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How to study this verse, in six steps
  1. 1Chant the verse. Say the Sanskrit slowly and carefully.
  2. 2Read the word meanings. Go through each Sanskrit word and its meaning.
  3. 3Find the meaning yourself. Before the translation, piece the meaning together from the words.
  4. 4Read the translation. Ask: what is the Lord teaching here, and how does it apply to my life?
  5. 5Read the purport slowly. Read it two or three times. Don't rush.
  6. 6Write down what touched you. Note the main points in your own notebook.
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Canto 9 · Chapter 22: The Descendants of Ajamīḍha
9.22.39.22.6

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Texts 9.22.4-5

Visarga· Brahmā's creation
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Śukadeva Gosvāmīsince 9.22.1inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

योऽजमीढसुतो ह्यन्य ऋक्ष: संवरणस्तत: ।

तपत्यां सूर्यकन्यायां कुरुक्षेत्रपति: कुरु: ॥ ४ ॥

परीक्षि: सुधनुर्जह्नुर्निषधश्च कुरो: सुता: ।

सुहोत्रोऽभूत् सुधनुषश्‍च्यवनोऽथ तत: कृती ॥ ५ ॥

yo ’jamīḍha-suto hy anya

ṛkṣaḥ saṁvaraṇas tataḥ

tapatyāṁ sūrya-kanyāyāṁ

kurukṣetra-patiḥ kuruḥ

parīkṣiḥ sudhanur jahnur

niṣadhaś ca kuroḥ sutāḥ

suhotro ’bhūt sudhanuṣaś

cyavano ’tha tataḥ kṛtī

Translation

Another son of Ajamīḍha was known as Ṛkṣa. From Ṛkṣa came a son named Saṁvaraṇa, and from Saṁvaraṇa through the womb of his wife, Tapatī, the daughter of the sun-god, came Kuru, the King of Kurukṣetra. Kuru had four sons — Parīkṣi, Sudhanu, Jahnu and Niṣadha. From Sudhanu, Suhotra was born, and from Suhotra, Cyavana. From Cyavana, Kṛtī was born.

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

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Kuru’s Birth and His Descendants

  1. 1

    Another son of Ajamīḍha was Ṛkṣa, whose son was Saṁvaraṇa.

  2. 2

    Saṁvaraṇa and his wife Tapatī, the daughter of the sun-god, had Kuru, the King of Kurukṣetra. Kuru’s four sons were Parīkṣi, Sudhanu, Jahnu and Niṣadha.

  3. 3

    Sudhanu’s son was Suhotra, Suhotra’s son was Cyavana, and Cyavana’s son was Kṛtī.

How it feels

Historical movement → Anticipation. The narrative narrows toward its divine center.

Chapters 20–24 of Canto 9: Lineages leading to the appearance of Kṛṣṇa. An editorial reading of the story's mood, not the text itself. See the emotional arc

Further reading

Chapter 22: The Descendants of Ajamīḍha

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

Kuru had four sons — Parīkṣi, Sudhanu, Jahnu and Niṣadha. Among the descendants in the dynasty from Sudhanu were Suhotra, Cyavana, Kṛtī and Uparicara Vasu.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in chapter 9.22
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. yaḥwho
  2. ajamīḍha-sutaḥwas a son born from Ajamīḍha
  3. hiindeed
  4. anyaḥanother
  5. ṛkṣaḥṚkṣa
  6. saṁvaraṇaḥSaṁvaraṇa
  7. tataḥfrom him (Ṛkṣa)
  8. tapatyāmTapatī
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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

  • Rāja-dharma · Devotional leadership

    Serving and protecting through responsibility. · Theme in SB 9.22

    In this verse: “king”

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

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

Which details help me distinguish Kuru’s parents from his sons?

Practice

Write Kuru’s parents above his name and his four sons below it.

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Connected stories

Keep going: stories told elsewhere in the Bhāgavatam that this verse or its purport brings in.

Found where this verse or Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport names them. See all of chapter 9.22's connections

Live this todayKuru’s Birth and His DescendantsThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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