Verse 17·VR 1.70.17

विश्वामित्राभ्यनुज्ञातः सह सर्वैर्महर्षिभिः || १-७०-१७ एष वक्ष्यति धर्मात्मा वसिष्ठो मे यथाक्रमम् | तूष्णींभूते दशरथे वसिष्ठो भगवानृषिः || १-७०-१८ उवाच वाक्यं वाक्यज्ञो वैदेहं सपुरोधसाम् |

avyakta prabhavo brahmaa shaashvato nitya avyayaH || 1-70-19 tasmaat mariiciH saMjaj~ne mariiceH kashyapaH sutaH | vivasvaan kashyapaat jaj~ne manur vaivasvataH smR^itaH || 1-70-20

Translation

"Should an assent be given by Sage Vishvamitra, along with all the great sages present here, this equanimous Vashishta will narrate about my bloodline, lineally..." And, to the nod of Vishvamitra Dasharatha become reticent, and then the godly and sententious sage Vashishta who is along with his men of the cloth said these sentences to the king of Videha, namely Janaka. [1-70-17b, 18, 19a]

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sarvaiH maharSibhiH saha

along with all great sages

vishvaamitraabhyanuj~naataH

duly assented by Vishvamitra

dharmaatmaa eSaH vasiSThaH

virtue-souled [equanimous,] this, Vashishta

yathaakramam

as per lineage

me

of mine [my bloodline]

vakSyati

will narrate about

dasharathe

by Dasharatha

tuuSNiimbhuute

on becoming silent - when took pause

vaakyaj~naH

sententious sage

vasiSThaH bhagavaan R^iSiH

Vashishta, godly, sage

sapurodhasaam

with [his] men of the cloth

vaideham vaakyam uvaaca

said sentence to Videha king.

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70

Ikshvaku's lineage detailed

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