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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.46.13

Bāla Kāṇḍa, sarga 46: Story of Indra & Diti: The Maruts’ regions and Viśālā’s lineage. Diti obtains divine wind-regions for her children, Viśvāmitra recounts Viśālā’s royal lineage and Sumati comes to welcome the travellers

In the sequence: his descendants were Hemacandra, Sucandra, Dhūmrāśva, Sṛñjaya, Sahadeva, Kuśāśva, Somadatta, and Kākutstha → the present King is Kākutstha's son Sumati

1.46.13

viśālasya suto rāma hemacandro mahābalaḥ
sucandra iti vikhyāto hemacandrād anantaraḥ

Viśāla's son, O Rāma, was the mighty Hemacandra; next after Hemacandra was one renowned as Sucandra.

Words: viśālasya — of Viśāla; suto — son; rāma — O Rāma; hemacandro — Hemacandra; mahābalaḥ — mighty; sucandra — Sucandra; iti — thus; vikhyāto — renowned; hemacandrād — after Hemacandra; anantaraḥ — next, immediately following

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki, the ādikavi of the ādikāvya: the first poet of the first poem. Sanskrit: The Vālmīki-Rāmāyaṇa: Critical Edition, Oriental Institute, Baroda, 1960–1975 (gen. eds. G. H. Bhatt, U. P. Shah); IAST from GRETIL (Göttingen). Translation and word glosses: Claude Opus 4.6–4.7; summaries and sequences: ChatGPT Astra (machine-made). Numbering follows the Critical Edition, not the vulgate (e.g. Gita Press, valmikiramayan.net), so sarga and verse numbers can differ from those editions.