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Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 9.16.29
visvamitrasya caivasan
madhyamas tu madhucchanda
SYNONYMS
visvamitrasya -- of Visvamitra; ca -- also; eva -- indeed; asan -- there were; putrah -- sons; eka-satam -- 101; nripa -- O King Parikshit; madhyamah -- the middle one; tu -- indeed; madhucchandah -- known as Madhucchanda; madhucchandasah -- named the Madhucchandas; eva -- indeed; te -- all of them.
TRANSLATION
O King Parikshit, Visvamitra had 101 sons, of whom the middle one was known as Madhucchanda. In relation to him, all the other sons were celebrated as the Madhucchandas.
PURPORT
In this connection, Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura quotes this statement from the Vedas: tasya ha visvamitrasyaika-satam putra asuh pancasad eva jyayamso madhucchandasah pancasat kaniyamsah. "Visvamitra had 101 sons. Fifty were older than Madhucchanda and fifty younger."
Copyright (c) The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust International, Inc.
His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Founder Acarya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness