Brahma and other Guardian-deities of the three worlds had taken on illusory forms and had arrived as guests in order to test Rantideva. Now they all manifested before Rantideva in their original forms.

Rantideva was totally freed from any form of desire and bondage. Even the slightest attachment towards this world and its comforts did not linger in his mind. With great reverence he offered obeisance to them while fixing his mind steadily upon the Supreme Lord Vāsudeva. Barring the Supreme Lord there was nothing that he sought. Therefore his mind worshipped exclusively upon the Supreme Lord. The Lord was the sole support for his mind. As a result of this, this entire illusory world which is nothing but a combination of the three attributes of Nature dissolved completely, just like a dream”.

If at every moment we recollect that this world is illusory akin to a dream, then we will remain unaffected by this world.

“All those who diligently followed Rantideva had deep friendly relations with him. Due to this deep friendship with Rantideva, all of them turned into true devotees who were worthy of obtaining the Lord’s grace. They had become great Yogis”.

Garga was another of Manyu’s sons. Garga’s son was Sini. Sini’s son was Gārgya. Although Gārgya was a kṣatriya by birth, all his descendants were Brahmins.

Mahāvīrya was another of Manyu’s sons. His son was Duritakṣaya. He had three sons viz., Trayyaruni, Kavi and Puṣkarāruni. Although they were Kṣatriyas by birth, they became Brahmins in this birth.

Another of Manyu’s sons was Brihadṣatra. His son was Hasti. He established the city called Hastināpura. Hasti had three sons viz., Ajamīdha, Dviṃidha and Purumīdha. The sons of Ajamīdha became Brahmins.

Ajamīdha had a son called Brihadiṣu. His son was Brihaddhanu. His son was Brihatkāya whose son was Jayadhrata. Jayadhrata’s son was Viśada. His son was Syenajit. Syenajit had four sons Rucirāśva, Dṛḍhahanu, Kāśya and Vatsa.

Among them Rucirāśva had a son called Pāra. Pāra’s sons were Pṛthusena and Nīpa. Nīpa had a hundred sons. Nīpa married Śuka’s daughter Kṛtvi. Their son was Brahmadatta. Brahmadatta was a great Yogi. His wife was Saraswati. This holy couple had a son Viṣwaksena.

Based on the instructions of Maharishi Jaigiṣavya, Brahmadatta composed the Yoga-śāśtras. Viṣwaksena had a son Udaksena. His son was Bhallāla. All of them were descendants of Brihadīṣu.

The second son of Hasti was Dvimidha. His son was Yavinara whose son was Kṛtimān. His son was Satyadḥṛti. Satyadhṛti’s son was Dhṛḍanemi. Supāṛśva was the son of Dhṛḍanemi.Supṛrśva’s son was Sumati. His son was Sannatimān.

Sannatimāṇ’s son was Kṛti. Kṛti learnt Yogic knowledge under Hiraṇyagarbha (Brahma). More importantly, he sang the six mantra samhitas from Sama-veda. Kṛti’s son was Nīpa whose son was Ugrāyudha. His son was Kṣēmya. His son was Suvīra. Suvīra’s son was Ripunjaya. Ripunjaya’s son was Bahuratha.

Hasti’s third son Puramīdha was childless. Hasti’s another son Ajamīdha had a son Nīla from his second wife Nalini. Nīla’s son was Śānti. His son was Suśānti. Suśānti’s son was Puruja. His son was Arka. His son was Bhargyāśva. Bhārgyāśva had five sons Mudgala, Yavīnara, Bṛhadīṣa, Kāmpilya and Sanjaya.

Bhārgyāśva declared that his five sons were exceedingly competent in protecting his five bodies. Hence they were called Pancālas. They founded the Pancāla kingdom. From Bhārgyāśva’s eldest son Mudgala, the Brahmin gotra (lineage) of Moudgalyas came into existence”.

Simultaneously the lineages of Brahmins, of Kṣatriyas and of Yogis, Maharishis are being narrated.

Mudgala had a son Divodāsa and a daughter called Ahalya. Ahalya married Maharishi Gautama. This holy couple had a son named Śatānanda. Śatānanda’s son was Satyadhṛti who was an expert in archery. Satyadhṛti’s son was Saradvān.

Saradvān once saw Urvaśi and was infatuated with her. At that minute his radiance fell on the heap of grass. From that grass a boy and a girl were born. Around that time King Śāntanu, who was hunting in the forests, saw these two infants and was filled with compassion. He took them along with him and raised them. The boy was Kṛpācharya and the girl Kṛpi was subsequently became the wife of Dronācharya”.

With this the twenty-first chapter of the ninth canto comes to an end.

Ninth Canto Chapter Twenty-two

In this chapter, Pāncāla, Kuru, Magadha lineages are covered.

Maharishi Śuka continued, “O Emperor! Mudgala’s son was Divōdāsa. His son was Mitrāyu. His sons were Cyavana, Sudāsa, Sahadeva and Sōmaka. Among them Sōmaka had hundred sons. Jantu was the eldest of these sons. Pṛṣata was the youngest. Pṛṣata’s son was Drupada. Drupada’s daughter was Draupadi. Dṛṣṭadyumna, Śikhanḍi and others were the sons of Drupada. Dṛṣṭadyumna’s son was Dṛṣṭaketu. All these descendants of Bhārgyāśva were addressed as Pāncālās.

Hasti’s son Ajamīḍa had a son called Ŗkṣa. Ŗkṣa’s son was Saṃvarṇa. His wife was Tapati, the daughter of Sun-god. They had a son called Kuru who was the ruler of Kurukṣetra. Kuru had four sons Parīkshit, Sudhanu, Jahnu and Niṣadvāsa.

Sudhanu had a son called Suhotra. Suhotra’s son was Cyavana whose son was Kṛti. His son was Uparicara Vasu. Uparicara Vasu sons were Bṛhadratha, Kuśāmba, Matsya, Pratyagra, Cedipa and others.

Krishnaya namah