Text 30] Lord Paragurama Destroys the Ruling Class 269
madhyamah—the middle one; tu—indeed; madhucchandah—known
as Madhucchanda; madhucchandasah—named the Madhucchandas;
eva—indeed; te—all of them.
TRANSLATION
O King Pariksit, Visvamitra had 101 sons, of whom the middle
one was known as Madhucchanda. In relation to him, all the other
sons were celebrated as the Madhucchandas.
PURPORT
In this connection, Srila Vigvanatha Cakravarti Thakura quotes this
statement from the Vedas: tasya ha visvamitrasyaika-satam putra dsuh
paricdsad eva jydydmso madhucchandasah paficdsat kaniyamsah.
“Visvamitra had 101 sons. Fifty were older than Madhucchanda and fifty
younger.”
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ga Bal AAW Baad a ATA |
MAR GATE SAE UY THETA [1201
putram krtva sunahsepham
devaratam ca bhargavam
djigartam sutan aha
Jyestha esa prakalpyatam
_ putram—a son; krtva—accepting; Sunahsepham—whose name was
Sunahsepha; devardtam—Devarata, whose life was saved by the
demigods; ca—also; bhargavam—born in the Bhrgu dynasty;
djigartam—the son of Ajigarta; sutan—to his own sons; @ha—ordered;
Jyesthah—the eldest; esah—Sunahsepha; prakalpyatam—accept as
such.
TRANSLATION
Visvamitra accepted the son of Ajigarta known as Sunahéepha,
who was born in the Bhrgu dynasty and was also known as
Devarata, as one of his own sons. Visvamitra ordered his other sons
to accept Sunahsepha as their eldest brother.
