Chapter 22 - The future descendants of Bṛhadbala

Parāśara

Now I’ll name the future kings in the lineage of Ikṣvāku. Bṛhadbala’s son will be Bṛhatkṣaṇa.^[1] 1 His son will be Urukṣaya. His son will be Vatsa. Vatsa’s son will be Vatsavyūha. His son will be Prativyoma. His son will be Divākara. His son will be Sahadeva. 2 His son will be Bṛhadaśva. His son will be Bhānuratha. His son will be Pratītāśva. His son will be Supratīka. His son will be Marudeva. Marudeva’s son will be Sunakṣatra. His son will be Kiṃnara. Kiṃnara’s son will be Antarikṣa. His son will be Suvarṇa, and his son will be Amitrajit. His son will be Bṛhadrāja. His son will be Dharmin. Dharmin’s son will be Kṛtaṃjaya. Kṛtaṃjaya’s son will be Raṇaṃjaya. Raṇaṃjaya’s son will be Saṃjaya. His son will be Śākya. Śākya’s son will be Śuddhodana. His son will be Rāhula. His son will be Prasenajit. His son will be Kṣudraka. His son will be Kuṇḍaka. His son will be Suratha, and, finally, his son will be Sumitra. These will be the descendants of Bṛhadbala in the lineage of Ikṣvāku. There is a verse about this branch of the family:

‘This lineage of the Ikṣvākus will finish with Sumitra. With this king, it will come to an end in the age of Kali.’ 3

So ends Chapter Twenty-Two in Book Four of the glorious Viṣṇu Purāṇa.

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The forebears of Bṛhadbala in the Ikṣvāku lineage are listed in 4.4.

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