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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 5.7.2

तस्यामु ह वा आत्मजान् कार्त्स्‍न्येनानुरूपानात्मन: पञ्च जनयामास भूतादिरिव भूतसूक्ष्माणि सुमतिं राष्ट्रभृतं सुदर्शनमावरणं धूम्रकेतुमिति ॥ २ ॥
tasyām u ha vā ātmajān kārtsnyenānurūpān ātmanaḥ pañca janayām āsa bhūtādir iva bhūta-sūkṣmāṇi sumatiṁ rāṣṭrabhṛtaṁ sudarśanam āvaraṇaṁ dhūmraketum iti.
[tasyaam u ha vaa aatmajaan kaartsnyenaanuroopaan aatmanah pancha janayaam aasa bhootaadir iva bhoota-sookshmaani sumatim raashtrabhritam sudarshanam aavaranam dhoomraketum iti.]
Word-for-word
tasyām — in her womb u ha vā — indeed ātma-jān — sons kārtsnyena — entirely anurūpān — exactly like ātmanaḥ — himself pañca — five janayām āsa — begot bhūta-ādiḥ iva — like the false ego bhūta-sūkṣmāṇi — the five subtle objects of sense perception su-matim — Sumatim rāṣṭra-bhṛtam — Rāṣṭrabhṛta su-darśanam — Sudarśana āvaraṇam — Āvaraṇa dhūmra-ketum — Dhūmraketu iti — thus.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
tasyām u ha vā ātmajān kārtsnyenānurūpān ātmanaḥ pañca janayām āsa bhūtādir iva bhūta-sūkṣmāṇi sumatiṁ rāṣṭrabhṛtaṁ sudarśanam āvaraṇaṁ dhūmraketum iti.
tasyām
in her womb
u ha vā
indeed
ātma-jān
sons
kārtsnyena
entirely
anurūpān
exactly like
ātmanaḥ
himself
pañca
five
janayām āsa
begot
bhūta-ādiḥ iva
like the false ego
bhūta-sūkṣmāṇi
the five subtle objects of sense perception
su-matim
Sumatim
rāṣṭra-bhṛtam
Rāṣṭrabhṛta
su-darśanam
Sudarśana
āvaraṇam
Āvaraṇa
dhūmra-ketum
Dhūmraketu
iti
thus.
Just as the false ego creates the subtle sense objects, Mahārāja Bharata created five sons in the womb of Pañcajanī, his wife. These sons were named Sumati, Rāṣṭrabhṛta, Sudarśana, Āvaraṇa and Dhūmraketu.
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Just as the false ego creates the subtle sense objects, Mahārāja Bharata created five sons in the womb of Pañcajanī, his wife: Sumati, Rāṣṭrabhṛta, Sudarśana, Āvaraṇa and Dhūmraketu. Bhūtādiḥ means ahaṅkāra.
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