Canto 9: LiberationChapter 15: Paraśurāma, the Lord's Warrior Incarnation

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 9.15.2-3

śrutāyor vasumān putraḥ

satyāyoś ca śrutañjayaḥ

rayasya suta ekaś ca

jayasya tanayo 'mitaḥ

bhīmas tu vijayasyātha

kāñcano hotrakas tataḥ

tasya jahnuḥ suto gańgāḿ

gaṇḍūṣī-kṛtya yo 'pibat

SYNONYMS

śrutāyoḥ — of Śrutāyu; vasumānVasumān; putraḥa son; satyāyoḥ — of Satyāyu; ca — also; śrutañjayaḥa son named Śrutañjaya; rayasya — of Raya; sutaḥa son; ekaḥ — by the name Eka; ca — and; jayasya — of Jaya; tanayaḥ — the son; amitaḥ — by the name Amita; bhīmaḥ — by the name Bhīma; tu — indeed; vijayasya — of Vijaya; atha — thereafter; kāñcanaḥKāñcana, the son of Bhīma; hotrakaḥHotraka, the son of Kāñcana; tataḥ — then; tasya — of Hotraka; jahnuḥ — by the name Jahnu; sutaḥa son; gańgām — all the water of the Ganges; gaṇḍūṣī-kṛtya — by one sip; yaḥhe who (Jahnu); apibat — drank.

TRANSLATION

The son of Śrutāyu was Vasumān; the son of Satyāyu, Śrutañjaya; the son of Raya, Eka; the son of Jaya, Amita; and the son of Vijaya, Bhīma. The son of Bhīma was Kāñcana; the son of Kāñcana was Hotraka; and the son of Hotraka was Jahnu, who drank all the water of the Ganges in one sip.

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