ।ततो दुष्यन्ताद्याश् चत्वारः पुत्रा बभूवुः ।दुष्यन्ताच् चक्रवर्ती भरतो ऽभवत् यन्नामहेतुर् देवैः श्लोको गीयते ।माता भस्त्रा पितुः पुत्रो येन जातः स एव सः ।भरस्व पुत्रं दुष्यन्त मावमंस्थाः शकुन्तलाम्
[[iti śrīviṣṇupurāṇe caturthe 'ṃśe 'ṣṭadaśo 'dhyāyaḥ ]] pūror janamejayaḥ putras tasyāpi pracinvān pracinvataḥ pravīraḥ | tasmān manasyur manasyoś cābhayadas tasyāpi sudyuḥ sudyor bahugavaḥ | tasyāpi saṃyātiḥ saṃyāter ahaṃyātiḥ tato raudrāśvaḥ | ṛteyuḥ kakṣeyuḥ sthaṇḍileyur dhṛteyur jaleyuḥ sthaleyur dharmeyuḥ saṃnateyur dhaneyur vaneyur nāmāno raudrāśvasya daśātmajā v putrā babhūvuḥ | ṛteyo rantināraḥ putro 'bhūt | sumatim apratirathaṃ dhruvaṃ ca rantināraḥ putrān avāpa | apratirathāt kaṇvas tasyāpi medhātithiḥ | yataḥ kaṇvāyanā dvijā babhūvuḥ | apratirathasyāparaḥ putro 'bhūd ailīnaḥ | tato duṣyantādyāś catvāraḥ putrā babhūvuḥ | duṣyantāc cakravartī bharato 'bhavat yannāmahetur devaiḥ śloko gīyate | mātā bhastrā pituḥ putro yena jātaḥ sa eva saḥ | bharasva putraṃ duṣyanta māvamaṃsthāḥ śakuntalām
हिन्दी अर्थ
यन्नामहेतुर्देवेश्तलोको गीयते
English
akASara said :— The son of Puru was Janamenjaya, whose son was Prachinvat, whose son was Pravira, whose son was Manasyu, whose son was Bhayada, whose son was Sudyunna, whose son was Bahugava, whose son was Samyati, whose son was Ahamyati, whose son was Raudra- swa, who had ten sons, Riteyu, Kaksheyu, Sthanditeyu, Ghriteyu, Jaleyu, Sthaleyu, Santaleyu, Dhaneyu, Vaneyu, and Vrateyu. The son of Riteyu was Rantinára, whose sona were Tansu, Apratirtha and Dhruva. The son of the second of these was Kanwa, whose son was Medhátithi, from whom the Kanwayana Brahmanas were sprung. Anila was the spn Tansu, who bad four sons of whom Dushyanta was the, elder. The son of Dusbymanta was the Emperor Bbarata, regarding whom a verse is recited by the celestials. "Themother is merely the receptable ; it isthe fatherby whom a aon is begotten. Rear up thy son, Dusbyamanta, treat not Sakuntala with disrespect. Sons, who are born from tbe loins oí their father, save their manes from hell. Thou art tfc father of this boy > Sakufttali has apoken the truth."