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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 9, Ch. 6]
teṣām purastād abhavann āryāvarte nṛpā nṛpa pañca-viṁśatiḥ paścāc ca trayo madhye 'pare 'nyataḥ
teṣām—among all of those sons; purastāt—on the eastern side; abhavan—they became; āryāvarte—in the place within the Himalaya and Vindhya mountains known as Āryāvarta; nṛpāḥ—kings; nṛpa—O King (Mahārāja Parikṣit); pañca-viṁśatiḥ—twenty-five; paścāt—on the western side; ca—also; trayaḥ—three of them; madhye—in the middle (between east and west); apare—others; anyataḥ—in other places.
TRANSLATION
Of the one hundred sons, twenty-five became kings in the western side of Āryāvarta, a place between the Himalaya and Vindhya mountains. Another twenty-five sons became kings in the east of Āryāvarta, and the three principal sons became kings in the middle. The other sons became kings in various other places.
TEXT 6
स एकदाष्टकाश्राद्धे इक्ष्वाकुः सुतमादिशत् । मांसमानीयतां मेध्यं विकुक्षे गच्छ मा चिरम् ॥ ६ ॥
sa ekadāṣṭakā-śrāddhe ikṣvākuḥ sutam ādiśat māṁsam ānīyatāṁ medhyaṁ vikukṣe gaccha mā ciram
saḥ—that king (Mahārāja Ikṣvāku); ekadā—once upon a time; aṣṭakā-śrāddhe—during January, February and March, when offerings are made to the forefathers; ikṣvākuḥ—King Ikṣvāku; sutam—to his son; ādiśat—ordered; māṁsam—flesh; ānīyatāṁ—bring here; medhyaṁ—pure (obtained by hunting); vikukṣe—O Vikukṣi; gaccha—immediately go; mā ciram—without delay.