Srimad Bhagavatam — Navama Skandha, Shloka 4
The Kuru Line, Bhīṣma and Vyāsa; Pāṇḍavas, Parīkṣit, and Future Kings
Chandravaṁśa Continuation
योऽजमीढसुतो ह्यन्य ऋक्ष: संवरणस्तत: । तपत्यां सूर्यकन्यायां कुरुक्षेत्रपति: कुरु: ॥ ४ ॥ परीक्षि: सुधनुर्जह्नुर्निषधश्च कुरो: सुता: । सुहोत्रोऽभूत् सुधनुषश्च्यवनोऽथ तत: कृती ॥ ५ ॥
yo ’jamīḍha-suto hy anya ṛkṣaḥ saṁvaraṇas tataḥ tapatyāṁ sūrya-kanyāyāṁ kurukṣetra-patiḥ kuruḥ
အဇမီဍ၏ အခြားသားတော်မှာ ဋ္ဍကṣ (Ṛkṣa) ဖြစ်သည်။ ဋ္ဍကṣ မှ စံဝရဏ (Saṁvaraṇa) ပေါ်ထွန်းပြီး၊ စံဝရဏ၏ မဟေသီ တပတီ (နေဒေဝ၏ သမီး) ၏ ဗိုက်ထဲမှ ကုရုက்ஷೇತ್ರ အရှင် ဘုရင် ကုရု မွေးဖွားလာ하였다။ ကုရုတွင် ပရိက္ṣi၊ စုဓနု၊ ဇဟ္နု၊ နိષဓ ဟူသော သားတော် ၄ ပါးရှိသည်။ စုဓနုမှ စုဟೋတရ; စုဟೋတရမှ ချျဝန; ချျဝနမှ ကృతီ မွေးဖွားလာ하였다။
FAQs
This verse identifies Kuru as the son of Saṁvaraṇa and Tapatī and describes him as the lord of Kurukṣetra, establishing the famed Kuru lineage central to later Vedic history.
Here Kurukṣetra is linked with King Kuru, who is described as its ruler, indicating the region’s renown and association with Kuru’s dynasty.
They can see how Bhagavatam preserves sacred history and lineage to anchor dharma, inspiring respect for righteous leadership and continuity of spiritual culture.