देवापि: शान्तनुस्तस्य बाह्लीक इति चात्मजा: । पितृराज्यं परित्यज्य देवापिस्तु वनं गत: ॥ १२ ॥ अभवच्छान्तनू राजा प्राङ्महाभिषसंज्ञित: । यं यं कराभ्यां स्पृशति जीर्णं यौवनमेति स: ॥ १३ ॥
devapih santanus tasya bahlika iti catmajah pitr-rajyam parityajya devapis tu vanam gatah abhavac chantanu raja pran mahabhisa-samjnitah yam yam karabhyam sprsati jirnam yauvanam eti sah
- devapih
- Devapi
- santanuh
- Santanu
- tasya
- of him (Pratipa)
- bahlikah
- Bahlika
- iti
- thus
- ca
- also
- atma-jah
- the sons
- pitr-rajyam
- the father’s property, the kingdom
- parityajya
- rejecting
- devapih
- Devapi, the eldest
- tu
- indeed
- vanam
- to the forest
- gatah
- left
- abhavat
- was
- santanuh
- Santanu
- raja
- the king
- prak
- before
- mahabhisa
- Mahabhisa
- samjnitah
- most celebrated
- yam yam
- whomever
- karabhyam
- with his hands
- sprsati
- touched
- jirnam
- although very old
- yauvanam
- youth
- eti
- attained
- sah
- he
The sons of Pratipa were Devapi, Santanu and Bahlika. Devapi left the kingdom of his father and went to the forest, and therefore Santanu became the king. Santanu, who in his previous birth was known as Mahabhisa, had the ability to transform anyone from old age to youth simply by touching that person with his hands.