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The Dynasty of Kuśa
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there;  kaleḥ —of this Kali-yuga;  ante —at the end;  sūrya-variśam —the descendants of the sun-god;  naṣṭam —after being lost;  bhāvayitā —Maru will begin by begetting a son;  punaḥ —again.
TRANSLATION
Having achieved perfection in the power of mystic yoga, Maru still lives in a place known as Kalāpa-grāma. At the end of Kali-yuga, he will revive the lost Sūrya dynasty by begetting a son.
PURPORT
At least five thousand years ago, Śrīla Śukadeva Gosvāmī ascertained the existence of Maru in Kalāpa-grāma and said that Maru, having achieved a  yoga-siddha  body, would continue to exist until the end of Kali-yuga, which is calculated to continue for 432,000 years. Such is the perfection of mystic power. By controlling the breath, the perfect  yogī  can continue his life for as long as he likes. Sometimes we hear from the Vedic literature that some personalities from the Vedic age, such as Vyāsadeva and Aśvatthāmā, are still living. Here we understand that Maru is also still living. We are sometimes surprised that a mortal body can live for such a long time. The explanation of this longevity is given here by the word  yoga-siddha . If one becomes perfect in the practice of  yoga , he can live as long as he likes. The demonstration of some trifling  yoga-siddha  does not constitute perfection. Here is a factual example of perfection: a  yoga-siddha  can live as long as he likes.
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तस्मात् प्रसुश्रुतस्तस्य सन्धिस्तस्याप्यमर्षणः ।
महस्रांस्तस्तस्माद् विश्वबाहुरजायत ॥ ७ ॥
tasmāt prasuśrutas tasya sandhis tasyāpy amarṣaṇaḥ mahasvārins tat-sutas tasmād viśvabāhur ajāyata
tasmāt —from Maru;  prasuśrutaḥ —Prasuśruta, his son;  tasya —of Prasuśruta;  sandhiḥ —a son named Sandhi;  tasya —his (Sandhi's);