Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 9.17.16
कुशात् प्रति: क्षात्रवृद्धात् सञ्जयस्तत्सुतो जय: ।
तत: कृत: कृतस्यापि जज्ञे हर्यबलो नृप: ॥ १६ ॥
kuśāt pratiḥ kṣātravṛddhāt
[kushaat pratih kshaatravriddhaat]
sañjayas tat-suto jayaḥ
[sanjayas tat-suto jayah]
tataḥ kṛtaḥ kṛtasyāpi
[tatah kritah kritasyaapi]
jajñe haryabalo nṛpaḥ
[jajne haryabalo nripah]
Word-for-word
kuśāt
—
from Kuśa
pratiḥ
—
a son named Prati
kṣātravṛddhāt
—
the grandson of Kṣatravṛddha
sañjayaḥ
—
a son named Sañjaya
tat-sutaḥ
—
his son
jayaḥ
—
Jaya
tataḥ
—
from him
kṛtaḥ
—
Kṛta
kṛtasya
—
from Kṛta
api
—
as well as
jajñe
—
was born
haryabalaḥ
—
Haryabala
nṛpaḥ
—
the king.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
kuśāt pratiḥ kṣātravṛddhāt
kuśāt
from Kuśa
pratiḥ
a son named Prati
kṣātravṛddhāt
the grandson of Kṣatravṛddha
sañjayas tat-suto jayaḥ
sañjayaḥ
a son named Sañjaya
tat-sutaḥ
his son
jayaḥ
Jaya
tataḥ kṛtaḥ kṛtasyāpi
tataḥ
from him
kṛtaḥ
Kṛta
kṛtasya
from Kṛta
api
as well as
jajñe haryabalo nṛpaḥ
jajñe
was born
haryabalaḥ
Haryabala
nṛpaḥ
the king.
From Kuśa, the grandson of Kṣatravṛddha, was born a son named Prati. The son of Prati was Sañjaya, and the son of Sañjaya was Jaya. From Jaya, Kṛta was born, and from Kṛta, King Haryabala.
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura
Gauḍīya
Translation
From Kuśa, the grandson of Kṣatravṛddha, was born a son named Prati. The son of Prati was Sañjaya, and the son of Sañjaya was Jaya. From Jaya, Kṛta was born, and from Kṛta, King Haryabala.
From Kuśa, the grandson of Kṣatravṛddha, came Prati.
Personal Guidance
Prati, Saṣjaya, Jaya, Kṛta, Haryabala — the line continues through names meaning resistance, victory, completion. Even names of triumph end up as one verse in a list — triumph itself is no escape from time.
Reflection Questions
- Where am I overweighting a current victory in the long ledger of my life?
- What quiet, sustained fidelity might be remembered longer than a noisy win?
My note
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