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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Texts 9.24.6-8

Who is speaking and story frame

पुरुहोत्रस्त्वनो: पुत्रस्तस्यायु: सात्वतस्तत: ।

भजमानो भजिर्दिव्यो वृष्णिर्देवावृधोऽन्धक: ॥ ६ ॥

सात्वतस्य सुता: सप्त महाभोजश्च मारिष ।

भजमानस्य निम्‍लोचि: किङ्कणो धृष्टिरेव च ॥ ७ ॥

एकस्यामात्मजा: पत्‍न्यामन्यस्यां च त्रय: सुता: ।

शताजिच्च सहस्राजिदयुताजिदिति प्रभो ॥ ८ ॥

puruhotras tv anoḥ putras

tasyāyuḥ sātvatas tataḥ

bhajamāno bhajir divyo

vṛṣṇir devāvṛdho ’ndhakaḥ

sātvatasya sutāḥ sapta

mahābhojaś ca māriṣa

bhajamānasya nimlociḥ

kiṅkaṇo dhṛṣṭir eva ca

ekasyām ātmajāḥ patnyām

anyasyāṁ ca trayaḥ sutāḥ

śatājic ca sahasrājid

ayutājid iti prabho

Translation

The son of Anu was Puruhotra, the son of Puruhotra was Ayu, and the son of Ayu was Sātvata. O great Āryan King, Sātvata had seven sons, named Bhajamāna, Bhaji, Divya, Vṛṣṇi, Devāvṛdha, Andhaka and Mahābhoja. From Bhajamāna by one wife came three sons — Nimloci, Kiṅkaṇa and Dhṛṣṭi. And from his other wife came three other sons — Śatājit, Sahasrājit and Ayutājit.

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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.

Sātvata’s Sons and Bhajamāna’s Family

  1. 1

    Anu’s son was Puruhotra, whose son was Ayu. Ayu’s son was Sātvata.

  2. 2

    Sātvata had seven sons: Bhajamāna, Bhaji, Divya, Vṛṣṇi, Devāvṛdha, Andhaka and Mahābhoja.

  3. 3

    Bhajamāna had Nimloci, Kiṅkaṇa and Dhṛṣṭi by one wife. By his other wife he had Śatājit, Sahasrājit and Ayutājit.

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 24: Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

From the son of Vidarbha named Kratha came a son named Kunti, from whose dynasty came the descendants named Vṛṣṇi, Nirvṛti, Daśārha, Vyoma, Jīmūta, Vikṛti, Bhīmaratha, Navaratha, Daśaratha, Śakuni, Karambhi, Devarāta, Devakṣatra, Madhu, Kuruvaśa, Anu, Puruhotra, Ayu and Sātvata. Sātvata had seven sons.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in chapter 9.24
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. puruhotraḥPuruhotra
  2. tuindeed
  3. anoḥof Anu
  4. putraḥthe son
  5. tasyaof him (Puruhotra)
  6. ayuḥAyu
  7. sātvataḥSātvata
  8. tataḥfrom him (Ayu)
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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 9.24

    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

How does separating the generations help me understand Sātvata’s family?

Practice

Write Bhajamāna’s six sons in two groups, according to their mothers.

Live this todaySātvata’s Sons and Bhajamāna’s FamilyThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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