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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 9.13.17

कृतिरातस्ततस्तस्मान्महारोमा च तत्सुत: । स्वर्णरोमा सुतस्तस्य ह्रस्वरोमा व्यजायत ॥ १७ ॥
kṛtirātas tatas tasmān
[kritiraatas tatas tasmaan]
mahāromā ca tat-sutaḥ
[mahaaromaa cha tat-sutah]
svarṇaromā sutas tasya
[svarnaromaa sutas tasya]
hrasvaromā vyajāyata
[hrasvaromaa vyajaayata]
kṛtirātaḥ — Kṛtirāta tataḥ — from Mahādhṛti tasmāt — from Kṛtirāta mahāromā — a son named Mahāromā ca — also tat-sutaḥ — his son svarṇaromā — Svarṇaromā sutaḥ tasya — his son hrasvaromā — Hrasvaromā vyajāyata — were all born.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
kṛtirātas tatas tasmān
kṛtirātaḥ
Kṛtirāta
tataḥ
from Mahādhṛti
tasmāt
from Kṛtirāta
mahāromā ca tat-sutaḥ
mahāromā
a son named Mahāromā
ca
also
tat-sutaḥ
his son
svarṇaromā sutas tasya
svarṇaromā
Svarṇaromā
sutaḥ tasya
his son
hrasvaromā vyajāyata
hrasvaromā
Hrasvaromā
vyajāyata
were all born.
From Mahādhṛti was born a son named Kṛtirāta, from Kṛtirāta was born Mahāromā, from Mahāromā came a son named Svarṇaromā, and from Svarṇaromā came Hrasvaromā.
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
From Mahādhṛti was born a son named Kṛtirāta, from Kṛtirāta was born Mahāromā, from Mahāromā came a son named Svarṇaromā, and from Svarṇaromā came Hrasvaromā.
Kṛtirāta, Mahāromā, Svarṇaromā, Hrasvaromā — the line continues toward its most famous descendant. Long careful lineages culminate in just the right person at just the right time.
Reflection Questions
  • Whose 'long careful lineage' has produced me, and whom is my line preparing for?
  • What attention to character now is the kind that bears fruit only generations later?
📝 My note

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