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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.102.12

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: Māndhātṛ's son Susaṃdhi has two sons, Dhruvasaṃdhi and Prasenajit → Dhruvasaṃdhi's son is an earlier Bharata, whose son is Asita

2.102.12

yuvanāśva sutaḥ śrīmān māndhātā samapadyata
māndhātus tu mahātejāḥ susaṃdhir udapadyata

Yuvanāśva's illustrious son was Māndhātṛ; and from Māndhātṛ, of great splendour, was born Susaṃdhi.

Words: yuvanāśva sutaḥ — Yuvanāśva's son; śrīmān — illustrious; māndhātā samapadyata — Māndhātṛ was born; māndhātus tu — and from Māndhātṛ; mahātejāḥ — of great splendour; susaṃdhir udapadyata — Susaṃdhi arose

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.