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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 9.12.10

ऊरुक्रिय: सुतस्तस्य वत्सवृद्धो भविष्यति । प्रतिव्योमस्ततो भानुर्दिवाको वाहिनीपति: ॥ १० ॥
ūrukriyaḥ sutas tasya
[oorukriyah sutas tasya]
vatsavṛddho bhaviṣyati
[vatsavriddho bhavishyati]
prativyomas tato bhānur
[prativyomas tato bhaanur]
divāko vāhinī-patiḥ
[divaako vaahinee-patih]
ūrukriyaḥ — Ūrukriya sutaḥ — son tasya — of Ūrukriya vatsavṛddhaḥ — Vatsavṛddha bhaviṣyati — will take birth prativyomaḥ — Prativyoma tataḥ — from Vatsavṛddha bhānuḥ — (from Prativyoma) a son named Bhānu divākaḥ — from Bhānu a son named Divāka vāhinī-patiḥ — a great commander of soldiers.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
ūrukriyaḥ sutas tasya
ūrukriyaḥ
Ūrukriya
sutaḥ
son
tasya
of Ūrukriya
vatsavṛddho bhaviṣyati
vatsavṛddhaḥ
Vatsavṛddha
bhaviṣyati
will take birth
prativyomas tato bhānur
prativyomaḥ
Prativyoma
tataḥ
from Vatsavṛddha
bhānuḥ
(from Prativyoma) a son named Bhānu
divāko vāhinī-patiḥ
divākaḥ
from Bhānu a son named Divāka
vāhinī-patiḥ
a great commander of soldiers.
The son of Bṛhadraṇa will be Ūrukriya, who will have a son named Vatsavṛddha. Vatsavṛddha will have a son named Prativyoma, and Prativyoma will have a son named Bhānu, from whom Divāka, a great commander of soldiers, will take birth.
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
The son of Bṛhadraṇa will be Ūrukriya, who will have a son named Vatsavṛddha. Vatsavṛddha will have a son named Prativyoma, and Prativyoma will have a son named Bhānu, from whom Divāka, a great commander of soldiers, will take birth.
Ūrukriya, Vatsavṛddha, Prativyoma, Bhānu, Divāka — the dynasty leans into another long stretch of names. Reading these is itself a small spiritual practice: humility in scale.
Reflection Questions
  • Can I be present, even mildly attentive, to a passage that gives me 'nothing to take home'?
  • What does my impatience with such passages reveal about how I consume sacred text?
📝 My note

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