Text 25] The Dynasty of Bharata 139

parasya tanayo nipas
tasya putra-Satam tv abhit

rucirdsva-sutah—the son of Rucirasva; padrah—Para; prthusenah—
Prthusena; tat—his; dtmajah—son; parasya—from Para; tanayah—a
son; nipah—Nipa; tasya—his; putra-satam—one hundred sons; tu—
indeed; abhiit—generated.

TRANSLATION

The son of RuciraSva was Para, and the sons of Para were
Prthusena and Nipa. Nipa had one hundred sons.

TEXT 25

THM THR IA AAT AMAT |
Tht a Te aT ARIAT BATE

sa krtvyam suka-kanyayam
brahmadattam ajijanat

yogi sa gavi bharyayam
visvaksenam adhat sutam

sah—he (King Nipa); krtvyam—in his wife, Krtvi; Suka-
kanyayam—who was the daughter of Suka; brahmadattam—a son
named Brahmadatta; ajijanat—begot; yogi—a mystic yogi; sah—that
Brahmadatta; gavi—by the name Gau or Sarasvati; bharyaéyam—in the
womb of his wife; visvaksenam—Visvaksena; adhat—begot; sutam—a
son.

TRANSLATION

King Nipa begot a son named Brahmadatta through the womb of
his wife, Krtvi, who was the daughter of Suka. And Brahmadatta,
who was a great yogi, begot a son named Visvaksena through the
womb of his wife, Sarasvati.

PURPORT

The Suka mentioned here is different from the Sukadeva Gosvami
who spoke Srimad-Bhagavatam. Sukadeva Gosvami, the son of
