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Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 5.7.2
tasyām u ha vā ātmajān kārtsnyenānurūpān ātmanaḥ pañca janayām āsa bhūtādir iva bhūta-sūkṣmāṇi sumatiḿ rāṣṭrabhṛtaḿ sudarśanam āvaraṇaḿ dhūmraketum iti
SYNONYMS
tasyām — in her womb; u ha vā — indeed; ātma-jān — sons; kārtsnyena — entirely; anurūpān — exactly like; ātmanaḥ — himself; pañca — five; janayām āsa — begot; bhūta-ādiḥ iva — like the false ego; bhūta-sūkṣmāṇi — the five subtle objects of sense perception; su-matim — Sumatim; rāṣṭra-bhṛtam — Rāṣṭrabhṛta; su-darśanam — Sudarśana; āvaraṇam — Āvaraṇa; dhūmra-ketum — Dhūmraketu; iti — thus.
TRANSLATION
Just as the false ego creates the subtle sense objects, Mahārāja Bharata created five sons in the womb of Pañcajanī, his wife. These sons were named Sumati, Rāṣṭrabhṛta, Sudarśana, Āvaraṇa and Dhūmraketu.
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His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda, Founder Ācārya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness