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
Ang anak ni Vijaya ay si Bharuka, ang anak ni Bharuka ay si Vṛka, at ang anak ni Vṛka ay si Bāhuka. Inagaw ng mga kaaway ang lahat ng pag-aari ni Haring Bāhuka, kaya kasama ang kanyang asawa ay tinanggap niya ang pamumuhay na vānaprastha at pumasok sa gubat.
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.