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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 9.15.11

प्रसादित: सत्यवत्या मैवं भूरिति भार्गव: । अथ तर्हि भवेत् पौत्रो जमदग्निस्ततोऽभवत् ॥ ११ ॥
prasāditaḥ satyavatyā
[prasaaditah satyavatyaa]
maivaṁ bhūr iti bhārgavaḥ
[maivam bhoor iti bhaargavah]
atha tarhi bhavet pautro
[atha tarhi bhavet pautro]
jamadagnis tato ’bhavat
[jamadagnis tato ’bhavat]
Word-for-word
prasāditaḥ — pacified satyavatyā — by Satyavatī mā — not evam — thus bhūḥ — let it be iti — thus bhārgavaḥ — the great sage atha — if your son should not become like that tarhi — then bhavet — should become like that pautraḥ — the grandson jamadagniḥ — Jamadagni tataḥ — thereafter abhavat — was born.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
prasāditaḥ satyavatyā
prasāditaḥ
pacified
satyavatyā
by Satyavatī
maivaṁ bhūr iti bhārgavaḥ
mā
not
evam
thus
bhūḥ
let it be
iti
thus
bhārgavaḥ
the great sage
atha tarhi bhavet pautro
atha
if your son should not become like that
tarhi
then
bhavet
should become like that
pautraḥ
the grandson
jamadagnis tato ’bhavat
jamadagniḥ
Jamadagni
tataḥ
thereafter
abhavat
was born.
Satyavatī, however, pacified Ṛcīka Muni with peaceful words and requested that her son not be like a fierce kṣatriya. Ṛcīka Muni replied, “Then your grandson will be of a kṣatriya spirit.” Thus Jamadagni was born as the son of Satyavatī.
Purport

The great sage Ṛcīka was very angry, but somehow or other Satyavatī pacified him, and at her request he changed his mind. It is indicated here that the son of Jamadagni would be born as Paraśurāma.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Satyavatī, however, pacified Ṛcīka and requested that her son not be a fierce kṣatriya. Ṛcīka Muni replied, "Then your grandson will be a kṣatriya.” Thus Jamadagni was born as the son of Satyavatī. The sage, pacified by his wife who did not want a kṣatriya son, then spoke. “Then your grandson will be a kṣatriya.” That grandson was Paraśurāma. Because of that, her son was Jamadagni.
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Personal Guidance
Satyavatī pacifies him and asks that her son not be fierce — so the fierceness skips a generation to Paraśurāma. Sometimes the energy we suppress in our children re-emerges in the grandchildren.
Reflection Questions
  • What energy am I suppressing in my own children that may show up in the next generation anyway?
  • Where could honest acknowledgment now save my grandchildren a difficult inheritance?
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