274 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 9, Ch. 16

Therefore the father blessed the obedient sons to become the fathers of
sons. Otherwise they too would have been cursed to be sonless mlecchas.

TEXT 36

wy a: Shr att sadam |
Hey AVENTIS IIT: 134

esa vah kusika viro
devaratas tam anvita

anye castaka-harita-
jaya-kratumad-adayah

esah—this (Sunahgepha); vah—like you; kusikah—O Kusikas;
virah—my son; devaratah—he is known as Devarata; tam—him;
anvita—just obey; anye—others; ca—also; astaka—Astaka; harita—
Harita; jaya—Jaya; kratumat—Kratuman; ddayah—and others.

TRANSLATION

Visvamitra said, ‘‘O Kusikas [descendants of Kausika], this
Devarata is my son and is one of you. Please obey his orders.”’ O
King Pariksit, Visvamitra had many other sons, such as Astaka,
Harita, Jaya and Kratuman.

TEXT 37
ag athena ¢ Aafia: waaay
mT ae Te va ATA IRI

evam kausika-gotram tu
visvamitraih prthag-vidham
pravarantaram apannam
tad dhi caivam prakalpitam

evam—in this way (some sons having been cursed and some blessed);
kausika-gotram—the dynasty of Kausika; tu—indeed; visvamitraih—by
the sons of Visvamitra; prthak-vidham—in different varieties; pravara-
