SB 9.15.2-3 — FolioCorpus

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 9.15.2-3

श्रुतायोर्वसुमान् पुत्र: सत्यायोश्च श्रुतञ्जय: । रयस्य सुत एकश्च जयस्य तनयोऽमित: ॥ २ ॥ भीमस्तु विजयस्याथ काञ्चनो होत्रकस्तत: । तस्य जह्नु: सुतो गङ्गां गण्डूषीकृत्य योऽपिबत् ॥ ३ ॥

śrutāyor vasumān putraḥ

[shrutaayor vasumaan putrah]

satyāyoś ca śrutañjayaḥ

[satyaayosh cha shrutanjayah]

rayasya suta ekaś ca

[rayasya suta ekash cha]

jayasya tanayo ’mitaḥ

[jayasya tanayo ’mitah]

bhīmas tu vijayasyātha

[bheemas tu vijayasyaatha]

kāñcano hotrakas tataḥ

[kaanchano hotrakas tatah]

tasya jahnuḥ suto gaṅgāṁ

[tasya jahnuh suto gangaam]

gaṇḍūṣī-kṛtya yo ’pibat

[gandooshee-kritya yo ’pibat]

Word-for-word

śrutāyoḥ — of Śrutāyu vasumān — Vasumān putraḥ — a son satyāyoḥ — of Satyāyu ca — also śrutañjayaḥ — a son named Śrutañjaya rayasya — of Raya sutaḥ — a son ekaḥ — by the name Eka ca — and jayasya — of Jaya tanayaḥ — the son amitaḥ — by the name Amita bhīmaḥ — by the name Bhīma tu — indeed vijayasya — of Vijaya atha — thereafter kāñcanaḥ — Kāñcana, the son of Bhīma hotrakaḥ — Hotraka, the son of Kāñcana tataḥ — then tasya — of Hotraka jahnuḥ — by the name Jahnu sutaḥ — a son gaṅgām — all the water of the Ganges gaṇḍūṣī-kṛtya — by one sip yaḥ — he who (Jahnu) apibat — drank.

Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)

śrutāyor vasumān putraḥ

śrutāyoḥ

of Śrutāyu

vasumān

Vasumān

putraḥ

a son

satyāyoś ca śrutañjayaḥ

satyāyoḥ

of Satyāyu

also

śrutañjayaḥ

a son named Śrutañjaya

rayasya suta ekaś ca

rayasya

of Raya

sutaḥ

a son

ekaḥ

by the name Eka

and

jayasya tanayo ’mitaḥ

jayasya

of Jaya

tanayaḥ

the son

bhīmas tu vijayasyātha

kāñcano hotrakas tataḥ

tasya jahnuḥ suto gaṅgāṁ

amitaḥ

by the name Amita

bhīmaḥ

by the name Bhīma

indeed

vijayasya

of Vijaya

gaṇḍūṣī-kṛtya yo ’pibat

atha

thereafter

kāñcanaḥ

Kāñcana, the son of Bhīma

hotrakaḥ

Hotraka, the son of Kāñcana

tataḥ

then

tasya

of Hotraka

jahnuḥ

by the name Jahnu

sutaḥ

a son

gaṅgām

all the water of the Ganges

gaṇḍūṣī-kṛtya

by one sip

yaḥ

he who (Jahnu)

apibat

drank.

Gauḍīya Ācāryas

Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya

Translation

The son of Śrutāyu was Vasumān; the son of Satyāyu, Śrutañjaya; the son of Raya, Eka; the son of Jaya, Amita; and the son of Vijaya, Bhīma. The son of Bhīma was Kāñcana; the son of Kāñcana was Hotraka; and the son of Hotraka was Jahnu, who drank all the water of the Ganges in one sip. Āyu’s prolific dynasty will be discussed later. First the dynasties of the others among the six sons are described in summary starting with Śrutāyu. Raya had a son called Eka. Jaya’s son was Amita.

Personal Guidance

Each son becomes a father; the line travels until Jahnu drinks all of Ganges in one sip. Occasionally, in a long anonymous list, a startling personality emerges — and we should not skim past the sentence where they appear.

Reflection Questions

What 'one-sip-of-Ganges' figure am I overlooking in my own family lineage?
Where am I treating sacred history as repetitive when it actually contains hidden astonishments?

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