Verse 12

¹²Devapi, Santanu and Bahlika were his sons. Devapi left his father's kingdom behind and went to the forest. ¹³Santanu became king. Before that he was called Mahabhisa. Whatever worn-out thing he touched with his two hands came back into its youth, ¹⁴and reached the highest ease; and from that doing he was Santanu. When for twelve years the mighty one sent no rain on his kingdom, ¹⁵the brahmins said to Santanu: this man has stepped in front of his elder and eats before him. Give the kingdom to your elder brother at once, so that city and realm may thrive. ¹⁶Told this by the twice-born, he pressed the kingdom on his elder brother. But that brother spoke, having been turned away from the Veda in his speech by brahmins whom the ministers had sent.

¹⁷He said things that went past what the Veda says, and then the god rained. Devapi took to yoga and has settled in the village of Kalapa. ¹⁸When the line of the Moon has perished in the Kali age, he will set it up again at the opening of the Krta. From Bahlika came Somadatta, and then Bhuri, Bhurisravas,