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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.102.10
Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 102: Vasiṣṭha recounts the royal lineage. He traces the dynasty from creation through Ikṣvāku and Sagara, invoking its tradition of eldest succession
In the sequence: Anaraṇya is followed by Pṛthu, then Triśaṅku, who reaches heaven in his own body, and then Dhundhumāra, Yuvanāśva, and Māndhātṛ.
2.102.10
anaraṇyān mahābāhuḥ pṛthū rājā babhūva ha
tasmāt pṛthor mahārājas triśaṅkur udapadyata
sa satyavacanād vīraḥ saśarīro divaṃ gataḥ
From Anaraṇya came the great-armed King Pṛthu; from that Pṛthu, the great king, was born Triśaṅku, who by his truthfulness, the hero, went to heaven in his own body.
Words: anaraṇyān — from Anaraṇya; mahābāhuḥ — the great-armed; pṛthū rājā — King Pṛthu; babhūva ha — came to be; tasmāt pṛthor — from that Pṛthu; mahārājas — the great king; triśaṅkur udapadyata — Triśaṅku was born; sa satyavacanād — he by his truthfulness; vīraḥ — the hero; saśarīro — with his own body; divaṃ gataḥ — went to heaven
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.