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| Canto 9: Liberation | Chapter 23: The Dynasties of the Sons of Yayati |
Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 9.23.30-31
yadavas ceti samjnitah
putro vrijinavams tatah
svahito 'to vishadgur vai
caturdasa-maharatnas
cakravarty aparajitah
SYNONYMS
madhavah -- the dynasty beginning from Madhu; vrishnayah -- the dynasty beginning from Vrishni; rajan -- O King (Maharaja Parikshit); yadavah -- the dynasty beginning from Yadu; ca -- and; iti -- thus; samjnitah -- are so-called because of those different persons; yadu-putrasya -- of the son of Yadu; ca -- also; kroshtoh -- of Kroshta; putrah -- the son; vrijinavan -- his name was Vrijinavan; tatah -- from him (Vrijinavan); svahitah -- Svahita; atah -- thereafter; vishadguh -- a son named Vishadgu; vai -- indeed; tasya -- of him; citrarathah -- Citraratha; tatah -- from him; sasabinduh -- Sasabindu; maha-yogi -- a great mystic; maha-bhagah -- most fortunate; mahan -- a great personality; abhut -- he became; caturdasa-maharatnah -- fourteen kinds of great opulences; cakravarti -- he possessed as the emperor; aparajitah -- not defeated by anyone else.
TRANSLATION
O Maharaja Parikshit, because Yadu, Madhu and Vrishni each inaugurated a dynasty, their dynasties are known as Yadava, Madhava and Vrishni. The son of Yadu named Kroshta had a son named Vrijinavan. The son of Vrijinavan was Svahita; the son of Svahita, Vishadgu; the son of Vishadgu, Citraratha; and the son of Citraratha, Sasabindu. The greatly fortunate Sasabindu, who was a great mystic, possessed fourteen opulences and was the owner of fourteen great jewels. Thus he became the emperor of the world.
PURPORT
In the Markandeya Purana the fourteen kinds of great jewels are described as follows: (1) an elephant, (2) a horse, (3) a chariot, (4) a wife, (5) arrows, (6) a reservoir of wealth, (7) a garland, (8) valuable costumes, (9) trees, (10) a spear, (11) a noose, (12) jewels, (13) an umbrella, and (14) regulative principles. To be the emperor, one must possess all fourteen of these opulences. Sasabindu possessed them all.
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