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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 3, Ch. 1
kaccit sukham sātvata-vṛṣṇi-bhoja- dāśārha-kāṇām-aḍhipaḥ sa āste yam abhyaṣiñcac chata-patranetro nṛpāsanāśām parihṛtya dūrāt
kaccit—whether; sukham—all well; sātvata—the Sātvata race; vṛṣṇi—the Vṛṣṇi dynasty; bhoja—the Bhoja dynasty; dāśārha-kāṇām—the Dāśārha race; aḍhipaḥ—King Ugrasena; saḥ—he; āste—do exist; yam—whom; abhyaṣiñcat—installed; śata-patra-netraḥ—Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa; nṛpāsanāśām—hope of the royal throne; parihṛtya—giving up; dūrāt—at a distant place.
TRANSLATION
O my friend, [tell me] whether Ugrasena, the King of the Sātvatas, Vṛṣṇis, Bhojas and Dāśārhas, is now doing well. He went far away from His kingdom, leaving aside all hopes of his royal throne, but Lord Kṛṣṇa again reinstalled him.
TEXT 30
कञ्चिद्वरेः सौम्य सुतः सदृक्ष आस्तेऽग्रणी रथिनां साधु साम्बः । असूत थं जाम्बती व्रताश्चा देवं गुहं योऽम्बिकया धृतोऽग्र ॥३०॥
kaccid dhareḥ saumya sutaḥ sadṛkṣa āste 'graṇī rathinām sādhu sāmbaḥ asūta yam jāmbavatī vratāḍhyā devam guham yo 'mbikayā dhṛto 'gre
kaccit—whether; dhareḥ—of the Personality of Godhead; saumya—O grave one; sutaḥ—son; sadṛkṣa—similar; āste—fare well; agraṇīḥ—forward; rathinām—of the warriors; sādhu—well behaved; sāmbaḥ—Sāmba; asūta—gave birth; yam—whom; jāmbavatī—Jāmbavatī, a queen of Lord Kṛṣṇa's; vratāḍhyā—enriched by vows; devam—the demigod; guham—of the name Kārttikeya; yaḥ—whom; ambikayā—unto the wife of Śiva; dhṛtaḥ—born; agre—in the previous birth.
TRANSLATION
O gentle one, does Sāmba fare well? He exactly resembles the son of the Personality of Godhead. In a previous birth he was born as Kārttikeya in