Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 9.22.21-24

vicitraviryas cavarajo

namna citrangado hatah

yasyam parasarat sakshad

avatirno hareh kala

veda-gupto munih krishno

yato 'ham idam adhyagam

hitva sva-sishyan pailadin

bhagavan badarayanah

mahyam putraya santaya

param guhyam idam jagau

vicitraviryo 'thovaha

kasiraja-sute balat

svayamvarad upanite

ambikambalike ubhe

tayor asakta-hridayo

grihito yakshmana mritah

SYNONYMS

vicitraviryah -- Vicitravirya, the son of Santanu; ca -- and; avarajah -- the younger brother; namna -- by a Gandharva named Citrangada; citrangadah -- Citrangada; hatah -- was killed; yasyam -- in the womb of Satyavati previous to her marriage to Santanu; parasarat -- by the semen of Parasara Muni; sakshat -- directly; avatirnah -- incarnated; hareh -- of the Supreme Personality of Godhead; kala -- expansion; veda-guptah -- the protector of the Vedas; munih -- the great sage; krishnah -- Krishna Dvaipayana; yatah -- from whom; aham -- I (Sukadeva Gosvami); idam -- this (Srimad-Bhagavatam); adhyagam -- studied thoroughly; hitva -- rejecting; sva-sishyan -- his disciples; paila-adin -- headed by Paila; bhagavan -- the incarnation of the Lord; badarayanah -- Vyasadeva; mahyam -- unto me; putraya -- a son; santaya -- who was truly controlled from sense gratification; param -- the supreme; guhyam -- the most confidential; idam -- this Vedic literature (Srimad-Bhagavatam); jagau -- instructed; vicitraviryah -- Vicitravirya; atha -- thereafter; uvaha -- married; kasiraja-sute -- two daughters of Kasiraja; balat -- by force; svayamvarat -- from the arena of the svayamvara; upanite -- being brought; ambika-ambalike -- Ambika and Ambalika; ubhe -- both of them; tayoh -- unto them; asakta -- being too attached; hridayah -- his heart; grihitah -- being contaminated; yakshmana -- by tuberculosis; mritah -- he died.

TRANSLATION

Citrangada, of whom Vicitravirya was the younger brother, was killed by a Gandharva who was also named Citrangada. Satyavati, before her marriage to Santanu, gave birth to the master authority of the Vedas, Vyasadeva, known as Krishna Dvaipayana, who was begotten by Parasara Muni. From Vyasadeva, I [Sukadeva Gosvami] was born, and from him I studied this great work of literature, Srimad-Bhagavatam. The incarnation of Godhead Vedavyasa, rejecting his disciples, headed by Paila, instructed Srimad-Bhagavatam to me because I was free from all material desires. After Ambika and Ambalika, the two daughters of Kasiraja, were taken away by force, Vicitravirya married them, but because he was too attached to these two wives, he had a heart attack and died of tuberculosis.

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