SB 9.15.12-13
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXTS 12-13
- sā cābhūt sumahat-puṇyā
- kauśikī loka-pāvanī
- reṇoḥ sutāṁ reṇukāṁ vai
- jamadagnir uvāha yām
- tasyāṁ vai bhārgava-ṛṣeḥ
- sutā vasumad-ādayaḥ
- yavīyāñ jajña eteṣāṁ
- rāma ity abhiviśrutaḥ
SYNONYMS
sā — she (Satyavatī); ca — also; abhūt — became; sumahat-puṇyā — very great and sacred; kauśikī — the river by the name Kauśikī; loka-pāvanī — purifying the whole world; reṇoḥ — of Reṇu; sutām — the daughter; reṇukām — by the name Reṇukā; vai — indeed; jamadagniḥ — Satyavatī's son, Jamadagni; uvāha — married; yām — whom; tasyām — in the womb of Reṇukā; vai — indeed; bhārgava-ṛṣeḥ — by the semen of Jamadagni; sutāḥ — sons; vasumat-ādayaḥ — many, headed by Vasumān; yavīyān — the youngest; jajñe — was born; eteṣām — among them; rāmaḥ — Paraśurāma; iti — thus; abhiviśrutaḥ — was known everywhere.
TRANSLATION
Satyavatī later became the sacred river Kauśikī to purify the entire world, and her son, Jamadagni, married Reṇukā, the daughter of Reṇu. By the semen of Jamadagni, many sons, headed by Vasumān, were born from the womb of Reṇukā. The youngest of them was named Rāma, or Paraśurāma.