Rantideva’s Supreme Charity and the Hastī Lineage
Hastināpura and Pañcāla Origins
शान्ते: सुशान्तिस्तत्पुत्र: पुरुजोऽर्कस्ततोऽभवत् । भर्म्याश्वस्तनयस्तस्य पञ्चासन्मुद्गलादय: ॥ ३१ ॥ यवीनरो बृहद्विश्व: काम्पिल्ल: सञ्जय: सुता: । भर्म्याश्व: प्राह पुत्रा मे पञ्चानां रक्षणाय हि ॥ ३२ ॥ विषयाणामलमिमे इति पञ्चालसंज्ञिता: । मुद्गलाद् ब्रह्मनिर्वृत्तं गोत्रं मौद्गल्यसंज्ञितम् ॥ ३३ ॥
śānteḥ suśāntis tat-putraḥ purujo ’rkas tato ’bhavat bharmyāśvas tanayas tasya pañcāsan mudgalādayaḥ
沙安提(Śānti)之子为苏善提(Suśānti),苏善提之子为普鲁迦(Puruja),普鲁迦之子为阿尔迦(Arka)。由阿尔迦生婆尔弥耶湿婆(Bharmyāśva)。婆尔弥耶湿婆有五子——牟德伽罗(Mudgala)、耶毗那罗(Yavīnara)、布里哈德毗湿瓦(Bṛhadviśva)、甘毗罗(Kāmpilla)与三阇耶(Sañjaya)。婆尔弥耶湿婆祈请诸子:“孩子们,请承担守护我五个邦国之责,你们实堪其任。”因此他们被称为“般遮罗”(Pañcāla)。由牟德伽罗又兴起名为“牟德伽利耶”(Maudgalya)的婆罗门氏族。
Mudgala is named as one of the five sons of King Bharmyāśva in the Panchāla-related lineage described by Śukadeva Gosvāmī.
Canto 9 preserves sacred royal lineages to show how dharma is carried through generations and to connect later personalities and dynasties to earlier kings.
They cultivate humility and perspective—reminding us that worldly status is temporary, while dharma and devotion are the lasting inheritance.