1. The Genealogy & Birth of the Princes Sanskrit (translit.): "Āsīd rājā kurūṇāṃ tu śāntanuḥ satyavikramaḥ | Gaṅgāyāṃ jahnuputryāṃ ca tasya putro bhīṣmakaḥ ||" (Approximate: King Shantanu, of true valor, ruled the Kurus. From Ganga, the daughter of Jahnu, his son was Bhishma.)