Chapter 18 - Yayāti’s son Anu

Parāśara

Yayāti’s fourth son, Anu, had three sons: Sabhānara, Cakṣu and Paramekṣu. Sabhānara’s son was Kālānara. Kālānara’s son was Sṛñjaya. Sṛñjaya’s son was Puraṃjaya. His son was Janamejaya. His son was Mahāśāla, and his son was Mahāmanas. His two sons were Uśīnara and Titikṣu. Uśīnara had five sons: Śibi, Nṛga, Nara, Kṛmi and Darva. Śibi had four sons: Vṛṣadarbha, Suvīra, Kaikeya and Madraka. Titikṣu’s son was Ruṣadratha. His son was Hema. Hema’s son was Sutapas. His son was Bali. With Bali’s wife, Dīrghatamas had Aṅga, Vaṅga, Kaliṅga, Suhya and Pauṇḍra—the Bāleya warriors. 1 Each of their lineages was named after them, as were their five kingdoms. Aṅga’s son was Anapāna. His son was Diviratha. His son was Dharmaratha. His son was Citraratha, also known as Romapāda. His son was Daśaratha. As this Daśaratha was childless, Aja’s son, also named Daśaratha, gave him his daughter Śāntā. 2 Romapāda’s son was Caturaṅga. His son was Pṛthulākṣa. His son was Campa, who founded the city of Campā. 3 Campa’s son was Haryaṅga. His son was Bhadraratha. His son was Bṛhadratha. His son was Bṛhatkarman. Bṛhatkarman’s son was Bṛhadbhānu. His son was Bṛhanmanas. His son was Jayadratha, who married the daughter of a brahmin mother and a kṣatriya father. Together they had a son named Vijaya. 4 Vijaya’s son was Dhṛti. His son was Dhṛtivrata. Dhṛtivrata’s son was Satyakarman. Satyakarman’s son was Adhiratha. It was he who, wandering along the banks of the Gaṅgā, found Karṇa in a basket where he had been abandoned by his mother, Pṛthā. Adhiratha adopted Karṇa as his own son.^[1] Karṇa’s son was Vṛṣasena. These were the descendants of Aṅga. 5 Next you’ll hear about the lineage of Puru. 6

So ends Chapter Eighteen in Book Four of the glorious Viṣṇu Purāṇa.