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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 5, Ch. 7]
TEXT 1
श्रीशुक्र उवाच
भरतस्तु महामागवतो यदा भगवतावनितलपरिपालनाय सञ्चिन्तित- स्तदनुशासनपरः पञ्चजनीं विश्वरूपदुहितरप्रुपयेमे ॥ १ ॥
śrī-śuka uvāca
bharatas tu mahā-bhāgavato yadā bhagavatāvani-tala-paripālanāya sañcintitas tad-anuśāsana-paraḥ pañcajanīm viśvarūpa-duhitaram upayeme.
śrī-śukaḥ uvāca—Śukadeva Gosvāmī said:  bharataḥ —Mahārāja Bharata:  tu —but:  mahā-bhāgavataḥ —a  mahā-bhāgavata , most exalted devotee of the Lord:  yadā —when:  bhagavatā —by the order of his father, Lord Rṣabhadeva;  avani-tala —the surface of the globe;  pari- pālanāya —for ruling over;  sañcintitaḥ —made up his mind;  tat- anuśāsana-paraḥ —engaged in governing the globe;  pañcajanīm — Pañcajanī;  viśvarūpa-duhitaram —the daughter of Viśvarūpa;  upa- yeme —married.
TRANSLATION
Śukadeva Gosvāmī continued speaking to Mahārāja Parikṣit: My dear King, Bharata Mahārāja was a topmost devotee. Following the orders of his father, who had already decided to install him on the throne, he began to rule the earth accordingly. When Bharata Mahārāja ruled the entire globe, he followed the orders of his father and married Pañcajanī, the daughter of Viśvarūpa.
TEXT 2
तस्यामु ह वा आत्मजान् कात्स्न्येनानुरूपानात्मनः पञ्च जनयामास भूतादिरिव भूतघ्न्माणि सुमतिं राष्ट्रभृतं सुदर्शनमावरणं धूम्रकेतुमिति ॥ २ ॥
tasyām u ha vā ātmajān kārtsnyenānurūpān ātmanaḥ pañca janayām āsa bhūtādir iva bhūta-sūkṣmāṇi. sumatim rāṣṭrabhṛtam sudarśanam āvaraṇam dhūmraketum iti.