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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.69.22

Bāla Kāṇḍa, sarga 69: Vivāha: Kuśadhvaja’s arrival and the Ikṣvāku lineage. Kuśadhvaja joins the assembly, Vasiṣṭha recounts the Ikṣvāku lineage and asks for Janaka’s two daughters for Rāma & Lakṣmaṇa

In the sequence: the succession continues through Vikukṣi, Bāṇa, Anaraṇya, Pṛthu, Triśaṅku, Dhundhumāra, Yuvanāśva, Māndhātṛ, and Susaṃdhi → Susaṃdhi has two sons, Dhruvasaṃdhi and Prasenajit, and the line continues through Dhruvasaṃdhi's son Bharata and Bharata's son Asita

1.69.22

dhundhumārān mahātejā yuvanāśvo mahārathaḥ
yuvanāśvasutaḥ śrīmān māndhātā pṛthivīpatiḥ

From Dhundhumāra (came) the majestic, great chariot-warrior Yuvanāśva; Yuvanāśva's illustrious son was Māndhātṛ, lord of the earth.

Words: dhundhumārān — from Dhundhumāra; mahātejā — of great splendour; yuvanāśvo — Yuvanāśva; mahārathaḥ — great chariot-warrior; yuvanāśvasutaḥ — Yuvanāśva's son; śrīmān — illustrious; māndhātā — Māndhātṛ; pṛthivīpatiḥ — lord of the earth

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki. 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.