Text 3] The Sons of Sagara Meet Lord Kapiladeva
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TEXT 2
भरुकस्तत्सुतस्तसाद् वृकस्तस्यापि बाहुकः । सोऽरिभिर्हत्भू राजा सभार्यो वनमाविशत् ॥ २ ॥
bharukas tat-sutas tasmād vṛkas tasyāpi bāhukaḥ so 'ribhir hṛta-bhū rājā sabhāryo vanam āviśat
bharukaḥ—by the name Bharuka; tat-sutaḥ—the son of Vijaya; tasmāt—from him (Bharuka); vṛkaḥ—by the name Vṛka; tasya—his; api—also; bāhukaḥ—by the name Bāhuka; saḥ—he, the King; aribhiḥ—by his enemies; hṛta-bhūḥ—his land having been taken away; rājā—the King (Bāhuka); sa-bhāryaḥ—with his wife; vanam—the forest; āviśat—entered.
TRANSLATION
The son of Vijaya was Bharuka, Bharuka's son was Vṛka, and Vṛka's son was Bāhuka. The enemies of King Bāhuka took away all his possessions, and therefore the King entered the order of vānaprastha and went to the forest with his wife.
TEXT 3
वृद्धं तं पञ्चतां प्राप्तं महिष्यनुमरिष्यती । और्वेण जानतात्मानं प्रजावन्तं निवारिता ॥ ३ ॥
vṛddham tam pañcatām prāptam mahiṣy anumariṣyatī aurveṇa jānatātmānam prajāvantam nivāritā
vṛddham—when he was old; tam—him; pañcatām—death; prāptam—who had obtained; mahiṣī—the queen; anumariṣyatī—who wanted to die with him and become satī; aurveṇa—by the great sage