248 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 9, Ch. 16
sons, who were celebrated as the Madhucchandas. In the sacrificial arena
of Hariscandra, the son of Ajigarta named Sunahsepha was meant to be
sacrificed, but by the mercy of the Prajapatis he was released.
Thereafter, he became Devarata in the dynasty of Gadhi. The fifty elder
sons of Visvamitra, however, did not accept Sunahsepha as their elder
brother, and therefore Visvamitra cursed them to become mlecchas, un-
faithful to the Vedic civilization. Visvamitra’s fifty-first son, along with
his younger brothers, then accepted Sunahsepha as their eldest brother,
and their father, Visvamitra, being satisfied, blessed them. Thus
Devarata was accepted in the dynasty of Kausika, and consequently there
are different divisions of that dynasty.
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Sri-Suka uvaca
pitropasiksito ramas
tatheti kuru-nandana
samvatsaram tirtha-yatram
caritvdsramam avrajat

$ri-sukah uvaca —Sri Sukadeva Gosvami said; pitra—by his father;
upasiksitah—thus advised; ramah—Lord Parasurama; tatha iti—let it
be so; kuru-nandana—O son of the Kuru dynasty, Maharaja Pariksit;
samvatsaram—for one complete year; tirtha-yatram—traveling to
all the holy places; caritua—after executing; Gsramam—to his own
residence; dvrajat—returned.

TRANSLATION

Sukadeva Gosvami said: My dear Maharaja Pariksit, son of the
Kuru dynasty, when Lord Parasurama was given this order by his
father, he immediately agreed, saying, “‘Let it be so.” For one
complete year he traveled to holy places. Then he returned to his
father’s residence.
