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182 born many gold-like monarchs gifted with great energy, and like unto Brabman himself. Their number cannot be counted. But, O thou of Bharata's race, I shall name the principal ones that were blessed with great good fortune, like unto the gods, and devoted to truth and honesty!"

Thus ends the seventy-forth section in the Sambhava Parva of the Adi Parva.

Vaisampayana said, "Hear now, as I recite the recorded genealogy. that is sacred and subservient to religion, profit and pleasure, of these royal sages-Daksha, the lord of creation, Manu, the son of Suryya, Bharata, Kuru; Putu; and Ajmida. I shall also recite to thee, O sinless one, the genealogies of the Yadavas and of the Kurus and of the kings of the Bharata line. These genealogies are sacred and their recitation is a great act of propitiation. That recitation confereth wealth, fame and long lite. And, O sinless one, all these I have named shone in their splendour and were equal unto the great Rishis in energy."

"Prachetas had ten sons who were all devoted to asceticism and posse. ssed of every virtue. They burnt, of old, by the fire emanating from their mouths, several plants of poisonous and innumerable large trees that had covered the Earth and became a source of great discomfort to man. After these ten, was born another named Daksha. It is from Daksha that all creatures have sprung. Therefore is he, o tiger among men, called the Grand-father. Born of Prachetas the Muni Daksha, uniting himself with Virini, begat a thousand sons of rigid vows, all like himself. And Narada taught these thousand sons of Daksha the excellent philosophy of Sankhya as a means of salvation. (There, therefore, totally abstaineth from begetting creatures.] And, O Janamejaya, the lord of creation, Daksha, then, from the desire of making creatures, begat fifty daughters. And he made all of them his appointed daughters (50 that their sons might be his sons also for the performance of all religious acts). And he bestowed ten of his daughters on Dharma, and thirteen on Kasyapa. And he gave twenty-seven to Chandra, who are all engaged in indicating time. And Kasyapa, the son of Marichi, begat on the eldest of his thirteen wives, the Adityas, the celestials endued with great energy and having Indra as their head, and also Vivaswat (the Sun). And of Vivaswat was born the lord Yama, And Martanda (Vivaswat) also begat another son after Yama, gifted with great intelligence and named Manu. And Manu was endued with great wisdom and devoted to virtue. And he became the progenitor of a line. And in Manu's