Canto 9: LiberationChapter 22: The Descendants of Ajamīḍha

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 9.22.18-19

soma-vaḿśe kalau naṣṭe

kṛtādau sthāpayiṣyati

bāhlīkāt somadatto 'bhūd

bhūrir bhūriśravās tataḥ

śalaś ca śāntanor āsīd

gańgāyāḿ bhīṣma ātmavān

sarva-dharma-vidāḿ śreṣṭho

mahā-bhāgavataḥ kaviḥ

SYNONYMS

soma-vaḿśe — when the dynasty of the moon-god; kalauin this age of Kali; naṣṭe — being lost; kṛta-ādau — at the beginning of the next Satya-yuga; sthāpayiṣyati — will reestablish; bāhlīkāt — from Bāhlīka; somadattaḥ — Somadatta; abhūt — generated; bhūriḥBhūri; bhūri-śravāḥ — Bhūriśravā; tataḥ — thereafter; śalaḥ caa son named Śala; śāntanoḥ — from Śāntanu; āsīt — generated; gańgāyāmin the womb of Gańgā, the wife of Śāntanu; bhīṣmaḥa son named Bhīṣma; ātmavān — self-realized; sarva-dharma-vidām — of all religious persons; śreṣṭhaḥ — the best; mahā-bhāgavataḥan exalted devotee; kaviḥ — and a learned scholar.

TRANSLATION

After the dynasty of the moon-god comes to an end in this age of Kali, Devāpi, in the beginning of the next Satya-yuga, will reestablish the Soma dynasty in this world. From Bāhlīka [the brother of Śāntanu] came a son named Somadatta, who had three sons, named Bhūri, Bhūriśravā and Śala. From Śāntanu, through the womb of his wife named Gańgā, came Bhīṣma, the exalted, self-realized devotee and learned scholar.

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