Text 30] Lord Paraśurāma Destroys the Ruling Class
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madhyamaḥ —the middle one;  tu —indeed;  madhucchandāḥ —known as Madhucchandā;  madhucchandasaḥ —named the Madhucchandās;  eva —indeed;  te —all of them.
TRANSLATION
O King Parikṣit, Viśvāmitra had 101 sons, of whom the middle one was known as Madhucchandā. In relation to him, all the other sons were celebrated as the Madhucchandās.
PURPORT
In this connection, Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī Thākura quotes this statement from the  Vedas :  tasya ha viśvāmitrasyaika-śatam putrā āsuḥ pañcāśad eva jyāyāṁso madhucchandasaḥ pañcāśat kanīyāṁsaḥ . “Viśvāmitra had 101 sons. Fifty were older than Madhucchandā and fifty younger.”
TEXT 30
पुत्रं कृत्वा शुनःशेफं देवरातं च भार्गवम् । आजीगर्तं सुतानाह ज्येष्ठ एष प्रकल्प्यताम् ॥३०॥
putram kṛtvā śunaḥśepham devarātam ca bhārgavam ājīgartam sutān āha jyeṣṭha eṣa prakalpyatām
putram —a son;  kṛtvā —accepting;  śunaḥśepham —whose name was Śunaḥśepha;  devarātam —Devarāta, whose life was saved by the demigods;  ca —also;  bhārgavam —born in the Bhṛgu dynasty;  ājīgartam —the son of Ajīgarta;  sutān —to his own sons;  āha —ordered;  jyeṣṭhaḥ —the eldest;  eṣaḥ —Śunaḥśepha;  prakalpyatām —accept as such.
TRANSLATION
Viśvāmitra accepted the son of Ajīgarta known as Śunaḥśepha, who was born in the Bhṛgu dynasty and was also known as Devarāta, as one of his own sons. Viśvāmitra ordered his other sons to accept Śunaḥśepha as their eldest brother.