Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 9.22.12-13

devāpiḥ śāntanus tasya

bāhlīka iti cātmajāḥ

pitṛ-rājyaḿ parityajya

devāpis tu vanaḿ gataḥ

abhavac chāntanū rājā

prāń mahābhiṣa-saḿjñitaḥ

yaḿ yaḿ karābhyāḿ spṛśati

jīrṇaḿ yauvanam eti saḥ

SYNONYMS

devāpiḥ — Devāpi; śāntanuḥ — Śāntanu; tasya — of him (Pratīpa); bāhlīkaḥ — Bāhlīka; iti — thus; ca — also; ātma-jāḥ — the sons; pitṛ-rājyam — the father's property, the kingdom; parityajya — rejecting; devāpiḥ — Devāpi, the eldest; tu — indeed; vanam — to the forest; gataḥ — left; abhavat — was; śāntanuḥ — Śāntanu; rājā — the king; prāk — before; mahābhiṣa — Mahābhiṣa; saḿjñitaḥ — most celebrated; yam yam — whomever; karābhyām — with his hands; spṛśati — touched; jīrṇam — although very old; yauvanam — youth; eti — attained; saḥ — he.

TRANSLATION

The sons of Pratīpa were Devāpi, Śāntanu and Bāhlīka. Devāpi left the kingdom of his father and went to the forest, and therefore Śāntanu became the king. Śāntanu, who in his previous birth was known as Mahābhiṣa, had the ability to transform anyone from old age to youth simply by touching that person with his hands.

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