Bhagavata Purana — Skandha 9 — Chapter 20
SB 9 20.1
श्रीबादरायणिरुवाच पूरोर्वंशं प्रवक्ष्यामि यत्र जातो ऽसि भारत यत्र राजर्षयो वंश्या ब्रह्मवंश्याश्च जज्ञिरे
śrībādarāyaṇiruvāca pūrorvaṃśaṃ pravakṣyāmi yatra jāto 'si bhārata yatra rājarṣayo vaṃśyā brahmavaṃśyāśca jajñire
Śrī Bādarāyaṇi said: I shall now recount the line of Pūru, in which you were born, O Bhārata, and in which royal sages of the family and men of brahminical lineage were born.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 9 20.2
जनमेजयो ह्यभूत् पूरोः प्रचिन्वांस्तत्सुतस्ततः प्रवीरो ऽथ मनुस्युर्वै तस्माच् चारुपदो ऽभवत्
janamejayo hyabhūt pūroḥ pracinvāṃstatsutastataḥ pravīro 'tha manusyurvai tasmāc cārupado 'bhavat
From Pūru there was Janamejaya; his son was Pracinvān; from him Pravīra; then Manusyu; and from him came Cārupada.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 9 20.3
तस्य सुद्युरभूत् पुत्रस्तस्माद्बहुगवस्ततः संयातिस्तस्याहंयाती रौद्राश्वस्तत्सुतः स्मृतः
tasya sudyurabhūt putrastasmādbahugavastataḥ saṃyātistasyāhaṃyātī raudrāśvastatsutaḥ smṛtaḥ
His son was Sudyu; from him Bahugava; from him Saṃyāti; his son Ahaṃyāti; and Raudrāśva is recorded as his son.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 9 20.4
ऋतेयुस्तस्य कक्षेयुः स्थण्डिलेयुः कृतेयुकः जलेयुः सन्नतेयुश्च धर्मसत्यव्रतेयवः
ṛteyustasya kakṣeyuḥ sthaṇḍileyuḥ kṛteyukaḥ jaleyuḥ sannateyuśca dharmasatyavrateyavaḥ
His (sons were) Ṛteyu, Kakṣeyu, Sthaṇḍileyu, Kṛteyuka, Jaleyu, Sannateyu, and Dharmeyu, Satyeyu, Vrateyu,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 9 20.5
दशैते ऽप्सरसः पुत्रा वनेयुश्चावमः स्मृतः घृताच्यामिन्द्रियाणीव मुख्यस्य जगदात्मनः
daśaite 'psarasaḥ putrā vaneyuścāvamaḥ smṛtaḥ ghṛtācyāmindriyāṇīva mukhyasya jagadātmanaḥ
— these ten were sons of the apsaras, and Vaneyu is recorded as the youngest; (they were born) of Ghṛtācī, as the senses are (born) of the chief (vital air), the self of the world.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 9 20.6
ऋतेयो रन्तिनावो ऽभूत् त्रयस्तस्यात्मजा नृप सुमतिर्ध्रुवो ऽप्रतिरथः कण्वो ऽप्रतिरथात्मजः
ṛteyo rantināvo 'bhūt trayastasyātmajā nṛpa sumatirdhruvo 'pratirathaḥ kaṇvo 'pratirathātmajaḥ
Of Ṛteyu was born Rantināva; he had three sons, O king: Sumati, Dhruva, and Apratiratha. Kaṇva was Apratiratha's son.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 9 20.7
तस्य मेधातिथिस्तस्मात् प्रस्कन्नाद्या द्विजातयः पुत्रो ऽभूत् सुमते रेभिर्दुष्मन्तस्तत्सुतो मतः
tasya medhātithistasmāt praskannādyā dvijātayaḥ putro 'bhūt sumate rebhirduṣmantastatsuto mataḥ
His son was Medhātithi, and from him the twice-born Praskanna and the rest. Of Sumati the son was Rebhi, and Duṣmanta is held to be his son.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 9 20.8
दुष्मन्तो मृगयां यातः कण्वाश्रमपदं गतः तत्रासीनां स्वप्रभया मण्डयन्तीं रमामिव
duṣmanto mṛgayāṃ yātaḥ kaṇvāśramapadaṃ gataḥ tatrāsīnāṃ svaprabhayā maṇḍayantīṃ ramāmiva
Duṣmanta, having gone out hunting, came to the site of Kaṇva's hermitage; there (he saw) her seated, adorning (the place) with her own radiance, like Ramā—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 9 20.9
विलोक्य सद्यो मुमुहे देवमायामिव स्त्रियम् बभाषे तां वरारोहां भटैः कतिपयैर्वृतः
vilokya sadyo mumuhe devamāyāmiva striyam babhāṣe tāṃ varārohāṃ bhaṭaiḥ katipayairvṛtaḥ
Seeing (her), he was at once bewildered by the woman, who was like a divine illusion; surrounded by a few attendants, he addressed her, the fair-hipped one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 9 20.10
तद्दर्शनप्रमुदितः सन्निवृत्तपरिश्रमः पप्रच्छ कामसन्तप्तः प्रहसञ् श्लक्ष्णया गिरा
taddarśanapramuditaḥ sannivṛttapariśramaḥ papraccha kāmasantaptaḥ prahasañ ślakṣṇayā girā
Delighted by the sight of her, his fatigue quite gone, burning with desire, he asked (her), smiling, in a smooth voice:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 9 20.11
का त्वं कमलपत्राक्षि कस्यासि हृदयङ्गमे किं स्विच् चिकीर्षितं तत्र भवत्या निर्जने वने
kā tvaṃ kamalapatrākṣi kasyāsi hṛdayaṅgame kiṃ svic cikīrṣitaṃ tatra bhavatyā nirjane vane
"Who are you, lotus-petal-eyed one? Whose are you, O charmer of the heart? And what is it that you intend to do here, lady, in this deserted forest?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 9 20.12
व्यक्तं राजन्यतनयां वेद्म्यहं त्वां सुमध्यमे न हि चेतः पौरवाणामधर्मे रमते क्वचित्
vyaktaṃ rājanyatanayāṃ vedmyahaṃ tvāṃ sumadhyame na hi cetaḥ pauravāṇāmadharme ramate kvacit
"Clearly I know you to be the daughter of a kṣatriya, O slender-waisted one; for the mind of the Pauravas never takes pleasure in unrighteousness."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 9 20.13
श्रीशकुन्तलोवाच विश्वामित्रात्मजैवाहं त्यक्ता मेनकया वने वेदैतद्भगवान् कण्वो वीर किं करवाम ते
śrīśakuntalovāca viśvāmitrātmajaivāhaṃ tyaktā menakayā vane vedaitadbhagavān kaṇvo vīra kiṃ karavāma te
Śrī Śakuntalā said: "I am the daughter of Viśvāmitra, abandoned in the forest by Menakā; the venerable Kaṇva knows this. O hero, what may we do for you?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 9 20.14
आस्यतां ह्यरविन्दाक्ष गृह्यतामर्हणं च नः भुज्यतां सन्ति नीवारा उष्यतां यदि रोचते
āsyatāṃ hyaravindākṣa gṛhyatāmarhaṇaṃ ca naḥ bhujyatāṃ santi nīvārā uṣyatāṃ yadi rocate
Do be seated, O lotus-eyed one, and accept our hospitality; there is wild rice—please eat; and stay, if it pleases you."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 9 20.15
श्रीदुष्मन्त उवाच उपपन्नमिदं सुभ्रु जातायाः कुशिकान्वये स्वयं हि वृणुते राज्ञां कन्यकाः सदृशं वरम्
śrīduṣmanta uvāca upapannamidaṃ subhru jātāyāḥ kuśikānvaye svayaṃ hi vṛṇute rājñāṃ kanyakāḥ sadṛśaṃ varam
Śrī Duṣmanta said: "This is fitting for you, fair-browed one, born in Kuśika's line; for the daughters of kings themselves choose a husband who is their match."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 9 20.16
ओमित्युक्ते यथाधर्ममुपयेमे शकुन्तलाम् गान्धर्वविधिना राजा देशकालविधानवित्
omityukte yathādharmamupayeme śakuntalām gāndharvavidhinā rājā deśakālavidhānavit
When "Yes" was said, the king, who knew the rules of place and time, married Śakuntalā in accordance with dharma, by the gāndharva rite.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 9 20.17
अमोघवीर्यो राजर्षिर्महिष्यां वीर्यमादधे श्वोभूते स्वपुरं यातः कालेनासूत सा सुतम्
amoghavīryo rājarṣirmahiṣyāṃ vīryamādadhe śvobhūte svapuraṃ yātaḥ kālenāsūta sā sutam
The royal sage, whose potency was never fruitless, placed his seed in the queen. Next morning he departed for his own city, and in time she gave birth to a son.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 9 20.18
कण्वः कुमारस्य वने चक्रे समुचिताः क्रियाः बद्ध्वा मृगेन्द्रं तरसा क्रीडति स्म स बालकः
kaṇvaḥ kumārasya vane cakre samucitāḥ kriyāḥ baddhvā mṛgendraṃ tarasā krīḍati sma sa bālakaḥ
In the forest Kaṇva performed the appropriate rites for the boy; and that child would play by forcibly binding a lion.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 9 20.19
तं दुरत्ययविक्रान्तमादाय प्रमदोत्तमा हरेरंशांशसम्भूतं भर्तुरन्तिकमागमत्
taṃ duratyayavikrāntamādāya pramadottamā hareraṃśāṃśasambhūtaṃ bharturantikamāgamat
Taking him, whose valor was hard to overcome, born of a portion of a portion of Hari, that best of women came into her husband's presence.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 9 20.20
यदा न जगृहे राजा भार्यापुत्राव् अनिन्दितौ शृण्वतां सर्वभूतानां खे वाग् आहाशरीरिणी
yadā na jagṛhe rājā bhāryāputrāv aninditau śṛṇvatāṃ sarvabhūtānāṃ khe vāg āhāśarīriṇī
When the king would not accept his blameless wife and son, a bodiless voice spoke in the sky, while all beings listened:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 9 20.21
माता भस्त्रा पितुः पुत्रो येन जातः स एव सः भरस्व पुत्रं दुष्मन्त मावमंस्थाः शकुन्तलाम्
mātā bhastrā pituḥ putro yena jātaḥ sa eva saḥ bharasva putraṃ duṣmanta māvamaṃsthāḥ śakuntalām
"The mother is (only) the leather bag; the son belongs to the father—he by whom he is begotten is that very one. Support your son, Duṣmanta; do not slight Śakuntalā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 9 20.22
रेतोधाः पुत्रो नयति नरदेव यमक्षयात् त्वं चास्य धाता गर्भस्य सत्यमाह शकुन्तला
retodhāḥ putro nayati naradeva yamakṣayāt tvaṃ cāsya dhātā garbhasya satyamāha śakuntalā
The son who is the depositing of the seed leads (his father) out of Yama's abode, O lord of men; and you are the one who placed this embryo. Śakuntalā has spoken the truth."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 9 20.23
पितर्युपरते सो ऽपि चक्रवर्ती महायशाः महिमा गीयते तस्य हरेरंशभुवो भुवि
pitaryuparate so 'pi cakravartī mahāyaśāḥ mahimā gīyate tasya hareraṃśabhuvo bhuvi
When his father had passed away, he too became an emperor of great fame; the greatness of him, born of a portion of Hari, is sung on earth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 9 20.24
चक्रं दक्षिणहस्ते ऽस्य पद्मकोशो ऽस्य पादयोः ईजे महाभिषेकेण सो ऽभिषिक्तो ऽधिराड् विभुः
cakraṃ dakṣiṇahaste 'sya padmakośo 'sya pādayoḥ īje mahābhiṣekeṇa so 'bhiṣikto 'dhirāḍ vibhuḥ
On his right hand was a wheel, and on his feet the calyx of a lotus. Consecrated by the great consecration, he, the supreme overlord, performed sacrifice.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 9 20.25
पञ्चपञ्चाशता मेध्यैर्गङ्गायामनु वाजिभिः मामतेयं पुरोधाय यमुनामनु च प्रभुः
pañcapañcāśatā medhyairgaṅgāyāmanu vājibhiḥ māmateyaṃ purodhāya yamunāmanu ca prabhuḥ
With fifty-five sanctified horses along the Ganges, and (more) along the Yamunā, the lord (sacrificed), placing the son of Mamatā (Dīrghatamas) in front as his priest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 9 20.26
अष्टसप्ततिमेध्याश्वान् बबन्ध प्रददद्वसु भरतस्य हि दौष्मन्तेरग्निः साचीगुणे चितः सहस्रं बद्वशो यस्मिन् ब्राह्मणा गा विभेजिरे
aṣṭasaptatimedhyāśvān babandha pradadadvasu bharatasya hi dauṣmanteragniḥ sācīguṇe citaḥ sahasraṃ badvaśo yasmin brāhmaṇā gā vibhejire
He bound seventy-eight sacrificial horses, bestowing wealth. Indeed the fire of Bharata, son of Duṣmanta, was piled up at Sācīguṇa, at which (sacrifice) the brahmins divided among themselves cows by the thousand badvas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 9 20.27
त्रयस्त्रिंशच्छतं ह्यश्वान् बद्ध्वा विस्मापयन् नृपान् दौष्मन्तिरत्यगान् मायां देवानां गुरुमाययौ
trayastriṃśacchataṃ hyaśvān baddhvā vismāpayan nṛpān dauṣmantiratyagān māyāṃ devānāṃ gurumāyayau
Having bound one hundred and thirty-three horses, astonishing the kings, the son of Duṣmanta surpassed the magic power of the gods and approached the preceptor (of the gods).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 9 20.28
मृगान् छुक्लदतः कृष्णान् हिरण्येन परीवृतान् अदात् कर्मणि मष्णारे नियुतानि चतुर्दश
mṛgān chukladataḥ kṛṣṇān hiraṇyena parīvṛtān adāt karmaṇi maṣṇāre niyutāni caturdaśa
He gave black deer with white teeth, encased in gold, fourteen niyutas (hundred-thousands) of them, at the rite at Maṣṇāra.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 9 20.29
भरतस्य महत् कर्म न पूर्वे नापरे नृपाः नैवापुर्नैव प्राप्स्यन्ति बाहुभ्यां त्रिदिवं यथा
bharatasya mahat karma na pūrve nāpare nṛpāḥ naivāpurnaiva prāpsyanti bāhubhyāṃ tridivaṃ yathā
Bharata's great deed neither the kings before nor those after have attained, nor will they attain it — as (one cannot reach) heaven with one's arms.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 9 20.30
किरातहूणान् यवनान् पौण्ड्रान् कङ्कान् खशान् छकान् अब्रह्मण्यनृपांश्चाहन् म्लेच्छान् दिग्विजये ऽखिलान्
kirātahūṇān yavanān pauṇḍrān kaṅkān khaśān chakān abrahmaṇyanṛpāṃścāhan mlecchān digvijaye 'khilān
In his conquest of the directions he slew the Kirātas, Hūṇas, Yavanas, Pauṇḍras, Kaṅkas, Khaśas and Śakas, and the kings hostile to brahmins, and all the barbarians.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 9 20.31
जित्वा पुरासुरा देवान् ये रसौकांसि भेजिरे देवस्त्रियो रसां नीताः प्राणिभिः पुनराहरत्
jitvā purāsurā devān ye rasaukāṃsi bhejire devastriyo rasāṃ nītāḥ prāṇibhiḥ punarāharat
He brought back again the wives of the gods who had been carried off to the nether world by the (asuras) — those asuras who, having formerly conquered the gods, took up their dwellings in the nether regions.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 9 20.32
सर्वान् कामान् दुदुहतुः प्रजानां तस्य रोदसी समास्त्रिणवसाहस्रीर्दिक्षु चक्रमवर्तयत्
sarvān kāmān duduhatuḥ prajānāṃ tasya rodasī samāstriṇavasāhasrīrdikṣu cakramavartayat
Heaven and earth yielded all desired things for his subjects; for three times nine thousand years he made his sovereign wheel turn in (all) directions.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 9 20.33
स संराड् लोकपालाख्यमैश्वर्यमधिराट् श्रियम् चक्रं चास्खलितं प्राणान् मृषेत्युपरराम ह
sa saṃrāḍ lokapālākhyamaiśvaryamadhirāṭ śriyam cakraṃ cāskhalitaṃ prāṇān mṛṣetyupararāma ha
That emperor, the overlord, considering that lordship called (rule over) the world-guardians, and fortune, and the unfaltering wheel (of dominion), and life itself were false, ceased (from them).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 9 20.34
तस्यासन् नृप वैदर्भ्यः पत्न्यस्तिस्रः सुसम्मताः जघ्नुस्त्यागभयात् पुत्रान् नानुरूपा इतीरिते
tasyāsan nṛpa vaidarbhyaḥ patnyastisraḥ susammatāḥ jaghnustyāgabhayāt putrān nānurūpā itīrite
O king, he had three highly esteemed wives, princesses of Vidarbha; when it was said (by him) that they were not like (him), they killed their sons out of fear of being cast off.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 9 20.35
तस्यैवं वितथे वंशे तदर्थं यजतः सुतम् मरुत्स्तोमेन मरुतो भरद्वाजमुपाददुः
tasyaivaṃ vitathe vaṃśe tadarthaṃ yajataḥ sutam marutstomena maruto bharadvājamupādaduḥ
When his line had thus become fruitless, and he was sacrificing with the Marutstoma rite for the sake of a son, the Maruts gave him Bharadvāja.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 9 20.36
अन्तर्वत्न्यां भ्रातृपत्न्यां मैथुनाय बृहस्पतिः प्रवृत्तो वारितो गर्भं शप्त्वा वीर्यमुपासृजत्
antarvatnyāṃ bhrātṛpatnyāṃ maithunāya bṛhaspatiḥ pravṛtto vārito garbhaṃ śaptvā vīryamupāsṛjat
Bṛhaspati, having approached his brother's pregnant wife for intercourse and having been forbidden (by the child in the womb), cursed the embryo and discharged his seed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 9 20.37
तं त्यक्तुकामां ममतां भर्तुस्त्यागविशङ्किताम् नामनिर्वाचनं तस्य श्लोकमेनं सुरा जगुः
taṃ tyaktukāmāṃ mamatāṃ bhartustyāgaviśaṅkitām nāmanirvācanaṃ tasya ślokamenaṃ surā jaguḥ
To Mamatā, who wished to abandon him (the child), fearing abandonment by her husband, the gods sang this verse, an explanation of his name:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 9 20.38
मूढे भर द्वाजमिमं भर द्वाजं बृहस्पते यातौ यदुक्त्वा पितरौ भरद्वाजस्ततस्त्व् अयम्
mūḍhe bhara dvājamimaṃ bhara dvājaṃ bṛhaspate yātau yaduktvā pitarau bharadvājastatastv ayam
"Foolish woman, support this one born of two; Bṛhaspati, support the one born of two!" — because the two parents said this and went away, thereafter he is Bharadvāja.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 9 20.39
चोद्यमाना सुरैरेवं मत्वा वितथमात्मजम् व्यसृजन् मरुतो ऽबिभ्रन् दत्तो ऽयं वितथे ऽन्वये
codyamānā surairevaṃ matvā vitathamātmajam vyasṛjan maruto 'bibhran datto 'yaṃ vitathe 'nvaye
Thus urged by the gods, (the mother), thinking the son useless, abandoned (him); the Maruts nourished him, and he was given (as a son) in the line (of Bharata) when it had become fruitless.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain