Srimad Bhagavatam — Navama Skandha, Shloka 47
The Kuru Line, Bhīṣma and Vyāsa; Pāṇḍavas, Parīkṣit, and Future Kings
Chandravaṁśa Continuation
भविता सहदेवस्य मार्जारिर्यच्छ्रुतश्रवा: । ततो युतायुस्तस्यापि निरमित्रोऽथ तत्सुत: ॥ ४६ ॥ सुनक्षत्र: सुनक्षत्राद् बृहत्सेनोऽथ कर्मजित् । तत: सुतञ्जयाद् विप्र: शुचिस्तस्य भविष्यति ॥ ४७ ॥ क्षेमोऽथ सुव्रतस्तस्माद् धर्मसूत्र: समस्तत: । द्युमत्सेनोऽथ सुमति: सुबलो जनिता तत: ॥ ४८ ॥
bhavitā sahadevasya mārjārir yac chrutaśravāḥ tato yutāyus tasyāpi niramitro ’tha tat-sutaḥ
Sahadeva, der Sohn Jarāsandhas, wird einen Sohn namens Mārjāri haben. Aus Mārjāri wird Śrutaśravā hervorgehen; aus Śrutaśravā Yutāyu; und aus Yutāyu Niramitra. Niramitra wird einen Sohn namens Sunakṣatra haben; aus Sunakṣatra wird Bṛhatsena hervorgehen; und aus Bṛhatsena Karmajit. Aus Karmajit wird Sutañjaya hervorgehen; aus Sutañjaya Vipra; und dessen Sohn wird Śuci sein. Aus Śuci wird Kṣema hervorgehen; aus Kṣema Suvrata; und aus Suvrata Dharmasūtra. Aus Dharmasūtra wird Sama hervorgehen; aus Sama Dyumatsena; aus Dyumatsena Sumati; und aus Sumati Subala.
FAQs
In Canto 9, Chapter 22, Śukadeva Gosvāmī narrates successive generations in the Puru dynasty, listing kings such as Sahadeva, Mārjāri, Yaḥśrutaśravā, Yutāyu, and Niramitra.
He is mapping the historical dynastic flow through which dharma, royal responsibility, and ultimately the Lord’s plans unfold across ages, connecting later celebrated figures to earlier ancestors.
They encourage remembrance of sacred history and the idea that one’s actions contribute to a lineage of values—especially dharma and devotion—passed forward through generations.