Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 9 - Chapter 22

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 9 - Chapter 1 - Verse 33 Sanskrit: तव तात: सुभद्रायामभिमन्युरजायत ।सर्वातिरथजिद् वीर उत्तरायां ततो भवान् ॥ ३३ ॥ ITRANS: tava tātaḥ subhadrāyāmabhimanyur ajāyatasarvātirathajid vīrauttarāyāṁ tato bhavān Translation: My dear King Parīkṣit, your father, Abhimanyu, was born from the womb of Subhadrā as the son of Arjuna. He was the conqueror of all atirathas [those who could fight with one thousand charioteers]. From him, by the womb of Uttarā, the daughter of Virāḍrāja, you were born....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 9 - Chapter 1 - Verse 34 Sanskrit: परिक्षीणेषु कुरुषु द्रौणेर्ब्रह्मास्त्रतेजसा ।त्वं च कृष्णानुभावेन सजीवो मोचितोऽन्तकात् ॥ ३४ ॥ ITRANS: parikṣīṇeṣu kuruṣudrauṇer brahmāstra-tejasātvaṁ ca kṛṣṇānubhāvenasajīvo mocito ’ntakāt Translation: After the Kuru dynasty was annihilated in the Battle of Kurukṣetra, you also were about to be destroyed by the brahmāstra atomic weapon released by the son of Droṇācārya, but by the mercy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Kṛṣṇa, you were saved from death....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 9 - Chapter 1 - Verse 35 Sanskrit: तवेमे तनयास्तात जनमेजयपूर्वका: ।श्रुतसेनो भीमसेन उग्रसेनश्च वीर्यवान् ॥ ३५ ॥ ITRANS: taveme tanayās tātajanamejaya-pūrvakāḥśrutaseno bhīmasenaugrasenaś ca vīryavān Translation: My dear King, your four sons — Janamejaya, Śrutasena, Bhīmasena and Ugrasena — are very powerful. Janamejaya is the eldest. Purport:

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 9 - Chapter 1 - Verse 36 Sanskrit: जनमेजयस्त्वां विदित्वा तक्षकान्निधनं गतम् ।सर्पान् वै सर्पयागाग्नौ स होष्यति रुषान्वित: ॥ ३६ ॥ ITRANS: janamejayas tvāṁ viditvātakṣakān nidhanaṁ gatamsarpān vai sarpa-yāgāgnausa hoṣyati ruṣānvitaḥ Translation: Because of your death by the Takṣaka snake, your son Janamejaya will be very angry and will perform a sacrifice to kill all the snakes in the world. Purport:

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 9 - Chapter 1 - Verse 37 Sanskrit: कालषेयं पुरोधाय तुरं तुरगमेधषाट् ।समन्तात् पृथिवीं सर्वां जित्वा यक्ष्यति चाध्वरै: ॥ ३७ ॥ ITRANS: kālaṣeyaṁ purodhāyaturaṁ turaga-medhaṣāṭsamantāt pṛthivīṁ sarvāṁjitvā yakṣyati cādhvaraiḥ Translation: After conquering throughout the world and after accepting Tura, the son of Kalaṣa, as his priest, Janamejaya will perform aśvamedha-yajñas, for which he will be known as Turaga-medhaṣāṭ. Purport:

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 9 - Chapter 1 - Verse 38 Sanskrit: तस्य पुत्र: शतानीको याज्ञवल्‍क्यात् त्रयीं पठन् ।अस्त्रज्ञानं क्रियाज्ञानं शौनकात् परमेष्यति ॥ ३८ ॥ ITRANS: tasya putraḥ śatānīkoyājñavalkyāt trayīṁ paṭhanastra-jñānaṁ kriyā-jñānaṁśaunakāt param eṣyati Translation: The son of Janamejaya known as Śatānīka will learn from Yājñavalkya the three Vedas and the art of performing ritualistic ceremonies. He will also learn the military art from Kṛpācārya and the transcendental science from the sage Śaunaka....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 9 - Chapter 1 - Verse 39 Sanskrit: सहस्रानीकस्तत्पुत्रस्ततश्चैवाश्वमेधज: ।असीमकृष्णस्तस्यापि नेमिचक्रस्तु तत्सुत: ॥ ३९ ॥ ITRANS: sahasrānīkas tat-putrastataś caivāśvamedhajaḥasīmakṛṣṇas tasyāpinemicakras tu tat-sutaḥ Translation: The son of Śatānīka will be Sahasrānīka, and from him will come the son named Aśvamedhaja. From Aśvamedhaja will come Asīmakṛṣṇa, and his son will be Nemicakra. Purport:

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 9 - Chapter 1 - Verse 40 Sanskrit: गजाह्वये हृते नद्या कौशाम्ब्यां साधु वत्स्यति ।उक्तस्ततश्चित्ररथस्तस्माच्छुचिरथ: सुत: ॥ ४० ॥ ITRANS: gajāhvaye hṛte nadyākauśāmbyāṁ sādhu vatsyatiuktas tataś citrarathastasmāc chucirathaḥ sutaḥ Translation: When the town of Hastināpura [New Delhi] is inundated by the river, Nemicakra will live in the place known as Kauśāmbī. His son will be celebrated as Citraratha, and the son of Citraratha will be Śuciratha. Purport:

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 9 - Chapter 1 - Verse 41 Sanskrit: तस्माच्च वृष्टिमांस्तस्य सुषेणोऽथ महीपति: ।सुनीथस्तस्य भविता नृचक्षुर्यत् सुखीनल: ॥ ४१ ॥ ITRANS: tasmāc ca vṛṣṭimāṁs tasyasuṣeṇo ’tha mahīpatiḥsunīthas tasya bhavitānṛcakṣur yat sukhīnalaḥ Translation: From Śuciratha will come the son named Vṛṣṭimān, and his son, Suṣeṇa, will be the emperor of the entire world. The son of Suṣeṇa will be Sunītha, his son will be Nṛcakṣu, and from Nṛcakṣu will come a son named Sukhīnala....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 9 - Chapter 1 - Verse 42 Sanskrit: परिप्लव: सुतस्तस्मान्मेधावी सुनयात्मज: ।नृपञ्जयस्ततो दूर्वस्तिमिस्तस्माज्जनिष्यति ॥ ४२ ॥ ITRANS: pariplavaḥ sutas tasmānmedhāvī sunayātmajaḥnṛpañjayas tato dūrvastimis tasmāj janiṣyati Translation: The son of Sukhīnala will be Pariplava, and his son will be Sunaya. From Sunaya will come a son named Medhāvī; from Medhāvī, Nṛpañjaya; from Nṛpañjaya, Dūrva; and from Dūrva, Timi. Purport:

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 9 - Chapter 1 - Verse 43 Sanskrit: तिमेर्बृहद्रथस्तस्माच्छतानीक: सुदासज: ।शतानीकाद् दुर्दमनस्तस्यापत्यं महीनर: ॥ ४३ ॥ ITRANS: timer bṛhadrathas tasmācchatānīkaḥ sudāsajaḥśatānīkād durdamanastasyāpatyaṁ mahīnaraḥ Translation: From Timi will come Bṛhadratha; from Bṛhadratha, Sudāsa; and from Sudāsa, Śatānīka. From Śatānīka will come Durdamana, and from him will come a son named Mahīnara. Purport:

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 9 - Chapter 1 - Verse 49 Sanskrit: सुनीथ: सत्यजिदथ विश्वजिद् यद् रिपुञ्जय: ।बार्हद्रथाश्च भूपाला भाव्या: साहस्रवत्सरम् ॥ ४९ ॥ ITRANS: sunīthaḥ satyajid athaviśvajid yad ripuñjayaḥbārhadrathāś ca bhūpālābhāvyāḥ sāhasra-vatsaram Translation: From Subala will come Sunītha; from Sunītha, Satyajit; from Satyajit, Viśvajit; and from Viśvajit, Ripuñjaya. All of these personalities will belong to the dynasty of Bṛhadratha, which will rule the world for one thousand years. Purport: This is the history of a monarchy that began with Jarāsandha and continues for one thousand years as the above-mentioned kings appear on the surface of the globe....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 9 - Chapter 1 - Verse 12-13 Sanskrit: देवापि: शान्तनुस्तस्य बाह्लीक इति चात्मजा: ।पितृराज्यं परित्यज्य देवापिस्तु वनं गत: ॥ १२ ॥अभवच्छान्तनू राजा प्राङ्‌महाभिषसंज्ञित: ।यं यं कराभ्यां स्पृशति जीर्णं यौवनमेति स: ॥ १३ ॥ ITRANS: devāpiḥ śāntanus tasyabāhlīka iti cātmajāḥpitṛ-rājyaṁ parityajyadevāpis tu vanaṁ gataḥ Translation: The sons of Pratīpa were Devāpi, Śāntanu and Bāhlīka. Devāpi left the kingdom of his father and went to the forest, and therefore Śāntanu became the king....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 9 - Chapter 1 - Verse 14-15 Sanskrit: शान्तिमाप्नोति चैवाग्र्यां कर्मणा तेन शान्तनु: ।समा द्वादश तद्राज्ये न ववर्ष यदा विभु: ॥ १४ ॥शान्तनुर्ब्राह्मणैरुक्त: परिवेत्तायमग्रभुक् ।राज्यं देह्यग्रजायाशु पुरराष्ट्रविवृद्धये ॥ १५ ॥ ITRANS: śāntim āpnoti caivāgryāṁkarmaṇā tena śāntanuḥsamā dvādaśa tad-rājyena vavarṣa yadā vibhuḥ Translation: Because the King was able to make everyone happy for sense gratification, primarily by the touch of his hand, his name was Śāntanu. Once, when there was no rainfall in the kingdom for twelve years and the King consulted his learned brahminical advisors, they said, “You are faulty for enjoying the property of your elder brother....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 9 - Chapter 1 - Verse 16-17 Sanskrit: एवमुक्तो द्विजैर्ज्येष्ठं छन्दयामास सोऽब्रवीत् ।तन्मन्त्रिप्रहितैर्विप्रैर्वेदाद् विभ्रंशितो गिरा ॥ १६ ॥वेदवादातिवादान् वै तदा देवो ववर्ष ह ।देवापिर्योगमास्थाय कलापग्राममाश्रित: ॥ १७ ॥ ITRANS: evam ukto dvijair jyeṣṭhaṁchandayām āsa so ’bravīttan-mantri-prahitair viprairvedād vibhraṁśito girā Translation: When the brāhmaṇas said this, Mahārāja Śāntanu went to the forest and requested his elder brother Devāpi to take charge of the kingdom, for it is the duty of a king to maintain his subjects....