Dynasties

There was many great people in the line of Manu. The first in this line was Brahma. In the beginning of creation, Vishnu in his form of Brahma came out of brahmanda. From Brahma’s fingers was born Daksha Prajapati. Daksha’s daughter was Aditi, Aditi’s son was Surya and Surya’s son was Manu. Because Manu wanted a son, he prayed to the gods Mitra and Varuna. From the yajna that was done, a daughter named Ila came out. But Manu had really wanted a son. So, for a while, Ila became a son called Sudyumna.

Chandra’s son was Budha. Sudyumna was one day wandering around Budha’as ashrama as the girl Ila. Budha married her and they had a son called Pururava. After Pururava was born, Sudyumna performed sacrifices so as to become a man again. Once he became a man, he had three sons called Utkala, Gaya and Vinata.

In this dynasty there was a king called Marutta. Marutta performed a wonderful yajna. No such yajna has been performed ever since. Every article used in the ceremony was made of gold. Indra drank a lot a soma juice and was satisfied. So were the brahmanas. It was the gods who served the food.