Such men were Shaivya, the brave carwarrior Srinjaya, the great amongst all conquerors Suhotra, Rantideva, Kakshivanta, greatly glorious, Damana, Balhika, Sharyati, Ajita, Nala, Visvamitra, the killer of enemies, the greatly strong Ambarisha, Maruta, Manu, Ikshvaku, Gaya, Bharata, Parshurama, the son of Dasharatha Rama, Sashabindu, Bhagiratha, Kritavirya, Janamejaya and Yayati of good deeds, who performed sacrifices, assisted by the celestials themselves and by whose sacrificial altars and stakes the habitable and inhabitable regions of this earth were all over marked. When Shaitya was much afflicted for the loss of his children, (the histories of these twenty four Rajas were told to him in the olden time by the celestial sage, Narada.