Srimad Bhagavatam — Navama Skandha, Shloka 8
Continuation and Future of the Sūrya-vaṁśa: From Kuśa to the Last Ikṣvāku King
तत: प्रसेनजित् तस्मात् तक्षको भविता पुन: । ततो बृहद्बलो यस्तु पित्रा ते समरे हत: ॥ ८ ॥
tataḥ prasenajit tasmāt takṣako bhavitā punaḥ tato bṛhadbalo yas tu pitrā te samare hataḥ
Mula kay Viśvabāhu ay isinilang ang anak na si Prasenajit; mula kay Prasenajit ay si Takṣaka. Mula kay Takṣaka ay isinilang si Bṛhadbala, na napatay sa labanan ng iyong ama.
FAQs
Bhagavatam 9.12.8 states that King Bṛhadbala, descended from Takṣaka, was slain in battle by Parīkṣit’s father (Abhimanyu).
While narrating the Solar dynasty after Lord Rāma, Śukadeva connects the lineage to Parīkṣit by noting that Parīkṣit’s father, Abhimanyu, killed Bṛhadbala in the Kurukṣetra-era warfare.
It helps devotees see how time, karma, and duty shape human history, encouraging humility and steadiness in dharma while keeping devotion to Bhagavān as the real shelter.