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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 9.14.1

श्रीशुक उवाच अथात: श्रुयतां राजन् वंश: सोमस्य पावन: । यस्मिन्नैलादयो भूपा: कीर्त्यन्ते पुण्यकीर्तय: ॥ १ ॥
śrī-śuka uvāca
[shree-shuka uvaacha]
athātaḥ śrūyatāṁ rājan
[athaatah shrooyataam raajan]
vaṁśaḥ somasya pāvanaḥ
[vamshah somasya paavanah]
yasminn ailādayo bhūpāḥ
[yasminn ailaadayo bhoopaah]
kīrtyante puṇya-kīrtayaḥ
[keertyante punya-keertayah]
Word-for-word
śrī-śukaḥ uvāca — Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said atha — now (after hearing the history of the dynasty of the sun) ataḥ — therefore śrūyatām — just hear from me rājan — O King (Mahārāja Parīkṣit) vaṁśaḥ — the dynasty somasya — of the moon-god pāvanaḥ — which is purifying to hear about yasmin — in which (dynasty) aila-ādayaḥ — headed by Aila (Purūravā) bhūpāḥ — kings kīrtyante — are described puṇya-kīrtayaḥ — persons of whom it is glorious to hear.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
śrī-śuka uvāca
śrī-śukaḥ uvāca
Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said
athātaḥ śrūyatāṁ rājan
atha
now (after hearing the history of the dynasty of the sun)
ataḥ
therefore
śrūyatām
just hear from me
rājan
O King (Mahārāja Parīkṣit)
vaṁśaḥ somasya pāvanaḥ
vaṁśaḥ
the dynasty
somasya
of the moon-god
pāvanaḥ
which is purifying to hear about
yasminn ailādayo bhūpāḥ
yasmin
in which (dynasty)
aila-ādayaḥ
headed by Aila (Purūravā)
bhūpāḥ
kings
kīrtyante puṇya-kīrtayaḥ
kīrtyante
are described
puṇya-kīrtayaḥ
persons of whom it is glorious to hear.
Śrīla Śukadeva Gosvāmī said to Mahārāja Parīkṣit: O King, thus far you have heard the description of the dynasty of the sun-god. Now hear the most glorious and purifying description of the dynasty of the moon-god. This description mentions kings like Aila [Purūravā] of whom it is glorious to hear.
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Śukadeva Gosvāmī: O King, thus far you have heard the description of the dynasty of the sun-god. Now hear the purifying description of the dynasty of the moon-god, in which famous kings like Aila (Purūravā) are glorified. The Fourteenth Chapter describes how Budha (Mercury) was born by the Moon in Tārā, the wife of his guru Bṛhaspati (Jupiter), and how his son Aila produced six sons in Urvaśī.
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Personal Guidance
Śukadeva pivots from the Sūrya dynasty to the Soma dynasty — both 'most glorious and purifying.' Different lineages of devotional history both purify; we don't need to choose which great river to honor.
Reflection Questions
  • Where am I unnecessarily ranking two equally valid spiritual streams against each other?
  • Whose lineage am I overlooking because I have already adopted another?
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