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The Descendants of Ajamiḍha
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स्वयंवरादुपातीते अम्बिकाम्बालिके उभे ।  
 तयोरासक्तहृदयो गृहीतो यक्ष्मणा मृतः ॥२४॥
vicitravīryaś cāvarajo 
    nāmnā citrāṅgado hataḥ 
    yasyāṁ parāśarāt sākṣād 
    avatīrṇo hareḥ kalā
veda-gupto muniḥ kṛṣṇo 
    yato 'ham idam adhyagām 
    hitvā sva-śiṣyān pailādīn 
    bhagavān bādarāyaṇaḥ
mahyaṁ putrāya śāntāya 
    paraṁ guhyam idaṁ jagau 
    vicitravīryo 'thovāha 
    kāśīrāja-sute balāt
svayaṁvarād upānīte 
    ambikāmbālike ubhe 
    tayor āsakta-hṛdayo 
    gṛhīto yakṣmaṇā mṛtaḥ
vicitravīryaḥ—Vicitravīrya, the son of Śāntanu; ca—and; avarajaḥ—the younger brother; nāmnā—by a Gandharva named Citrāṅgada; citrāṅgadaḥ—Citrāṅgada; hataḥ—was killed; yasyāṁ—in the womb of Satyavatī previous to her marriage to Śāntanu; parāśarāt—by the semen of Parāśara Muni; sākṣāt—directly; avatīrṇaḥ—incarnated; hareḥ—of the Supreme Personality of Godhead; kalā—expansion; veda-guptaḥ—the protector of the Vedas; muniḥ—the great sage; kṛṣṇaḥ—Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana; yataḥ—from whom; aham—I (Śukadeva Gosvāmī); idam—this (Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam); adhyagām—studied thoroughly; hitvā—rejecting; sva-śiṣyān—his disciples; paila-ādīn—headed by Paila; bhagavān—the incarnation of the Lord; bādarāyaṇaḥ—Vyāsadeva; mahyam—unto me; putrāya—a son; śāntāya—who was truly controlled from sense gratification; param—the supreme;