Bhagavata Purana — Skandha 9 — Chapter 21
SB 9 21.1
श्रीशुक उवाच वितथस्य सुतान् मन्योर्बृहत्क्षत्रो जयस्ततः महावीर्यो नरो गर्गः सङ्कृतिस्तु नरात्मजः
śrīśuka uvāca vitathasya sutān manyorbṛhatkṣatro jayastataḥ mahāvīryo naro gargaḥ saṅkṛtistu narātmajaḥ
Śrī Śuka said: Vitatha's son was Manyu; his sons were Bṛhatkṣatra, Jaya, Mahāvīrya, Nara and Garga; and Saṅkṛti was Nara's son.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 9 21.2
गुरुश्च रन्तिदेवश्च सङ्कृतेः पाण्डुनन्दन रन्तिदेवस्य महिमा इहामुत्र च गीयते
guruśca rantidevaśca saṅkṛteḥ pāṇḍunandana rantidevasya mahimā ihāmutra ca gīyate
From Saṅkṛti came Guru and Rantideva, O son of Pāṇḍu('s line); Rantideva's greatness is sung both here and in the world beyond.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 9 21.3
वियद्वित्तस्य ददतो लब्धं लब्धं बुभुक्षतः निष्किञ्चनस्य धीरस्य सकुटुम्बस्य सीदतः
viyadvittasya dadato labdhaṃ labdhaṃ bubhukṣataḥ niṣkiñcanasya dhīrasya sakuṭumbasya sīdataḥ
He whose wealth was the sky (i.e. who depended on providence), who gave away and ate whatever he obtained, possessing nothing, steadfast, though he and his family were sinking (in want) —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 9 21.4
व्यतीयुरष्टचत्वारिंशदहान्यपिबतः किल घृतपायससंयावं तोयं प्रातरुपस्थितम्
vyatīyuraṣṭacatvāriṃśadahānyapibataḥ kila ghṛtapāyasasaṃyāvaṃ toyaṃ prātarupasthitam
forty-eight days passed, they say, in which he did not even drink; in the morning water, and food of ghee, milk-rice and cake, were set before (him).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 9 21.5
कृच्छ्रप्राप्तकुटुम्बस्य क्षुत्तृड्भ्यां जातवेपथोः अतिथिर्ब्राह्मणः काले भोक्तुकामस्य चागमत्
kṛcchraprāptakuṭumbasya kṣuttṛḍbhyāṃ jātavepathoḥ atithirbrāhmaṇaḥ kāle bhoktukāmasya cāgamat
And as he — his family reduced to distress, trembling from hunger and thirst — was about to eat at the (proper) time, a brahmin guest arrived.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 9 21.6
तस्मै संव्यभजत् सो ऽन्नमादृत्य श्रद्धयान्वितः हरिं सर्वत्र सम्पश्यन् स भुक्त्वा प्रययौ द्विजः
tasmai saṃvyabhajat so 'nnamādṛtya śraddhayānvitaḥ hariṃ sarvatra sampaśyan sa bhuktvā prayayau dvijaḥ
He, filled with faith, respectfully shared the food with him, seeing Hari everywhere; and that brahmin, having eaten, went away.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 9 21.7
अथान्यो भोक्ष्यमाणस्य विभक्तस्य महीपतेः विभक्तं व्यभजत् तस्मै वृषलाय हरिं स्मरन्
athānyo bhokṣyamāṇasya vibhaktasya mahīpateḥ vibhaktaṃ vyabhajat tasmai vṛṣalāya hariṃ smaran
Then, as the king was about to eat what remained after the division, another came, and remembering Hari he divided that divided portion for him, a low-born man.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 9 21.8
याते शूद्रे तमन्यो ऽगादतिथिः श्वभिरावृतः राजन् मे दीयतामन्नं सगणाय बुभुक्षते
yāte śūdre tamanyo 'gādatithiḥ śvabhirāvṛtaḥ rājan me dīyatāmannaṃ sagaṇāya bubhukṣate
When the śūdra had gone, another guest came to him, surrounded by dogs: "King, let food be given to me and my pack, for we are hungry."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 9 21.9
स आदृत्यावशिष्टं यद्बहुमानपुरस्कृतम् तच् च दत्त्वा नमश्चक्रे श्वभ्यः श्वपतये विभुः
sa ādṛtyāvaśiṣṭaṃ yadbahumānapuraskṛtam tac ca dattvā namaścakre śvabhyaḥ śvapataye vibhuḥ
Respectfully, and with great honour, he gave that too — whatever was left over — and the mighty (king) bowed to the dogs and to their master.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 9 21.10
पानीयमात्रमुच्छेषं तच् चैकपरितर्पणम् पास्यतः पुल्कसो ऽभ्यागादपो देह्यशुभाय मे
pānīyamātramuccheṣaṃ tac caikaparitarpaṇam pāsyataḥ pulkaso 'bhyāgādapo dehyaśubhāya me
Only water was left over, and that just enough to refresh one person; as he was about to drink it, an outcaste came up (and said): "Give me water, unfortunate as I am."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 9 21.11
तस्य तां करुणां वाचं निशम्य विपुलश्रमाम् कृपया भृशसन्तप्त इदमाहामृतं वचः
tasya tāṃ karuṇāṃ vācaṃ niśamya vipulaśramām kṛpayā bhṛśasantapta idamāhāmṛtaṃ vacaḥ
Hearing that piteous speech of his, uttered with great effort, (the king), sorely burned with compassion, spoke these nectarean words.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 9 21.12
न कामये ऽहं गतिमीश्वरात् पराम् अष्टर्द्धियुक्तामपुनर्भवं वा आर्तिं प्रपद्ये ऽखिलदेहभाजाम् अन्तःस्थितो येन भवन्त्यदुःखाः
na kāmaye 'haṃ gatimīśvarāt parām aṣṭarddhiyuktāmapunarbhavaṃ vā ārtiṃ prapadye 'khiladehabhājām antaḥsthito yena bhavantyaduḥkhāḥ
"I do not desire from the Lord the highest destination, joined with the eight perfections, nor freedom from rebirth; I take upon myself the affliction of all embodied beings, so that, standing within them, (I may make them) free of suffering."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 9 21.13
क्षुत्तृट्श्रमो गात्रपरिभ्रमश्च दैन्यं क्लमः शोकविषादमोहाः सर्वे निवृत्ताः कृपणस्य जन्तोर् जिजीविषोर्जीवजलार्पणान् मे
kṣuttṛṭśramo gātraparibhramaśca dainyaṃ klamaḥ śokaviṣādamohāḥ sarve nivṛttāḥ kṛpaṇasya jantor jijīviṣorjīvajalārpaṇān me
"Hunger, thirst, exhaustion, trembling of the limbs, wretchedness, weariness, grief, dejection and bewilderment — all have ceased for me through my giving of life-giving water to this poor creature who wished to live."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 9 21.14
इति प्रभाष्य पानीयं म्रियमाणः पिपासया पुल्कसायाददाद्धीरो निसर्गकरुणो नृपः
iti prabhāṣya pānīyaṃ mriyamāṇaḥ pipāsayā pulkasāyādadāddhīro nisargakaruṇo nṛpaḥ
Having spoken thus, the king, steadfast and compassionate by nature, though himself dying of thirst, gave the water to the outcaste.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 9 21.15
तस्य त्रिभुवनाधीशाः फलदाः फलमिच्छताम् आत्मानं दर्शयां चक्रुर्माया विष्णुविनिर्मिताः
tasya tribhuvanādhīśāḥ phaladāḥ phalamicchatām ātmānaṃ darśayāṃ cakrurmāyā viṣṇuvinirmitāḥ
Then the rulers of the three worlds, who grant results to those who desire results, showed themselves to him — illusions fashioned by Viṣṇu.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 9 21.16
स वै तेभ्यो नमस्कृत्य निःसङ्गो विगतस्पृहः वासुदेवे भगवति भक्त्या चक्रे मनः परम्
sa vai tebhyo namaskṛtya niḥsaṅgo vigataspṛhaḥ vāsudeve bhagavati bhaktyā cakre manaḥ param
But he, bowing to them, unattached and free of longing, with devotion fixed his mind wholly on the Lord Vāsudeva.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 9 21.17
ईश्वरालम्बनं चित्तं कुर्वतो ऽनन्यराधसः माया गुणमयी राजन् स्वप्नवत् प्रत्यलीयत
īśvarālambanaṃ cittaṃ kurvato 'nanyarādhasaḥ māyā guṇamayī rājan svapnavat pratyalīyata
For him, who made his mind rest on the Lord and who worshipped no other, the illusion made of the qualities dissolved away like a dream, O king.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 9 21.18
तत्प्रसङ्गानुभावेन रन्तिदेवानुवर्तिनः अभवन् योगिनः सर्वे नारायणपरायणाः
tatprasaṅgānubhāvena rantidevānuvartinaḥ abhavan yoginaḥ sarve nārāyaṇaparāyaṇāḥ
By the influence of association with him, all the followers of Rantideva became yogis wholly devoted to Nārāyaṇa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 9 21.19
गर्गाच् छिनिस्ततो गार्ग्यः क्षत्राद्ब्रह्म ह्यवर्तत दुरितक्षयो महावीर्यात् तस्य त्रय्यारुणिः कविः
gargāc chinistato gārgyaḥ kṣatrādbrahma hyavartata duritakṣayo mahāvīryāt tasya trayyāruṇiḥ kaviḥ
From Garga (came) Śini, from him Gārgya; from a kṣatriya indeed a brāhmaṇa lineage arose. From Mahāvīrya (came) Duritakṣaya, and his (sons were) Trayyāruṇi, Kavi,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 9 21.20
पुष्करारुणिरित्यत्र ये ब्राह्मणगतिं गताः बृहत्क्षत्रस्य पुत्रो ऽभूद्धस्ती यद्धस्तिनापुरम्
puṣkarāruṇirityatra ye brāhmaṇagatiṃ gatāḥ bṛhatkṣatrasya putro 'bhūddhastī yaddhastināpuram
and Puṣkarāruṇi — these here attained the status of brāhmaṇas. Bṛhatkṣatra's son was Hastī, by whom Hastināpura (was founded).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 9 21.21
अजमीढो द्विमीढश्च पुरुमीढश्च हस्तिनः अजमीढस्य वंश्याः स्युः प्रियमेधादयो द्विजाः
ajamīḍho dvimīḍhaśca purumīḍhaśca hastinaḥ ajamīḍhasya vaṃśyāḥ syuḥ priyamedhādayo dvijāḥ
Hastī's (sons were) Ajamīḍha, Dvimīḍha and Purumīḍha. Ajamīḍha's descendants are said to be the brāhmaṇas Priyamedha and the rest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 9 21.22
अजमीढाद्बृहदिषुस्तस्य पुत्रो बृहद्धनुः बृहत्कायस्ततस्तस्य पुत्र आसीज् जयद्रथः
ajamīḍhādbṛhadiṣustasya putro bṛhaddhanuḥ bṛhatkāyastatastasya putra āsīj jayadrathaḥ
From Ajamīḍha (came) Bṛhadiṣu, his son Bṛhaddhanu, from him Bṛhatkāya, and his son was Jayadratha.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 9 21.23
तत्सुतो विशदस्तस्य स्येनजित् समजायत रुचिराश्वो दृढहनुः काश्यो वत्सश्च तत्सुताः
tatsuto viśadastasya syenajit samajāyata rucirāśvo dṛḍhahanuḥ kāśyo vatsaśca tatsutāḥ
His son was Viśada, and to him was born Syenajit; Rucirāśva, Dṛḍhahanu, Kāśya and Vatsa were his sons.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 9 21.24
रुचिराश्वसुतः पारः पृथुसेनस्तदात्मजः पारस्य तनयो नीपस्तस्य पुत्रशतं त्व् अभूत्
rucirāśvasutaḥ pāraḥ pṛthusenastadātmajaḥ pārasya tanayo nīpastasya putraśataṃ tv abhūt
Rucirāśva's son was Pāra, and his son Pṛthusena; Pāra's son was Nīpa, and he had a hundred sons.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 9 21.25
स कृत्व्यां शुककन्यायां ब्रह्मदत्तमजीजनत् योगी स गवि भार्यायां विष्वक्सेनमधात् सुतम्
sa kṛtvyāṃ śukakanyāyāṃ brahmadattamajījanat yogī sa gavi bhāryāyāṃ viṣvaksenamadhāt sutam
He begot Brahmadatta on Kṛtvī, the daughter of Śuka; he, a yogi, obtained a son, Viṣvaksena, from his wife Gau.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 9 21.26
जैगीषव्योपदेशेन योगतन्त्रं चकार ह उदक्सेनस्ततस्तस्माद्भल्लाटो बार्हदीषवाः
jaigīṣavyopadeśena yogatantraṃ cakāra ha udaksenastatastasmādbhallāṭo bārhadīṣavāḥ
By the teaching of Jaigīṣavya he composed a treatise on yoga. From him (came) Udakasena, and from him Bhallāṭa: these are the Bārhadiṣavas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 9 21.27
यवीनरो द्विमीढस्य कृतिमांस्तत्सुतः स्मृतः नाम्ना सत्यधृतिस्तस्य दृढनेमिः सुपार्श्वकृत्
yavīnaro dvimīḍhasya kṛtimāṃstatsutaḥ smṛtaḥ nāmnā satyadhṛtistasya dṛḍhanemiḥ supārśvakṛt
Yavīnara was Dvimīḍha's (son); his son is remembered as Kṛtimān; his (son) was named Satyadhṛti, his Dṛḍhanemi, who begot Supārśva.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 9 21.28
सुपार्श्वात् सुमतिस्तस्य पुत्रः सन्नतिमांस्ततः कृती हिरण्यनाभाद्यो योगं प्राप्य जगौ स्म षट्
supārśvāt sumatistasya putraḥ sannatimāṃstataḥ kṛtī hiraṇyanābhādyo yogaṃ prāpya jagau sma ṣaṭ
From Supārśva (came) Sumati, his son Sannatimān, from him Kṛtī, who, having obtained yoga from Hiraṇyanābha, sang six
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 9 21.29
संहिताः प्राच्यसाम्नां वै नीपो ह्युद्ग्रायुधस्ततः तस्य क्षेम्यः सुवीरो ऽथ सुवीरस्य रिपुञ्जयः
saṃhitāḥ prācyasāmnāṃ vai nīpo hyudgrāyudhastataḥ tasya kṣemyaḥ suvīro 'tha suvīrasya ripuñjayaḥ
compilations of the Sāmans of the East. From him (came) Nīpa, and from him Udgrāyudha; his (son) was Kṣemya, then Suvīra, and Suvīra's (son) was Ripuñjaya.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 9 21.30
ततो बहुरथो नाम पुरुमीढो ऽप्रजो ऽभवत् नलिन्यामजमीढस्य नीलः शान्तिस्तु तत्सुतः
tato bahuratho nāma purumīḍho 'prajo 'bhavat nalinyāmajamīḍhasya nīlaḥ śāntistu tatsutaḥ
Then Purumīḍha, called Bahuratha, was without offspring. Of Ajamīḍha by Nalinī (was born) Nīla, and Śānti was his son.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 9 21.31
शान्तेः सुशान्तिस्तत्पुत्रः पुरुजो ऽर्कस्ततो ऽभवत् भर्म्याश्वस्तनयस्तस्य पञ्चासन् मुद्गलादयः
śānteḥ suśāntistatputraḥ purujo 'rkastato 'bhavat bharmyāśvastanayastasya pañcāsan mudgalādayaḥ
Of Śānti (was born) Suśānti; his son (was) Puruja, and from him came Arka. His son was Bharmyāśva, and of him there were five (sons), Mudgala and the rest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 9 21.32
यवीनरो बृहद्विश्वः काम्पिल्लः सञ्जयः सुताः भर्म्याश्वः प्राह पुत्रा मे पञ्चानां रक्षणाय हि
yavīnaro bṛhadviśvaḥ kāmpillaḥ sañjayaḥ sutāḥ bharmyāśvaḥ prāha putrā me pañcānāṃ rakṣaṇāya hi
Yavīnara, Bṛhadviśva, Kāmpilla and Sañjaya (were the other) sons. Bharmyāśva said: "My five sons are indeed for the protection (of the realm)."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 9 21.33
विषयाणामलमिमे इति पञ्चालसंज्ञिताः मुद्गलाद्ब्रह्मनिर्वृत्तं गोत्रं मौद्गल्यसंज्ञितम्
viṣayāṇāmalamime iti pañcālasaṃjñitāḥ mudgalādbrahmanirvṛttaṃ gotraṃ maudgalyasaṃjñitam
"These are competent for (governing) the territories" — so they were called the Pañcālas. From Mudgala arose a lineage founded in brahman, called the Maudgalya gotra.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 9 21.34
मिथुनं मुद्गलाद्भार्म्याद्दिवोदासः पुमान् अभूत् अहल्या कन्यका यस्यां शतानन्दस्तु गौतमात्
mithunaṃ mudgalādbhārmyāddivodāsaḥ pumān abhūt ahalyā kanyakā yasyāṃ śatānandastu gautamāt
From Mudgala, the son of Bharmyāśva, a twin pair was born: the male was Divodāsa, and the girl was Ahalyā, in whom (i.e., of whom) Śatānanda (was born) from Gautama.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 9 21.35
तस्य सत्यधृतिः पुत्रो धनुर्वेदविशारदः शरद्वांस्तत्सुतो यस्मादुर्वशीदर्शनात् किल
tasya satyadhṛtiḥ putro dhanurvedaviśāradaḥ śaradvāṃstatsuto yasmādurvaśīdarśanāt kila
His son was Satyadhṛti, skilled in the science of archery; his son was Śaradvān, from whom, by the sight of Urvaśī, indeed—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 9 21.36
शरस्तम्बे ऽपतद्रेतो मिथुनं तदभूच् छुभम् तद्दृष्ट्वा कृपयागृह्णाच् छान्तनुर्मृगयां चरन् कृपः कुमारः कन्या च द्रोणपत्न्यभवत् कृपी
śarastambe 'patadreto mithunaṃ tadabhūc chubham taddṛṣṭvā kṛpayāgṛhṇāc chāntanurmṛgayāṃ caran kṛpaḥ kumāraḥ kanyā ca droṇapatnyabhavat kṛpī
—the semen fell upon a clump of reeds, and from it came an auspicious pair of twins. Seeing them, Śāntanu, while roaming on the hunt, took them up out of pity: the boy (was) Kṛpa, and the girl Kṛpī became Droṇa's wife.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition