SB 5.7.2

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Fifth Canto - Chapter 7: The Activities of King Bharata

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His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 2

tasyām u ha vā ātmajān kārtsnyenānurūpān ātmanaḥ

pañca janayām āsa bhūtādir iva bhūta-sūkṣmāṇi

sumatiṁ rāṣṭrabhṛtaṁ sudarśanam āvaraṇaṁ dhūmraketum iti

SYNONYMS

tasyām—in her womb; u ha vā—indeed; ātma-jān—sons; kārtsnyena—entirely; anurūpān—exactly like; ātmanaḥ—himself; pañca—five; janayām āsa—begot; bhūta-ādiḥ iva—like the false ego; bhūta-sūkṣmāṇi—the five subtle objects of sense perception; su-matim—Sumatim; rāṣṭra-bhṛtam—Rāṣṭrabhṛta; su-darśanam—Sudarśana; āvaraṇam—Āvaraṇa; dhūmra-ketum—Dhūmraketu; iti—thus.

TRANSLATION

Just as the false ego creates the subtle sense objects, Mahārāja Bharata created five sons in the womb of Pañcajanī, his wife. These sons were named Sumati, Rāṣṭrabhṛta, Sudarśana, Āvaraṇa and Dhūmraketu.

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