'When Samvarana, son of Riksha, ruled the earth, there was, as we have heard, a great pestilence among the subjects; from various calamities his kingdom then fell apart. The king of the Panchalas, shaking the earth with his fourfold army, swiftly conquering it, attacked him and defeated him in battle with ten akshauhinis. From that great fear, king Samvarana fled with his wives, ministers, sons, and friends. In the thickets by the great river Sindhu, at the edge of the river region, near a mountain, he then settled; there, in that inaccessible place, the Bharatas lived for a long time. When they had lived there for a thousand years, one day the lord, the sage Vasishtha, came to the Bharatas. All those Bharatas, rising to greet him as he came and bowing, with diligence honoring the radiant sage with the rite of hospitality, having told him everything, offered him the guest-offering. When the sage had lived among them for an eighth year, the king himself chose him, saying: "Be our purohita; we strive to regain the kingdom"; and Vasishtha, with the word "om," accepted the request of the Bharatas. Then Vasishtha anointed that Paurava to sovereignty over the whole warrior order, making him as it were the horn — the summit — of the whole earth, so we have heard. He again took possession of the finest of cities, once inhabited by Bharata, and again made all kings his tributaries. Then the mighty descendant of Ajamidha, having regained the earth, performed many great sacrifices with abundant gifts. Then, by Samvarana, his wife Sauri — Tapati, the daughter of the Sun — bore Kuru; him all the subjects, calling him "knower of dharma," chose for the kingship. From his name the land of Kurujangala became renowned on earth; and he, the great ascetic, by his austerity made the field of Kurukshetra holy.'