Srimad Bhagavatam — Navama Skandha, Shloka 2
Mahārāja Sagara, Kapila Muni, and the Deliverance of the Sixty Thousand Sons
भरुकस्तत्सुतस्तस्माद् वृकस्तस्यापि बाहुक: । सोऽरिभिर्हृतभू राजा सभार्यो वनमाविशत् ॥ २ ॥
bharukas tat-sutas tasmād vṛkas tasyāpi bāhukaḥ so ’ribhir hṛta-bhū rājā sabhāryo vanam āviśat
Der Sohn Vijayas war Bharuka, Bharukas Sohn war Vṛka, und Vṛkas Sohn war Bāhuka. Die Feinde König Bāhukas raubten ihm all seinen Besitz; daher nahm er zusammen mit seiner Gemahlin den Stand des vānaprastha an und ging in den Wald.
FAQs
In Canto 9, Chapter 8, Bāhuka is presented in the Sagara dynasty line as the son of Vṛka; he is a king who loses his kingdom to enemies and goes to the forest with his wife.
This verse states that enemies seized his kingdom, and as a dispossessed ruler he entered the forest along with his wife.
The verse highlights the instability of worldly position and encourages steadiness and detachment—when circumstances change, one can still uphold dignity, duty, and inner spiritual direction.