Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 9.23.18-19

dushmantah sa punar bheje

sva-vamsam rajya-kamukah

yayater jyeshtha-putrasya

yador vamsam nararshabha

varnayami maha-punyam

sarva-papa-haram nrinam

yador vamsam narah srutva

sarva-papaih pramucyate

SYNONYMS

dushmantah -- Maharaja Dushmanta; sah -- he; punah bheje -- again accepted; sva-vamsam -- his original dynasty (the Puru dynasty); rajya-kamukah -- because of desiring the royal throne; yayateh -- of Maharaja Yayati; jyeshtha-putrasya -- of the first son, Yadu; yadoh vamsam -- the dynasty of Yadu; nara-rishabha -- O best of human beings, Maharaja Parikshit; varnayami -- I shall describe; maha-punyam -- supremely pious; sarva-papa-haram -- vanquishes the reactions of sinful activities; nrinam -- of human society; yadoh vamsam -- the description of the dynasty of Yadu; narah -- any person; srutva -- simply by hearing; sarva-papaih -- from all reactions of sinful activities; pramucyate -- is freed.

TRANSLATION

Maharaja Dushmanta, desiring to occupy the throne, returned to his original dynasty [the Puru dynasty], even though he had accepted Maruta as his father. O Maharaja Parikshit, let me now describe the dynasty of Yadu, the eldest son of Maharaja Yayati. This description is supremely pious, and it vanquishes the reactions of sinful activities in human society. Simply by hearing this description, one is freed from all sinful reactions.

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