Janmajeya asked the sage, Bharat was born in the lunar clan. Please tell me more about this.
Vaishampayana said Son of Parikshit, listen as I tell you about the dynasty.
Marich was the son of Brahma, whose son was the rishi Kashyapa. His son was Surya, In his family was born Ila, who because of a curse became a woman and married Budha, son of Chandra. Ila's son was the king Pururava who wed the apsara, Urvashi. His son was Nahusha. He became the king of heavens and because of his ill deeds was cursed to become a snake. His son was Yayati who cursed to age and become old, bu Shukracharya.
Janmajeya wanted to know what Yayati had done to deserve a curse like this.
Vaishampayana said Son of Parikshit, listen as I tell you about the dynasty.
Marich was the son of Brahma, whose son was the rishi Kashyapa. His son was Surya, In his family was born Ila, who because of a curse became a woman and married Budha, son of Chandra. Ila's son was the king Pururava who wed the apsara, Urvashi. His son was Nahusha. He became the king of heavens and because of his ill deeds was cursed to become a snake. His son was Yayati who cursed to age and become old, bu Shukracharya.
Janmajeya wanted to know what Yayati had done to deserve a curse like this.
OMG again so many relationship :)
ReplyDelete:) The important ones will come up, so you forget them for now. Ila's son Pururava's wife was the apsara Urvashi. It is because Urvashi was a wife of an ancestor, that Arjuna (in the later part) addreessed Urvashi as mother which offended her, and she cursed Arjuna to loose his masculinity.
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