Canto 9: LiberationChapter 16: Lord Parasurama Destroys the World's Ruling Class

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 9.16.37

evam kausika-gotram tu

visvamitraih prithag-vidham

pravarantaram apannam

tad dhi caivam prakalpitam

SYNONYMS

evam -- in this way (some sons having been cursed and some blessed); kausika-gotram -- the dynasty of Kausika; tu -- indeed; visvamitraih -- by the sons of Visvamitra; prithak-vidham -- in different varieties; pravara-antaram -- differences between one another; apannam -- obtained; tat -- that; hi -- indeed; ca -- also; evam -- thus; prakalpitam -- ascertained.

TRANSLATION

Visvamitra cursed some of his sons and blessed the others, and he also adopted a son. Thus there were varieties in the Kausika dynasty, but among all the sons, Devarata was considered the eldest.

Thus end the Bhaktivedanta purports of the Ninth Canto, Sixteenth Chapter, of the Srimad-Bhagavatam, entitled "Lord Parasurama Destroys the World's Ruling Class."

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