Canto 9: LiberationChapter 23: The Dynasties of the Sons of Yayāti

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 9.23.30-31

mādhavā vṛṣṇayo rājan

yādavāś ceti saḿjñitāḥ

yadu-putrasya ca kroṣṭoḥ

putro vṛjinavāḿs tataḥ

svāhito 'to viṣadgur vai

tasya citrarathas tataḥ

śaśabindur mahā-yogī

mahā-bhāgo mahān abhūt

caturdaśa-mahāratnaś

cakravarty aparājitaḥ

SYNONYMS

mādhavāḥ — the dynasty beginning from Madhu; vṛṣṇayaḥ — the dynasty beginning from Vṛṣṇi; rājanO King (Mahārāja Parīkṣit); yādavāḥ — the dynasty beginning from Yadu; ca — and; iti — thus; saḿjñitāḥare so-called because of those different persons; yadu-putrasya — of the son of Yadu; ca — also; kroṣṭoḥ — of Kroṣṭā; putraḥ — the son; vṛjinavān — his name was Vṛjinavān; tataḥ — from him (Vṛjinavān); svāhitaḥ — Svāhita; ataḥ — thereafter; viṣadguḥa son named Viṣadgu; vai — indeed; tasya — of him; citrarathaḥCitraratha; tataḥ — from him; śaśabinduḥ — Śaśabindu; mahā-yogīa great mystic; mahā-bhāgaḥ — most fortunate; mahāna great personality; abhūthe became; caturdaśa-mahāratnaḥ — fourteen kinds of great opulences; cakravartīhe possessed as the emperor; aparājitaḥ — not defeated by anyone else.

TRANSLATION

O Mahārāja Parīkṣit, because Yadu, Madhu and Vṛṣṇi each inaugurated a dynasty, their dynasties are known as Yādava, Mādhava and Vṛṣṇi. The son of Yadu named Kroṣṭā had a son named Vṛjinavān. The son of Vṛjinavān was Svāhita; the son of Svāhita, Viṣadgu; the son of Viṣadgu, Citraratha; and the son of Citraratha, Śaśabindu. The greatly fortunate Śaśabindu, 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 Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa 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. Śaśabindu possessed them all.

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