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Śrimad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 9, Ch. 16]
Therefore the father blessed the obedient sons to become the fathers of sons. Otherwise they too would have been cursed to be sonless  mlecchas .
TEXT 36
एष वः कुशिका वीरो देवरातस्तमन्ति । अन्ये चाष्टकहारोतजयक्रतुमदादयः ॥३६॥
eṣa vaḥ kuśikā vīro devarātas tam anvita anye cāṣṭaka-hārīta- jaya-kratumad-ādayaḥ
eṣaḥ —this (Śunaḥśepha);  vaḥ —like you;  kuśikāḥ —O Kuśikas;  vīraḥ —my son;  devarātaḥ —he is known as Devarāta;  tam —him;  anvita —just obey;  anye —others;  ca —also;  aṣṭaka —Aṣṭaka;  hārīta —Hārīta;  jaya —Jaya;  kratumat —Kratumān;  ādayaḥ —and others.
TRANSLATION
Viśvāmitra said, “O Kuśikas [descendants of Kauśika], this Devarāta is my son and is one of you. Please obey his orders.” O King Parikṣit, Viśvāmitra had many other sons, such as Aṣṭaka, Hārīta, Jaya and Kratumān.
TEXT 37
एवं कौशिकगोत्रं तु विश्वामित्रैः पृथग्विधम् । प्रवरान्तरमापन्नं तद्धि चैवं प्रकल्पितम् ॥३७॥
evam kauśika-gotram tu viśvāmitraiḥ pṛthag-vidham pravarāntaram āpannam tad dhi caivam prakalpitam
evam —in this way (some sons having been cursed and some blessed);  kauśika-gotram —the dynasty of Kauśika;  tu —indeed;  viśvāmitraiḥ —by the sons of Viśvāmitra;  pṛthak-vidham —in different varieties;  pravara-