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SB 9.16.37

Devanāgarī

एवं कौशिकगोत्रं तु विश्वामित्रै: पृथग्विधम् । प्रवरान्तरमापन्नं तद्धि चैवं प्रकल्पितम् ॥ ३७ ॥

Text

evaṁ kauśika-gotraṁ tu viśvāmitraiḥ pṛthag-vidham pravarāntaram āpannaṁ tad dhi caivaṁ prakalpitam

Synonyms

evam—in this way (some sons having been cursed and some blessed);kauśika-gotram—the dynasty of Kauśika;tu—indeed;viśvāmitraiḥ—by the sons of Viśvāmitra;pṛthak-vidham—in different varieties;pravara-antaram—differences between one another;āpannam—obtained;tat—that;hi—indeed;ca—also;evam—thus;prakalpitam—ascertained.

Translation

Viśvāmitra cursed some of his sons and blessed the others, and he also adopted a son. Thus there were varieties in the Kauśika dynasty, but among all the sons, Devarāta was considered the eldest.

Purport

Thus end the Bhaktivedanta purports of the Ninth Canto, Sixteenth Chapter, of the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, entitled “Lord Paraśurāma Destroys the World’s Ruling Class.”
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