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| Canto 9: Liberation | Chapter 24: Krishna the Supreme Personality of Godhead |
Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 9.24.10-11
babhruh śreshtho manushyānām
devair devāvridhah samah
babhror devāvridhād api
mahābhojo 'tidharmātmā
SYNONYMS
babhruh — King Babhru; śreshthah — the best of all kings; manushyānām — of all human beings; devaih — with the demigods; devāvridhah — King Devāvridha; samah — equally situated; purushāh — persons; pańca-shashtih — sixty-five; ca — also; shat-sahasrāni — six thousand; ca — also; ashta — eight thousand; ca — also; ye — all of them who; amritatvam — liberation from material bondage; anuprāptāh — achieved; babhroh — because of association with Babhru; devāvridhāt — and because of association with Devāvridha; api — indeed; mahābhojah — King Mahābhoja; ati-dharma-ātmā — exceedingly religious; bhojāh — the kings known as Bhoja; āsan — existed; tat-anvaye — in the dynasty of him (Mahābhoja).
TRANSLATION
"It has been decided that among human beings Babhru is the best and that Devāvridha is equal to the demigods. Because of the association of Babhru and Devāvridha, all of their descendants, numbering 14,065, achieved liberation." In the dynasty of King Mahābhoja, who was exceedingly religious, there appeared the Bhoja kings.
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