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Hotraka
Jahnu (He swallowed up the
Ganga in her downward
course and let her out
though his thighs.
Puru
I
Balaka
I
Ajaka
I
Kusa
Kusambu Tanaya Vasu Kusanabha
Gadhi
Satyavati
Rishi Richika asked for the hand of Satyavati. Gadhi did not
consider him to be a fit husband for his daughter. He therefore
wanted to put him off and said: "Give a dower of one thousand
horses, with the lustre of moon all over their body and with one of
their ears dark-coloured (Syama). For we are sons of Kusika."
The Rishi went to Varuna and got the horses. He gave them
to the king and married Satyavati.
Satyavati and her mother both asked Richika to prepare Chant
for the birth of a son to each. (Cham is an oblation of rice, barley,
and pulse, boiled together. It is offered to Devas and Pitris). Richika
prepared two charus and consecrated one with Brahmana Mantra
and the other with Kshatriya Mantra. The Rishi then went to bathe
himself. In the meantime, the mother thought, the daughter's Charu
must be superior to hers. So she procured that from her daughter
and the daughter partook of her mother's Charu. When the Rishi
returned and learned what had taken place, he said to his wife:
"What an improper thing you have done by this exchange of Charus!
You shall have a fierce and terrible son, while your brother shall be
the greatest in divine wisdom."
Satyavati prayed to her husband, saying " Let it not be so"
The Rishi then said, " Then your grandson shall be all that."
Jamadagni was born of Satyavati. She became the river
Kausiki.
Jamadagni'married Renuka the daughter of Renu.
Jamadagni had several sons, Vasumat and others. The young-
est was Rama (Parsurama). He is said to be an Incarnation of
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