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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 9.23.2

जनमेजयस्तस्य पुत्रो महाशालो महामना: । उशीनरस्तितिक्षुश्च महामनस आत्मजौ ॥ २ ॥
janamejayas tasya putro
[janamejayas tasya putro]
mahāśālo mahāmanāḥ
[mahaashaalo mahaamanaah]
uśīnaras titikṣuś ca
[usheenaras titikshush cha]
mahāmanasa ātmajau
[mahaamanasa aatmajau]
janamejayaḥ — Janamejaya tasya — of him (Janamejaya) putraḥ — a son mahāśālaḥ — Mahāśāla mahāmanāḥ — (from Mahāśāla) a son named Mahāmanā uśīnaraḥ — Uśīnara titikṣuḥ — Titikṣu ca — and mahāmanasaḥ — from Mahāmanā ātmajau — two sons.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
janamejayas tasya putro
janamejayaḥ
Janamejaya
tasya
of him (Janamejaya)
putraḥ
a son
mahāśālo mahāmanāḥ
mahāśālaḥ
Mahāśāla
mahāmanāḥ
(from Mahāśāla) a son named Mahāmanā
uśīnaras titikṣuś ca
uśīnaraḥ
Uśīnara
titikṣuḥ
Titikṣu
ca
and
mahāmanasa ātmajau
mahāmanasaḥ
from Mahāmanā
ātmajau
two sons.
From Sṛñjaya came a son named Janamejaya. From Janamejaya came Mahāśāla; from Mahāśāla, Mahāmanā; and from Mahāmanā two sons, named Uśīnara and Titikṣu.
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
From Sṛñjaya came a son named Janamejaya. From Janamejaya came Mahāśāla; from Mahāśāla, Mahāmanā; and from Mahāmanā two sons, named Uśīnara and Titikṣu.
Janamejaya, Mahāśāla, Mahāmanā, Uśīnara, Titikṣu — names meaning strong-house, great-mind, dweller-on-Uśī-river, the-forbearing. Even the names cluster around qualities of stability and breadth.
Reflection Questions
  • Which of my own actions today would deserve the name Titikṣu — 'the forbearing'?
  • Where could naming forbearance as a value actually grow it?
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