देवासुरमहायुद्धं राजवंशानुकीर्तनम् । इक्ष्वाकुजन्म तद्वंश: सुद्युम्नस्य महात्मन: ॥ २१ ॥
devāsura-mahā-yuddhaṁ rāja-vaṁśānukīrtanam ikṣvāku-janma tad-vaṁśaḥ sudyumnasya mahātmanaḥ
- deva-asura
- of the demigods and demons
- mahā-yuddham
- the great war
- rāja-vaṁśa
- of the dynasties of kings
- anukīrtanam
- the reciting in sequence
- ikṣvāku-janma
- the birth of Ikṣvāku
- tat-vaṁśaḥ
- his dynasty
- sudyamnasya
- (and the dynasty) of Sudyumna
- mahā-ātmanaḥ
- the great soul
An account of the great battle fought between the demigods and the demons, a systematic description of the dynasties of various kings, and narrations concerning Ikṣvāku’s birth, his dynasty and the dynasty of the pious Sudyumna — all are presented within this literature.