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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 5, Ch. 15]
विष्णोर्जगद् रिरक्षिषया गृहीतसच्चस्य कलाऽऽत्मवच्चादिलक्षणेन महापुरुषतां प्राप्तः ॥ ६ ॥
bhūmna rṣikulyāyām udgīthas tataḥ prastāvo devakulyāyām prastāvān niyutsāyām hṛdayaja āsīd vibhur vibho ratyām ca pṛthuṣeṇas tasmān nakta ākūtyām jajñe naktād druti-putro gayo rājarṣi-pravara udāra- śravā ajāyata sākṣād bhagavato viṣṇor jagad-rirakṣiṣayā gṛhīta- sattvasya kalātmavattvādi-lakṣaṇena mahā-puruṣatām prāptaḥ.
bhūmnaḥ—from King Bhūmā; rṣi-kulyāyām—in the womb of his wife, named Rṣikulyā; udgīthaḥ—the son named Udgītha; tataḥ—again from King Udgītha; prastāvaḥ—the son named Prastāva; deva-kulyāyām—his wife, named Devakulyā; prastāvāt—from King Prastāva; niyutsāyām—in his wife, named Niyutsā; hṛdaya-jaḥ—the son; āsīt—was begotten; vibhuḥ—named Vibhu; vibhoḥ—from King Vibhu; ratyām—in his wife, named Ratī; ca—also; pṛthu-ṣeṇaḥ—named Pṛthuṣeṇa; tasmāt—from him (King Pṛthuṣeṇa); naktaḥ—a son named Nakta; ākūtyām—in his wife, named Ākūtī; jajñe—was begotten; naktāt—from King Nakta; druti-putraḥ—a son in the womb of Druti; gayaḥ—named King Gaya; rāja-rṣi-pravaraḥ—most exalted among the saintly royal order; udāra-śravāḥ—famous as a very pious king; ajāyata—was born; sākṣāt bhagavataḥ—of the Supreme Personality of Godhead directly; viṣṇoḥ—of Lord Viṣṇu; jagat-rirakṣiṣayā—for the purpose of giving protection to the whole world; gṛhīta—who is conceived; sattvasya—in the śuddha-sattva qualities; kalā-ātma-vattva-ādi—of being a direct incarnation of the Lord; lakṣaṇena—by symptoms; maha-puruṣatām—the chief quality of being the leader of the human society (exactly like the chief leader of all living beings, Lord Viṣṇu); prāptaḥ—achieved.
TRANSLATION
In the womb of his wife, Rṣikulyā, King Bhūmā begot a son named Udgītha. From Udgītha's wife, Devakulyā, a son named Prastāva was born, and Prastāva begot a son named Vibhu through his wife, Niyutsā. In the womb of his wife, Ratī, Vibhu begot a son named Pṛthuṣeṇa. Pṛthuṣeṇa begot a son named Nakta in the