Srimad Bhagavatam — Navama Skandha, Shloka 29
विश्वामित्रस्य चैवासन् पुत्रा एकशतं नृप । मध्यमस्तु मधुच्छन्दा मधुच्छन्दस एव ते ॥ २९ ॥
viśvāmitrasya caivāsan putrā eka-śataṁ nṛpa madhyamas tu madhucchandā madhucchandasa eva te
اے راجا پریکشت! وشوامتر کے 101 بیٹے تھے۔ ان میں درمیانی بیٹے کا نام مدھوچھندا تھا؛ اسی نسبت سے باقی بیٹے بھی ‘مدھوچھندا’ کہلا کر مشہور ہوئے۔
In this connection, Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura quotes this statement from the Vedas: tasya ha viśvāmitrasyaika-śataṁ putrā āsuḥ pañcāśad eva jyāyāṁso madhucchandasaḥ pañcāśat kanīyāṁsaḥ. “Viśvāmitra had 101 sons. Fifty were older than Madhucchandā and fifty younger.”
FAQs
This verse states that Viśvāmitra had one hundred sons.
Madhucchandā is identified here as the middle son among Viśvāmitra’s hundred sons, and the group is associated with the name “Madhucchandas.”
It helps students understand how Vedic knowledge, dharma, and spiritual culture were transmitted through recognized lineages and families.