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

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 9.15.2-3

srutayor vasuman putrah

satyayos ca srutanjayah

rayasya suta ekas ca

jayasya tanayo 'mitah

bhimas tu vijayasyatha

kancano hotrakas tatah

tasya jahnuh suto gangam

gandushi-kritya yo 'pibat

SYNONYMS

srutayoh -- of Srutayu; vasuman -- Vasuman; putrah -- a son; satyayoh -- of Satyayu; ca -- also; srutanjayah -- a son named Srutanjaya; rayasya -- of Raya; sutah -- a son; ekah -- by the name Eka; ca -- and; jayasya -- of Jaya; tanayah -- the son; amitah -- by the name Amita; bhimah -- by the name Bhima; tu -- indeed; vijayasya -- of Vijaya; atha -- thereafter; kancanah -- Kancana, the son of Bhima; hotrakah -- Hotraka, the son of Kancana; tatah -- then; tasya -- of Hotraka; jahnuh -- by the name Jahnu; sutah -- a son; gangam -- all the water of the Ganges; gandushi-kritya -- by one sip; yah -- he who (Jahnu); apibat -- drank.

TRANSLATION

The son of Srutayu was Vasuman; the son of Satyayu, Srutanjaya; the son of Raya, Eka; the son of Jaya, Amita; and the son of Vijaya, Bhima. The son of Bhima was Kancana; the son of Kancana was Hotraka; and the son of Hotraka was Jahnu, who drank all the water of the Ganges in one sip.

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