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4Read the translation. Ask: what is the Lord teaching here, and how does it apply to my life?
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6Write down what touched you. Note the main points in your own notebook.

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Canto 9 · Chapter 12: The Dynasty of Kuśa, the Son of Lord Rāmacandra

9.12.14 9.12.16

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 9.12.15

Visarga· Brahmā's creation

Who is speaking and story frame

Speaking:Śukadeva Gosvāmīsince 9.12.1inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

रणको भविता तस्मात् सुरथस्तनयस्तत: ।

सुमित्रो नाम निष्ठान्त एते बार्हद्ब‍लान्वया: ॥ १५ ॥

raṇako bhavitā tasmāt

surathas tanayas tataḥ

sumitro nāma niṣṭhānta

ete bārhadbalānvayāḥ

Translation

From Kṣudraka will come Raṇaka, from Raṇaka will come Suratha, and from Suratha will come Sumitra, ending the dynasty. This is a description of the dynasty of Bṛhadbala.

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Sumitra Ends the Dynasty of Bṛhadbala

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From Kṣudraka will come Raṇaka, and from Raṇaka will come Suratha.
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From Suratha will come Sumitra, with whom the dynasty will end.
3
The verse identifies this account as a description of the dynasty of Bṛhadbala.

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 12: The Dynasty of Kuśa, the Son of Lord Rāmacandra

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

The future descendants of Bṛhadbala will be Bṛhadraṇa, Ūrukriya, Vatsavṛddha, Prativyoma, Bhānu, Divāka, Sahadeva, Bṛhadaśva, Bhānumān, Pratīkāśva, Supratīka, Marudeva, Sunakṣatra, Puṣkara, Antarikṣa, Sutapā, Amitrajit, Bṛhadrāja, Barhi, Kṛtañjaya, Raṇañjaya, Sañjaya, Śākya, Śuddhoda, Lāṅgala, Prasenajit, Kṣudraka, Raṇaka, Suratha and Sumitra. All of them will become kings one after another.

Read the whole chapter summary Back to this verse in chapter 9.12

Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

raṇakaḥRaṇaka
bhavitāwill take birth
tasmātfrom Kṣudraka
surathaḥSuratha
tanayaḥthe son
tataḥthereafter
sumitraḥSumitra, the son of Suratha
nāmaby the name

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

Chapter themes come from the story phase this chapter belongs to.

Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How does the mention of the dynasty’s end change my reading of this list of descendants?

Practice

Write the final succession—Kṣudraka, Raṇaka, Suratha, Sumitra—and mark Sumitra as the end of the dynasty.

Live this todaySumitra Ends the Dynasty of BṛhadbalaThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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