28 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 9, Ch. 1

tasya—of Sudyumna; utkalah—by the name Utkala; gayah—by the
name Gaya; rajan—O King Pariksit; vimalah ca—and Vimala;
trayah—three; sutah—sons; daksind-patha—of the southern part of
the world; rajanah—kings; babhiivuh—they became; dharma-
vatsalah—very religious.

TRANSLATION

O King, Sudyumna had three very pious sons, named Utkala,
Gaya and Vimala, who became the kings of the Daksina-patha.

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THAT RAST TE TAM TAT AAT AM

tatah parinate kale
pratisthdna-patih prabhuh
puriiravasa utsrjya
gam putraya gato vanam

tatah—thereafter; parinate kdle—when the time was ripe;
pratisthana-patih—the master of the kingdom; prabhuh—very power-
ful; puriravase—unto Purdrava; utsryya—delivering; gim—the world;
putraya—unto his son; gatah—departed; vanam—to the forest.

TRANSLATION

Thereafter, when the time was ripe, when Sudyumna, the king
of the world, was sufficiently old, he delivered the entire kingdom
to his son Purirava and entered the forest.

PURPORT
According to the Vedic system, one within the institution of varna and
dsrama must leave his family life after he reaches fifty years of age
(pavicdsad iirdhvarh vanam vrajet). Thus Sudyumna followed the
