Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 9.15.12-13

sa cabhut sumahat-punya

kausiki loka-pavani

renoh sutam renukam vai

jamadagnir uvaha yam

tasyam vai bhargava-risheh

suta vasumad-adayah

yaviyan jajna etesham

rama ity abhivisrutah

SYNONYMS

sa -- she (Satyavati); ca -- also; abhut -- became; sumahat-punya -- very great and sacred; kausiki -- the river by the name Kausiki; loka-pavani -- purifying the whole world; renoh -- of Renu; sutam -- the daughter; renukam -- by the name Renuka; vai -- indeed; jamadagnih -- Satyavati's son, Jamadagni; uvaha -- married; yam -- whom; tasyam -- in the womb of Renuka; vai -- indeed; bhargava-risheh -- by the semen of Jamadagni; sutah -- sons; vasumat-adayah -- many, headed by Vasuman; yaviyan -- the youngest; jajne -- was born; etesham -- among them; ramah -- Parasurama; iti -- thus; abhivisrutah -- was known everywhere.

TRANSLATION

Satyavati later became the sacred river Kausiki to purify the entire world, and her son, Jamadagni, married Renuka, the daughter of Renu. By the semen of Jamadagni, many sons, headed by Vasuman, were born from the womb of Renuka. The youngest of them was named Rama, or Parasurama.

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