VISHNU PURANA. BOOK IV. CHAP. VIII.
Sons of Ayus. Line of
Kshatravriddha, or kings of Kas'i. Former birth of Dhanwantari. Various names
of Pratarddana. Greatness of Alarka.
AYUS, the eldest son
of Pururavas, married the daughter of Rahu (or Arahu), by whom he had five
sons, Nahusha, Kshatravriddha, Rambha, Raji, and Anenas.
The son of
Kshatravriddha was Suhotra, who had three sons, Kas'a, Les'a, and Ghritsamada.
The son of the last was S'aunaka, who first established the distinctions of the
four castes. The son of Kas'a was Kas'iraja; his son was Dirghatamas; his son
was Dhanwantari, whose nature was exempt from human infirmities, and who in
every existence had been master of universal knowledge. In his past life (or
when he was produced by the agitation of the milky sea), Narayana had conferred
upon him the boon, that he should subsequently be born in the family of
Kasiraja, should compose the eightfold system of medical science, and should be
thereafter entitled to a share of offerings made to the gods. The son of
Dhanwantari was Ketumat; his son was Bhimaratha; his son was Divodasa; his son
was Pratarddana, so named from destroying the race of Bhadras'renya. He had
various other appellations, as S'atrujit, 'the victor over his foes,' from
having vanquished all his enemies; Vatsa, or 'child,' from his father's
frequently calling him by that name; Ritadhwaja, 'he whose emblem was truth,'
being a great observer of veracity; and Kuvalayas'wa, because he had a horse
(as'wa) called Kuvalaya. The son of this prince was Alarka, of whom this verse
is sung in the present day; "For sixty thousand and sixty hundred years no
other youthful monarch except Alarka, reigned over the earth." The son of
Alarka was Santati; his son was Sunitha; his son was Suketu; his son was
Dharmaketu; his son was Satyaketu; his son was Vibhu; his son was Suvibhu; his
son was Sukumara; his son was Dhrishtaketu; his son was Vainahotra; his son was
Bharga; his son was Bhargabhumi; from whom also rules for the four castes were
promulgated. These are the Kas'ya princes, or descendants of Kas'a. We will now
enumerate the descendants of Raji.
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