SB 9.16.37

SB 9.16.37

Devanagari

एवं कौशिकगोत्रं तु विश्वामित्रै: पृथग्विधम् । प्रवरान्तरमापन्नं तद्धि चैवं प्रकल्पितम् ॥ ३७ ॥

Verse text

evaṁ kauśika-gotraṁ tu viśvāmitraiḥ pṛthag-vidham pravarāntaram āpannaṁ tad dhi caivaṁ prakalpitam

Synonyms

evam in this way (some sons having been cursed and some blessed) ; kauśika gotram — the dynasty of Kauśika ; tu indeed ; viśvāmitraiḥ by the sons of Viśvāmitra ; pṛthak vidham — in different varieties ; pravara antaram — differences between one another ; āpannam obtained ; tat that ; hi indeed ; ca also ; evam thus ; prakalpitam ascertained .

Translation

Viśvāmitra cursed some of his sons and blessed the others, and he also adopted a son. Thus there were varieties in the Kauśika dynasty, but among all the sons, Devarāta was considered the eldest.

Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)

Thus there were varieties and a new excellence in the Kauśika dynasty because of Viśvāmitra, since Devarāta (Śunaḥśepha) was made the eldest son. This verse summarizes the story. Some were cursed and some were blessed. And another was accepted as a son. Thus the dynasty of Kauśika became various, and had a different excellence (pravarāntaram) because of Viśvāmitra (viśvamitraiḥ), since (hi) it reached excellence through Devarāta, when he was accepted as the eldest son. Thus ends the commentary on the Sixteenth Chapter of the Ninth Canto of the Bhāgavatam for the pleasure of the devotees, in accordance with the previous ācāryas. Chapter Seventeen The Descendents of Āyu 9.17: The Dynasties of the Sons of Purūravā 17. The Dynasties of the Sons of Purūravā 9.17 Summary Āyu, the eldest son of Purūravā, had five sons. This chapter describes the dynasties of four of them, beginning with Kṣatravṛddha. Āyu, the son of Purūravā, had five sons—Nahuṣa, Kṣatravṛddha, Rajī, Rābha and Anenā. The son of Kṣatravṛddha was Suhotra, who had three sons, named Kāśya, Kuśa and Gṛtsamada. The son of Gṛtsamada was Śunaka, and his son was Śaunaka. The son of Kāśya was Kāśi. From Kāśi came the sons and grandsons known as Rāṣṭra, Dīrghatama and then Dhanvantari, who was the inaugurator of medical science and was a śaktyāveśa incarnation of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Vāsudeva. The descendants of Dhanvantari were Ketumān, Bhīmaratha, Divodāsa and Dyumān, who was also known as Pratardana, Śatrujit, Vatsa, Ṛtadhvaja and Kuvalayāśva. The son of Dyumān was Alarka, who reigned over the kingdom for many, many years. Following in the dynasty of Alarka were Santati, Sunītha, Niketana, Dharmaketu, Satyaketu, Dhṛṣṭaketu, Sukumāra, Vītihotra, Bharga and Bhārgabhūmi. All of them belonged to the dynasty of Kāśi, the descendant of Kṣatravṛddha. The son of Rābha was Rabhasa, and his son was Gambhīra. Gambhīra's son was Akriya, and from Akriya came Brahmavit. The son of Anenā was Śuddha, and his son was Śuci. The son of Śuci was Citrakṛt, whose son was Śāntaraja. Rajī had five hundred sons, all of extraordinary strength. Rajī was personally very powerful and was given the kingdom of heaven by Lord Indra. Later, after Rajī's death, when the sons of Rajī refused to return the kingdom to Indra, by Bṛhaspati's arrangement they became unintelligent, and Lord Indra conquered them. The grandson of Kṣatravṛddha named Kuśa gave birth to a son named Prati. From Prati came Saṣjaya; from Saṣjaya, Jaya; from Jaya, Kṛta; and from Kṛta, Haryabala. The son of Haryabala was Sahadeva; the son of Sahadeva, Hīna; the son of Hīna, Jayasena; the son of Jayasena, Saṅkṛti; and the son of Saṅkṛti, Jaya.

Purport

Thus end the Bhaktivedanta purports of the Ninth Canto, Sixteenth Chapter, of the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, entitled “Lord Paraśurāma Destroys the World’s Ruling Class.”