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Akrura conveys Krishna and Rāma near to Mathura, leaves them; they enter the town - Verse 16

Vishnu Purana (GRETIL; M. M. Pathak critical edition) · 4 · Verse 19.16

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Sanskrit Original

ततः स कुमारः कृपः कन्या चाश्वत्थाम्नो जननी कृपी द्रोणस्य पत्न्य अभवत। दिवोदासस्यापि मित्रायुः पुत्रो मित्रायोश च्यवनो नाम राजा च्यवनात सुदासः। ततः सौदासः सहदेवस तस्यापि सोमकः। ततो जन्तुः पुत्रशतज्येष्ठो ऽभवत। तेषां यवीयान पृषतः पृषताद द्रुपदस तस्माद धृष्टद्युम्नस ततो धृष्टकेतुः। अजमीढस्यान्य ऋक्षनामा पुत्रो ऽभूत। ऋक्षात संवरणः संवरणाच च कुरुः। य इदं धर्मक्षेत्रं कुरुक्षेत्रं चकार।।

tataḥ sa kumāraḥ kṛpaḥ kanyā cāśvatthāmno jananī kṛpī droṇasya patny abhavat| divodāsasyāpi mitrāyuḥ putro mitrāyoś cyavano nāma rājā cyavanāt sudāsaḥ| tataḥ saudāsaḥ sahadevas tasyāpi somakaḥ| tato jantuḥ putraśatajyeṣṭho 'bhavat| teṣāṃ yavīyān pṛṣataḥ pṛṣatād drupadas tasmād dhṛṣṭadyumnas tato dhṛṣṭaketuḥ| ajamīḍhasyānya ṛkṣanāmā putro 'bhūt| ṛkṣāt saṃvaraṇaḥ saṃvaraṇāc ca kuruḥ| ya idaṃ dharmakṣetraṃ kurukṣetraṃ cakāra||

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Then, that prince Kṛpa and the maiden became the mother of Ashvatthama, the wife of Drona. From Divodasa, the son Mitrayu was born, and from Mitrayu, King Chyavana, and from Chyavana, Sudasa. Then, Saudasa and Sahadeva, and from them, Somaka. Then, Jantu, the eldest son of a hundred sons was born. Among them, the youngest was Drupada, from whom Dhrishtadyumna and then Dhrishtaketu were born. From Ajamidha, another son named Riksha was born. From Riksha, Samvarana, and from Samvarana, Kuru. He who created this sacred land, Kurukshetra.