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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 5, Ch. 15]
Devadyumna;  tataḥ —from Devabhyumna;  dhenu-matyām —in the womb of Dhenumatī, the wife of Devadyumna;  sutaḥ —one son;  parameṣṭhī —named Parameṣṭhī;  tasya —of Parameṣṭhī;  suvarcalāyām —in the womb of his wife, named Suvarcalā;  patrīhaḥ —the son named Pratiha;  upajātaḥ —appeared.
TRANSLATION
Thereafter, in the womb of Āsurī, the wife of Devatājit, a son named Devadyumna was begotten. Devadyumna begot in the womb of his wife, Dhenumatī, a son named Parameṣṭhī. Parameṣṭhī begot a son named Pratiha in the womb of his wife, Suvarcalā.
TEXT 4
य आत्मविद्यामारूयाय स्वयं संशुद्धो महापुरुषमनुससार ॥ ४ ॥
ya ātma-vidyām ākhyāya svayam saṁśuddho mahā-puruṣam anusasmāra.
yaḥ —who (King Pratiha);  ātma-vidyām ākhyāya —after instructing many people about self-realization;  svayam —personally;  saṁśuddhaḥ —being very advanced and purified in self-realization;  mahā-puruṣam —the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Viṣṇu;  anusasmāra —perfectly understood and always remembered.
TRANSLATION
King Pratiha personally propagated the principles of self-realization. In this way, not only was he purified, but he became a great devotee of the Supreme Person, Lord Viṣṇu, and directly realized Him.
PURPORT
The word  anusasmāra  is very significant. God consciousness is not imaginary or concocted. The devotee who is pure and advanced realizes God as He is. Mahārāja Pratiha did so, and due to his direct realization of Lord Viṣṇu, he propagated self-realization and became a preacher. A real