Text 21]
The Activities of Mahārāja Āgnīdhra
105
TRANSLATION
Pūrvacitti gave birth to these nine sons, one each year, but after they grew up, she left them at home and again approached Lord Brahmā to worship him.
PURPORT
There are many instances in which Apsarās, heavenly angels, have descended to this earth by the order of a superior demigod like Lord Brahmā or Lord Indra, have followed the demigod's order by marrying someone and giving birth to children, and have then returned to their celestial homes. For example, after Menakā, the celestial woman who had come to delude Viśvāmitra Muni, gave birth to the child Śakuntalā, she left both the child and her husband and returned to the heavenly planets. Pūrvacitti did not remain permanently with Mahārāja Āgnīdhra. After cooperating in his household affairs, she left Mahārāja Āgnīdhra and all nine sons and returned to Brahmā to worship him.
TEXT 21
आग्नीध्रसुतास्ते मातुरनुग्रहादौत्पत्तिकेनैव संहननबलोपेताः पित्रा विभक्ता, आत्मतुल्यनामानि यथाभागं जम्बूद्वीपवर्षाणि बुधुजुः ॥ २१ ॥
āgnīdhra-sutās te mātur anugrahād autpattikenaiva saṁhanana- balopetāḥ pitrā vibhaktā ātma-tulya-nāmāni yathā-bhāgam jambūdvīpa-varṣāṇi bubhujuḥ.
āgnīdhra-sutāḥ—the sons of Mahārāja Āgnīdhra; te—they; mātuḥ— of the mother; anugrahāt—by the mercy or by drinking the breast milk; autpattikena—naturally; eva—certainly; saṁhanana—well-built body; bala—strength; upetāḥ—obtained; pitrā—by the father; vibhaktāḥ— divided; ātma-tulya—following their own; nāmāni—possessing names; yathā-bhāgam—divided properly; jambūdvīpa-varṣāṇi—different parts of Jambūdvīpa (probably Asia and Europe combined together); bubhu- juḥ—ruled.