O descendant of the Bharata race, the sons and grandsons of the above were numberless. Simhika gave birth to a son, called Rahu, the persecutor of the sun and the moon,
असंख्येयाः स्मृतास्तेषां पुत्राः पौत्राश्च भारत। सिंहिका सुषुवे पुत्रं राहुं चन्द्रार्कमर्दनम्॥