Srimad Bhagavatam — Navama Skandha, Shloka 22

Rantideva’s Supreme Charity and the Hastī Lineage

Hastināpura and Pañcāla Origins

Devanagari script

अजमीढाद् बृहदिषुस्तस्य पुत्रो बृहद्धनु: । बृहत्कायस्ततस्तस्य पुत्र आसीज्जयद्रथ: ॥ २२ ॥

Transliteration

ajamīḍhād bṛhadiṣus tasya putro bṛhaddhanuḥ bṛhatkāyas tatas tasya putra āsīj jayadrathaḥ

Translation

阿阇弥陀生布里哈迪舒，布里哈迪舒生布里哈达达努，布里哈达达努生布里哈特迦耶，布里哈特迦耶生阇耶德罗他。

Synonyms

• अजमीढात्: from Ajamīḍha
• अजमीढात्: Apadana (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अजमीढ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी, एकवचन; ‘from Ajamīḍha’

• बृहदिषुः: Bṛhadiṣu
• बृहदिषुः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बृहत् + इषु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः (कर्मधारय: ‘great-arrowed’ as name); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; proper name

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन; ‘of him’

• पुत्रः: son
• पुत्रः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• बृहद्धनुः: Bṛhaddhanu
• बृहद्धनुः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बृहत् + धनुस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः (कर्मधारय: ‘great-bowed’ as name); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; proper name

• बृहत्कायः: Bṛhatkāya
• बृहत्कायः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बृहत् + काय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः (कर्मधारय: ‘great-bodied’ as name); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; proper name

• ततः: then
• ततः: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; adverb: ‘then/from him’ (contextual succession)

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी, एकवचन; ‘of him’

• पुत्रः: son
• पुत्रः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• आसीत्: was
• आसीत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• जयद्रथः: Jayadratha
• जयद्रथः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जयद्रथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; proper name

Characters & Entities

• Ajāmīḍha
• Bṛhadiṣu
• Bṛhaddhanu
• Bṛhatkāya
• Jayadratha

FAQs

What does Srimad Bhagavatam 9.21.22 describe?

It lists a sequence of descendants in the Bharata dynasty: Ajāmīḍha → Bṛhadiṣu → Bṛhaddhanu → Bṛhatkāya → Jayadratha.

Who is speaking this genealogy in Bhagavatam Canto 9?

Śukadeva Gosvāmī narrates these dynastic successions to King Parīkṣit as part of the history of the lunar dynasty and the Bharata line.

How can devotees apply Bhagavatam genealogies in modern spiritual life?

They cultivate śraddhā by seeing how dharma and devotion are carried through generations, inspiring one to preserve spiritual culture and remember the Lord’s guidance through history.