Text 25]
The Dynasty of Bharata
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pārasya tanayo nīpas tasya putra-śatam tv abhūt
rucirāśva-sutaḥ—the son of Rucirāśva; pāraḥ—Pāra; pṛthusenaḥ—Pṛthusena; tat—his; ātmajaḥ—son; pārasya—from Pāra; tanayaḥ—a son; nīpaḥ—Nīpa; tasya—his; putra-śatam—one hundred sons; tu—indeed; abhūt—generated.
TRANSLATION
The son of Rucirāśva was Pāra, and the sons of Pāra were Pṛthusena and Nīpa. Nīpa had one hundred sons.
TEXT 25
स कृत्व्यां शुक्कन्यायां ब्रह्मदत्तमजीजनत् । योगी स गवि भार्यायां विष्वक्सेनमधात् सुतम्॥२५॥
sa kṛtvyām śuka-kanyāyām brahmadattam ajījanat yogī sa gavi bhāryāyām viṣvaksenam adhāt sutam
saḥ—he (King Nīpa); kṛtvyām—in his wife, Kṛtvī; śuka-kanyāyām—who was the daughter of Śuka; brahmadattam—a son named Brahmadatta; ajījanat—begot; yogī—a mystic yogī; saḥ—that Brahmadatta; gavi—by the name Gau or Sarasvatī; bhāryāyām—in the womb of his wife; viṣvaksenam—Viṣvaksena; adhāt—begot; sutam—a son.
TRANSLATION
King Nīpa begot a son named Brahmadatta through the womb of his wife, Kṛtvī, who was the daughter of Śuka. And Brahmadatta, who was a great yogī, begot a son named Viṣvaksena through the womb of his wife, Sarasvatī.
PURPORT
The Śuka mentioned here is different from the Śukadeva Gosvāmī who spoke Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam. Śukadeva Gosvāmī, the son of