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The son of Budha was Pururavas. He married Urvasi, the
renowned Deva nymph.
Pururavas had six sons. But we are concerned with only two
of them, Ayus and Vijaya.
Vijaya gave the Adept line of the race and Ayus, the ordinary
humanity.
In the line of Vijaya, we find Jahnu, purified by the assimila-
tion of Ganga, Visvamitra, pre-eminently the Rishi of the Rig Veda
and one of the seven sages who watch over the destiny of the present
Manvantara, Jamadagni, another of the seven sages of our Manvantara
and Parasurama one of the coming sages of the next Manvantara.
We have already mentioned the part taken by Visvamitra and his
sons in the composition of the Vedic Mantras.
Coming to the line of Ayus, we recognise the forefathers of
the Aryan races.
In the short-lived branch through Kshatra-vriddha, we find the
Vedic Rishi Gritsamada, his son Sunaka, the renowned Sounaka,
Dirghatamas and Dhanvantari, the promulgator of Ayur-veda.
But the longest history of the Race is through the descendants
of Yayati.
King Yayati married DevayAni, the daughter of Sukra, the
presiding Rishi of the planet Venus, and had by her two sons, Yadu
and Turvasu. Sukra is the son of Bhrigu, the Rishi of Mahar Loka.
Devayana, is the path leading beyond Triloki, after death.
But the King had also connection with a Danava girl, who
brought forth three sons, Druhyu, Anu and Puru. For his Danava
connection, King Yayati had in youth to undergo the infirmities of
age. This evil was transmitted to Puru, the youngest son of the
Danava girl.
The line of Puru was short-lived. But it is this line that gave
some of the renowned Vedic Rishis, viz. Apratiratha, Kanva,
Medhatithi and Piaskanva. Dushmanta, the hero of Kalidasa's re-
nowned drama also came of this line. Vishnu incarnated in part as
Bharata, son of Dushmanta.
Then there was a revolution. Bharata found that his sons were
not like unto himself. So the direct line of Puru came to an end.
What followed is a little mysterious. Bharata adopted Bharadvaja as
his son. Bharadvaja was begotten by Brihaspati ((Jupiter) on the
wife of his brother Utathya named Mamata (Egoism).
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