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SB 9.6.5

Devanāgarī

तेषां पुरस्तादभवन्नार्यावर्ते नृपा नृप । पञ्चविंशति: पश्चाच्च त्रयो मध्येऽपरेऽन्यत: ॥ ५ ॥

Text

teṣāṁ purastād abhavann āryāvarte nṛpā nṛpa pañca-viṁśatiḥ paścāc ca trayo madhye ’pare ’nyataḥ

Synonyms

teṣām—among all of those sons;purastāt—on the eastern side;abhavan—they became;āryāvarte—in the place within the Himālaya and Vindhya mountains known as Āryāvarta;nṛpāḥ—kings;nṛpa—O King (Mahārāja Parīkṣit);pañca-viṁśatiḥ—twenty-five;paścāt—on the western side;ca—also;trayaḥ—three of them;madhye—in the middle (between east and west);apare—others;anyataḥ—in other places.

Translation

Of the one hundred sons, twenty-five became kings in the western side of Āryāvarta, a place between the Himālaya and Vindhya mountains. Another twenty-five sons became kings in the east of Āryāvarta, and the three principal sons became kings in the middle. The other sons became kings in various other places.

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