Canto 12: The Age of Deterioration | Chapter 12: The Topics of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam Summarized |
Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 12.12.21
devāsura-mahā-yuddhaḿ
rāja-vaḿśānukīrtanam
ikṣvāku-janma tad-vaḿśaḥ
sudyumnasya mahātmanaḥ
SYNONYMS
deva-asura — of the demigods and demons; mahā-yuddham — the great war; rāja-vaḿśa — of the dynasties of kings; anukīrtanam — the reciting in sequence; ikṣvāku-janma — the birth of Ikṣvāku; tat-vaḿśaḥ — his dynasty; sudyamnasya — (and the dynasty) of Sudyumna; mahā-ātmanaḥ — the great soul.
TRANSLATION
An account of the great battle fought between the demigods and the demons, a systematic description of the dynasties of various kings, and narrations concerning Ikṣvāku's birth, his dynasty and the dynasty of the pious Sudyumna — all are presented within this literature.
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