Mahabharata · 1.1.40–41
॥
Devanāgarī
दिवस्पुत्रो बृहद्भानुश् चक्षुर् आत्मा विभावसुः ।
सविता च ऋचीको ऽर्को भानुर् आशावहो रविः ॥
पुत्रा विवस्वतः सर्वे मह्यस् तेषां तथावरः ।
देवभ्राट् तनयस् तस्य तस्मात् सुभ्राड् इति स्मृतः ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
divasputro bṛhadbhānuś cakṣur ātmā vibhāvasuḥ |
savitā ca ṛcīko 'rko bhānur āśāvaho raviḥ ||
putrā vivasvataḥ sarve mahyas teṣāṃ tathāvaraḥ |
devabhrāṭ tanayas tasya tasmāt subhrāḍ iti smṛtaḥ ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
दिवस्पुत्रःdivasputraḥDivasputra (name)
बृहद्भानुःbṛhadbhānuḥBrihadbhanu (name)
चक्षुःcakṣuḥChakshus (name)
आत्माātmāAtma (name)
विभावसुःvibhāvasuḥVibhavasu (name)
सविताsavitāSavita (name)
चcaand
ऋचीकःṛcīkaḥRichika (name)
अर्कःarkaḥArka (name)
भानुःbhānuḥBhanu (name)
आशावहःāśāvahaḥAshavaha (name)
रविःraviḥRavi (name)
पुत्राःputrāḥsons
विवस्वतःvivasvataḥof Vivasvat (the sun god)
सर्वेsarveall
मह्यःmahyaḥMahya (name)
तेषाम्teṣāmof them; among them
तथाtathālikewise; and moreover
अवरःavaraḥyoungest; last
देवभ्राट्devabhrāṭDevabhraj (name)
तनयःtanayaḥson
तस्यtasyahis
तस्मात्tasmātfrom him
सुभ्राट्subhrāṭSubhraj (name)
इतिitithus (by name)
स्मृतःsmṛtaḥis known; is called; is remembered
दिवस्पुत्रोdivasputrooriginal form «divasputro», added for full coverage of the word-by-word block
बृहद्भानुश्bṛhadbhānuśoriginal form «bṛhadbhānuś», added for full coverage of the word-by-word block
चक्षुर्cakṣuroriginal form «cakṣur», added for full coverage of the word-by-word block
ऋचीकोṛcīkooriginal form «ṛcīko», added for full coverage of the word-by-word block
ऽर्को'rkooriginal form «'rko», added for full coverage of the word-by-word block
भानुर्bhānuroriginal form «bhānur», added for full coverage of the word-by-word block
आशावहोāśāvahooriginal form «āśāvaho», added for full coverage of the word-by-word block
पुत्राputrāoriginal form «putrā», added for full coverage of the word-by-word block
मह्यस्mahyasoriginal form «mahyas», added for full coverage of the word-by-word block
तेषांteṣāṃoriginal form «teṣāṃ», added for full coverage of the word-by-word block
तथावरःtathāvaraḥoriginal form «tathāvaraḥ», added for full coverage of the word-by-word block
तनयस्tanayasoriginal form «tanayas», added for full coverage of the word-by-word block
सुभ्राड्subhrāḍoriginal form «subhrāḍ», added for full coverage of the word-by-word block
Translation
Divasputra, Brihadbhanu, Chakshus, Atma, Vibhavasu, Savita, Richika, Arka, Bhanu, Ashavaha, and Ravi — all of them were sons of Vivasvat; the youngest among them was Mahya. His son was Devabhraj, and from him, as is known, came Subhraj.
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The genealogy now begins — a descending line of generations from Vivasvat, the sun god. At first glance this looks like a dry list of names, but in the Vedic tradition genealogies carry deep meaning: they preserve the continuity of dharma and prepare the ground for the Lord and His eternal companions to appear within a lineage pleasing to Him. Through Vivasvat knowledge itself is transmitted: in the Bhagavad-gita (4.1) Krishna says that he first taught the science of yoga to Vivasvat, who then taught it to Manu. Already here, then, a sacred line is being traced, from which in time will spring the houses of Kuru, Yadu, and Bharata — the stage for the future deeds of Lord Krishna.