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Canto 9 · Chapter 10: The Pastimes of the Supreme Lord, Rāmacandra

9.9.49 9.10.2

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 9.10.1

Visarga· Brahmā's creation

Who is speaking and story frame

Speaking:Śukadeva Gosvāmīsince 9.10.1inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

श्रीशुक उवाच

खट्‍वाङ्गाद् दीर्घबाहुश्च रघुस्तस्मात् पृथुश्रवा: ।

अजस्ततो महाराजस्तस्माद् दशरथोऽभवत् ॥ १ ॥

śrī-śuka uvāca

khaṭvāṅgād dīrghabāhuś ca

raghus tasmāt pṛthu-śravāḥ

ajas tato mahā-rājas

tasmād daśaratho ’bhavat

Translation

Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: The son of Mahārāja Khaṭvāṅga was Dīrghabāhu, and his son was the celebrated Mahārāja Raghu. From Mahārāja Raghu came Aja, and from Aja was born the great personality Mahārāja Daśaratha.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

The Lineage of Mahārāja Daśaratha

1
Śukadeva Gosvāmī names Dīrghabāhu as the son of Mahārāja Khaṭvāṅga.
2
Dīrghabāhu’s son was the celebrated Mahārāja Raghu, whose son was Aja.
3
From Aja was born the great personality Mahārāja Daśaratha.

How it feels

Exile and separation → Loyalty and reunion. Duty, loss and sacrifice shape the dramatic center of this canto.

Chapters 10–12 of Canto 9: The pastimes of Lord Rāmacandra. An editorial reading of the story's mood, not the text itself. See the emotional arc

Chapter 10: The Pastimes of the Supreme Lord, Rāmacandra

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

The son of Mahārāja Khaṭvāṅga was Dīrghabāhu, and his son was Raghu. The son of Raghu was Aja, the son of Aja was Daśaratha, and the son of Daśaratha was Lord Rāmacandra, the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

Read the whole chapter summary Back to this verse in chapter 9.10

Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

śrī-śukaḥ uvācaŚrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said
khaṭvāṅgātfrom Mahārāja Khaṭvāṅga
dīrghabāhuḥthe son named Dīrghabāhu
caand
raghuḥ tasmātfrom him Raghu was born
pṛthu-śravāḥsaintly and celebrated
ajaḥthe son named Aja
tataḥfrom him

Key ideas in this verse

The subject this verse serves and the themes it speaks of.

Visarga · Subcreation
How do living beings and their worlds appear? · Subject 2 of 10

Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

Can I recall the family line leading to Mahārāja Daśaratha?

Practice

Write the five names in order, beginning with Mahārāja Khaṭvāṅga and ending with Mahārāja Daśaratha.

The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

Live this todayThe Lineage of Mahārāja DaśarathaThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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