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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 9.7.1

Who is speaking and story frame

श्रीशुक उवाच

मान्धातु: पुत्रप्रवरो योऽम्बरीष: प्रकीर्तित: ।

पितामहेन प्रवृतो यौवनाश्वस्तु तत्सुत: ।

हारीतस्तस्य पुत्रोऽभून्मान्धातृप्रवरा इमे ॥ १ ॥

śrī-śuka uvāca

māndhātuḥ putra-pravaro

yo ’mbarīṣaḥ prakīrtitaḥ

pitāmahena pravṛto

yauvanāśvas tu tat-sutaḥ

hārītas tasya putro ’bhūn

māndhātṛ-pravarā ime

Translation

Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: The most prominent among the sons of Māndhātā was he who is celebrated as Ambarīṣa. Ambarīṣa was accepted as son by his grandfather Yuvanāśva. Ambarīṣa’s son was Yauvanāśva, and Yauvanāśva’s son was Hārīta. In Māndhātā’s dynasty, Ambarīṣa, Hārīta and Yauvanāśva were very prominent.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Prominent Descendants of Māndhātā

  1. 1

    Ambarīṣa was the most prominent among the sons of Māndhātā. His grandfather Yuvanāśva accepted him as his son.

  2. 2

    Ambarīṣa’s son was Yauvanāśva, and Yauvanāśva’s son was Hārīta.

  3. 3

    Ambarīṣa, Hārīta and Yauvanāśva were all very prominent in Māndhātā’s dynasty.

How it feels

Attachment and struggle → Renunciation and responsibility. Multiple royal lives reveal the cost of choices.

Chapters 6–9 of Canto 9: Saubhari, Sagara and Bhagīratha's lineage. An editorial reading of the story's mood, not the text itself. See the emotional arc

Further reading

Chapter 7: The Descendants of King Māndhātā

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

The most prominent son of Māndhātā was Ambarīṣa, his son was Yauvanāśva, and Yauvanāśva’s son was Hārīta. These three personalities were the best in the dynasty of Māndhātā.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in chapter 9.7
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. śrī-śukaḥ uvācaŚrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said
  2. māndhātuḥof Māndhātā
  3. putra-pravaraḥthe prominent son
  4. yaḥthe one who
  5. ambarīṣaḥby the name Ambarīṣa
  6. prakīrtitaḥcelebrated
  7. pitāmahenaby his grandfather Yuvanāśva
  8. pravṛtaḥaccepted
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Key ideas in this verse

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

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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

Can I distinguish Yuvanāśva, the grandfather, from Yauvanāśva, the son?

Practice

Write down the relationship between Ambarīṣa, Yauvanāśva and Hārīta.

Live this todayProminent Descendants of MāndhātāThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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