Śāryātas
Śāryāta, “those of Śaryāti’s line”
The Śāryātas are kshatriyas of the line of Śaryāti, son of Manu: the scattered descendants of the hundred brothers of King Raivata Kakudmī, who fled from Kuśasthalī and entered the deep forests.
Their line
The Sūta tells the munis that to Śaryāti were born twins, a son, Ānarta, and a daughter, Sukanyā, who became the wife of Cyavana Maharshi. Ānarta’s country was Ānarta, with its capital at Kuśasthalī, and his heir was Raiva, of great tejas. Raiva’s eldest son was Raivata, also named Kakudmī, who ruled from Kuśasthalī.
How they came to the forests
Kakudmī went with his daughter Revatī to the presence of Brahmā, and in the one muhūrta he stayed there listening to the gāndharva, many yugas passed on earth. The munis asked how the descendants of Śaryāti, who went to Meru, are still on the earth. The Sūta answered that in Brahmaloka there is no old age, hunger, thirst or death. When Kakudmī went to svarloka, his capital Kuśasthalī was seized by rākshasas. He had a hundred brothers; escaping death at the hands of the rākshasas, they fled to the four directions. Their line was scattered here and there, and their descendants received the name Śāryātas. Those kshatriyas, men of virtue, went off in every direction and entered the deep forests.
Source: Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 7
Sources
- Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 7