Devanagari
माधवा वृष्णयो राजन् यादवाश्चेति संज्ञिता: ।
यदुपुत्रस्य च क्रोष्टो: पुत्रो वृजिनवांस्तत: ।
स्वाहितोऽतो विषद्गुर्वै तस्य चित्ररथस्तत: ॥ ३० ॥
शशबिन्दुर्महायोगी महाभागो महानभूत् ।
चतुर्दशमहारत्नश्चक्रवर्त्यपराजित: ॥ ३१ ॥
Verse text
mādhavā vṛṣṇayo rājan
yādavāś ceti saṁjṣitāḥ
yadu-putrasya ca kroṣṭoḥ
putro vṛjinavāṁs tataḥ
svāhito ’to viṣadgur vai
tasya citrarathas tataḥ
śaśabindur mahā-yogī
mahā-bhāgo mahān abhūt
caturdaśa-mahāratnaś
cakravarty aparājitaḥ
Synonyms
mādhavāḥ
—
the dynasty beginning from Madhu
;
vṛṣṇayaḥ
—
the dynasty beginning from Vṛṣṇi
;
rājan
—
O King (Mahārāja Parīkṣit)
;
yādavāḥ
—
the dynasty beginning from Yadu
;
ca
—
and
;
iti
—
thus
;
saṁjṣitāḥ
—
are so-called because of those different persons
;
yadu
—
putrasya — of the son of Yadu
;
ca
—
also
;
kroṣṭoḥ
—
of Kroṣṭā
;
putraḥ
—
the son
;
vṛjinavān
—
his name was Vṛjinavān
;
tataḥ
—
from him (Vṛjinavān)
;
svāhitaḥ
—
Svāhita
;
ataḥ
—
thereafter
;
viṣadguḥ
—
a son named Viṣadgu
;
vai
—
indeed
;
tasya
—
of him
;
citrarathaḥ
—
Citraratha
;
tataḥ
—
from him
;
śaśabinduḥ
—
Śaśabindu
;
mahā
—
yogī — a great mystic
;
mahā
—
bhāgaḥ — most fortunate
;
mahān
—
a great personality
;
abhūt
—
he became
;
caturdaśa
—
mahāratnaḥ — fourteen kinds of great opulences
;
cakravartī
—
he possessed as the emperor
;
aparājitaḥ
—
not defeated by anyone else .
Translation
O Mahārāja Parīkṣit, because Yadu, Madhu and Vṛṣṇi each inaugurated a dynasty, their dynasties are known as Yādava, Mādhava and Vṛṣṇi. The son of Yadu named Kroṣṭā had a son named Vṛjinavān. The son of Vṛjinavān was Svāhita; the son of Svāhita, Viṣadgu; the son of Viṣadgu, Citraratha; and the son of Citraratha, Śaśabindu. The greatly fortunate Śaśabindu, who was a great mystic, possessed fourteen opulences and was the owner of fourteen great jewels. Thus he became the emperor of the world.
Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
O King! The dynasties of Yadu, Madhu and Vṛṣṇi are known as Yādava, Mādhava and Vṛṣṇi. The son of Yadu named Kroṣṭā had a son named Vṛjinavān. The son of Vṛjinavān was Svāhita; the son of Svāhita, Viṣadgu; the son of Viṣadgu, Citraratha; and the son of Citraratha, Śaśabindu. The greatly fortunate Śaśabindu, who was a great mystic, possessed fourteen great jewels. He became the undefeated emperor of the world.
Yadu, Madhu and Vṛṣni started the famous dynasty. Śaśabindhu possessed the best of each treasure. These treasures are 1) an elephant, (2) a horse, (3) a chariot, (4) a wife, (5) arrows, (6) a reservoir of wealth, (7) a garland, (8) valuable clothes, (9) trees, (10) a spear, (11) a noose, (12) jewels, (13) an umbrella, and (14) air plane.
Purport
In the
Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa
the fourteen kinds of great jewels are described as follows: (1) an elephant, (2) a horse, (3) a chariot, (4) a wife, (5) arrows, (6) a reservoir of wealth, (7) a garland, (8) valuable costumes, (9) trees, (10) a spear, (11) a noose, (12) jewels, (13) an umbrella, and (14) regulative principles. To be the emperor, one must possess all fourteen of these opulences. Śaśabindu possessed them all.