SB 12.12.25-26
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
Please note: The synonyms, translation and purport of this verse were composed by disciples of Śrīla Prabhupāda
TEXTS 25-26
- rāmasya bhārgavendrasya
- niḥkṣatṛī-karaṇaṁ bhuvaḥ
- ailasya soma-vaṁśasya
- yayāter nahuṣasya ca
- dauṣmanter bharatasyāpi
- śāntanos tat-sutasya ca
- yayāter jyeṣṭha-putrasya
- yador vaṁśo 'nukīrtitaḥ
SYNONYMS
rāmasya — by Lord Paraśurāma; bhārgava-indrasya — the greatest of the descendants of Bhṛgu Muni; niḥkṣatrī-karaṇam — the elimination of all the kṣatriyas; bhuvaḥ — of the earth; ailasya — of Mahārāja Aila; soma-vaṁśasya — of the dynasty of the moon-god; yayāteḥ — of Yayāti; nahuṣasya — of Nahuṣa; ca — and; dauṣmanteḥ — of the son of Duṣmanta; bharatasya — Bharata; api — also; śāntanoḥ — of King Śāntanu; tat — his; sutasya — of the son, Bhīṣma; ca — and; yayāteḥ — of Yayāti; jyeṣṭha-putrasya — of the eldest son; yadoḥ — Yadu; vaṁśaḥ — the dynasty; anu-kīrtitaḥ — is glorified.
Translation and purport composed by disciples of Śrīla Prabhupāda
TRANSLATION
The Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam describes how Lord Paraśurāma, the greatest descendant of Bhṛgu, annihilated all the kṣatriyas on the face of the earth. It further recounts the lives of glorious kings who appeared in the dynasty of the moon-god-kings such as Aila, Yayāti, Nahuṣa, Duṣmanta's son Bharata, Śāntanu and Śāntanu's son Bhīṣma. Also described is the great dynasty founded by King Yadu, the eldest son of Yayāti.