Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 9.21.19-20
Visarga· Brahmā's creationBrāhmaṇas Arise Within Kṣatriya Dynasties
“From Garga came a son named Śini, and his son was Gārgya. Although Gārgya was a kṣatriya, there came from him a generation of brahmaṇas. From Mahāvīrya came a son named Duritakṣaya, whose sons were Trayyāruṇi, Kavi and Puṣkarāruṇi. Although these sons of Duritakṣaya took birth in a dynasty of kṣatriyas, they too attained the position of brāhmaṇas. Bṛhatkṣatra had a son named Hastī, who established the city of Hastināpura [now New Delhi].”
What the purport teaches
- Garga’s son was Śini, whose son was Gārgya. Although Gārgya was a kṣatriya, a generation of brāhmaṇas came from him.
- Mahāvīrya’s son was Duritakṣaya, whose sons were Trayyāruṇi, Kavi and Puṣkarāruṇi. Although born in a kṣatriya dynasty, these sons attained the position of brāhmaṇas.
- Bṛhatkṣatra’s son Hastī established the city of Hastināpura.
Try this today
Write down the names of Duritakṣaya’s three sons and the position they attained.
Ask yourself
What assumptions about family background are challenged by these descendants becoming brāhmaṇas?
Carry the question through the day, then answer it in your own words before sleep.
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