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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 9.22.18-19

सोमवंशे कलौ नष्टे कृतादौ स्थापयिष्यति । बाह्लीकात्सोमदत्तोऽभूद् भूरिर्भूरिश्रवास्तत: ॥ १८ ॥ शलश्च शान्तनोरासीद् गङ्गायां भीष्म आत्मवान् । सर्वधर्मविदां श्रेष्ठो महाभागवत: कवि: ॥ १९ ॥
soma-vaṁśe kalau naṣṭe
[soma-vamshe kalau nashte]
kṛtādau sthāpayiṣyati
[kritaadau sthaapayishyati]
bāhlīkāt somadatto ’bhūd
[baahleekaat somadatto ’bhood]
bhūrir bhūriśravās tataḥ
[bhoorir bhoorishravaas tatah]
śalaś ca śāntanor āsīd
[shalash cha shaantanor aaseed]
gaṅgāyāṁ bhīṣma ātmavān
[gangaayaam bheeshma aatmavaan]
sarva-dharma-vidāṁ śreṣṭho
[sarva-dharma-vidaam shreshtho]
mahā-bhāgavataḥ kaviḥ
[mahaa-bhaagavatah kavih]
Word-for-word
soma-vaṁśe — when the dynasty of the moon-god kalau — in this Age of Kali naṣṭe — being lost kṛta-ādau — at the beginning of the next Satya-yuga sthāpayiṣyati — will reestablish bāhlīkāt — from Bāhlīka somadattaḥ — Somadatta abhūt — generated bhūriḥ — Bhūri bhūri-śravāḥ — Bhūriśravā tataḥ — thereafter śalaḥ ca — a son named Śala śāntanoḥ — from Śāntanu āsīt — generated gaṅgāyām — in the womb of Gaṅgā, the wife of Śāntanu bhīṣmaḥ — a son named Bhīṣma ātmavān — self-realized sarva-dharma-vidām — of all religious persons śreṣṭhaḥ — the best mahā-bhāgavataḥ — an exalted devotee kaviḥ — and a learned scholar.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
soma-vaṁśe kalau naṣṭe
soma-vaṁśe
when the dynasty of the moon-god
kalau
in this Age of Kali
naṣṭe
being lost
kṛtādau sthāpayiṣyati
kṛta-ādau
at the beginning of the next Satya-yuga
sthāpayiṣyati
will reestablish
bāhlīkāt somadatto ’bhūd
bāhlīkāt
from Bāhlīka
somadattaḥ
Somadatta
bhūrir bhūriśravās tataḥ
śalaś ca śāntanor āsīd
gaṅgāyāṁ bhīṣma ātmavān
sarva-dharma-vidāṁ śreṣṭho
mahā-bhāgavataḥ kaviḥ
abhūt
generated
bhūriḥ
Bhūri
bhūri-śravāḥ
Bhūriśravā
tataḥ
thereafter
śalaḥ ca
a son named Śala
śāntanoḥ
from Śāntanu
āsīt
generated
gaṅgāyām
in the womb of Gaṅgā, the wife of Śāntanu
bhīṣmaḥ
a son named Bhīṣma
ātmavān
self-realized
sarva-dharma-vidām
of all religious persons
śreṣṭhaḥ
the best
mahā-bhāgavataḥ
an exalted devotee
kaviḥ
and a learned scholar.
After the dynasty of the moon-god comes to an end in this Age of Kali, Devāpi, in the beginning of the next Satya-yuga, will reestablish the Soma dynasty in this world. From Bāhlīka [the brother of Śāntanu] came a son named Somadatta, who had three sons, named Bhūri, Bhūriśravā and Śala. From Śāntanu, through the womb of his wife named Gaṅgā, came Bhīṣma, the exalted, self-realized devotee and learned scholar.
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
After the dynasty of the moon-god comes to an end in this age of Kali, Devāpi, in the beginning of the next Satya-yuga, will reestablish the Soma dynasty in this world. From Bāhlīka, the brother of Śāntanu, came a son named Somadatta, who had three sons, named Bhūri, Bhūriśravā and Śala. From Śāntanu, through the womb of his wife named Gaṅgā, came Bhīṣma, the exalted, self-realized devotee and learned scholar.
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Personal Guidance
Devāpi still lives in Kalāpagrāma and will revive the moon dynasty in the next Satya-yuga. Bhīṣma is born from Śāntanu through Gaṅgā. Long-range plans of the Lord place both future-restorers and present-heroes within the same family.
Reflection Questions
  • Where are the future-restorers in my circle being kept alive, mostly invisibly, for their later role?
  • Have I given those quiet persons the respect their future asks?
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