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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 9.24.6-8

पुरुहोत्रस्त्वनो: पुत्रस्तस्यायु: सात्वतस्तत: । भजमानो भजिर्दिव्यो वृष्णिर्देवावृधोऽन्धक: ॥ ६ ॥ सात्वतस्य सुता: सप्त महाभोजश्च मारिष । भजमानस्य निम्‍लोचि: किङ्कणो धृष्टिरेव च ॥ ७ ॥ एकस्यामात्मजा: पत्‍न्यामन्यस्यां च त्रय: सुता: । शताजिच्च सहस्राजिदयुताजिदिति प्रभो ॥ ८ ॥
puruhotras tv anoḥ putras
[puruhotras tv anoh putras]
tasyāyuḥ sātvatas tataḥ
[tasyaayuh saatvatas tatah]
bhajamāno bhajir divyo
[bhajamaano bhajir divyo]
vṛṣṇir devāvṛdho ’ndhakaḥ
[vrishnir devaavridho ’ndhakah]
sātvatasya sutāḥ sapta
[saatvatasya sutaah sapta]
mahābhojaś ca māriṣa
[mahaabhojash cha maarisha]
bhajamānasya nimlociḥ
[bhajamaanasya nimlochih]
kiṅkaṇo dhṛṣṭir eva ca
[kinkano dhrishtir eva cha]
ekasyām ātmajāḥ patnyām
[ekasyaam aatmajaah patnyaam]
anyasyāṁ ca trayaḥ sutāḥ
[anyasyaam cha trayah sutaah]
śatājic ca sahasrājid
[shataajich cha sahasraajid]
ayutājid iti prabho
[ayutaajid iti prabho]
puruhotraḥ — Puruhotra tu — indeed anoḥ — of Anu putraḥ — the son tasya — of him (Puruhotra) ayuḥ — Ayu sātvataḥ — Sātvata tataḥ — from him (Ayu) bhajamānaḥ — Bhajamāna bhajiḥ — Bhaji divyaḥ — Divya vṛṣṇiḥ — Vṛṣṇi devāvṛdhaḥ — Devāvṛdha andhakaḥ — Andhaka sātvatasya — of Sātvata sutāḥ — sons sapta — seven mahābhojaḥ ca — as well as Mahābhoja māriṣa — O great King bhajamānasya — of Bhajamāna nimlociḥ — Nimloci kiṅkaṇaḥ — Kiṅkaṇa dhṛṣṭiḥ — Dhṛṣṭi eva — indeed ca — also ekasyām — born from one wife ātmajāḥ — sons patnyām — by a wife anyasyām — another ca — also trayaḥ — three sutāḥ — sons śatājit — Śatājit ca — also sahasrājit — Sahasrājit ayutājit — Ayutājit iti — thus prabho — O King.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
puruhotras tv anoḥ putras
puruhotraḥ
Puruhotra
tu
indeed
anoḥ
of Anu
putraḥ
the son
tasyāyuḥ sātvatas tataḥ
tasya
of him (Puruhotra)
ayuḥ
Ayu
sātvataḥ
Sātvata
tataḥ
from him (Ayu)
bhajamāno bhajir divyo
bhajamānaḥ
Bhajamāna
bhajiḥ
Bhaji
divyaḥ
Divya
vṛṣṇir devāvṛdho ’ndhakaḥ
vṛṣṇiḥ
Vṛṣṇi
devāvṛdhaḥ
Devāvṛdha
sātvatasya sutāḥ sapta
mahābhojaś ca māriṣa
bhajamānasya nimlociḥ
andhakaḥ
Andhaka
kiṅkaṇo dhṛṣṭir eva ca
ekasyām ātmajāḥ patnyām
anyasyāṁ ca trayaḥ sutāḥ
śatājic ca sahasrājid
sātvatasya
of Sātvata
sutāḥ
sons
sapta
seven
mahābhojaḥ ca
as well as Mahābhoja
māriṣa
O great King
ayutājid iti prabho
bhajamānasya
of Bhajamāna
nimlociḥ
Nimloci
kiṅkaṇaḥ
Kiṅkaṇa
dhṛṣṭiḥ
Dhṛṣṭi
eva
indeed
ca
also
ekasyām
born from one wife
ātmajāḥ
sons
patnyām
by a wife
anyasyām
another
ca
also
trayaḥ
three
sutāḥ
sons
śatājit
Śatājit
ca
also
sahasrājit
Sahasrājit
ayutājit
Ayutājit
iti
thus
prabho
O King.
The son of Anu was Puruhotra, the son of Puruhotra was Ayu, and the son of Ayu was Sātvata. O great Āryan King, Sātvata had seven sons, named Bhajamāna, Bhaji, Divya, Vṛṣṇi, Devāvṛdha, Andhaka and Mahābhoja. From Bhajamāna by one wife came three sons — Nimloci, Kiṅkaṇa and Dhṛṣṭi. And from his other wife came three other sons — Śatājit, Sahasrājit and Ayutājit.
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
The son of Anu was Puruhotra, the son of Puruhotra was Ayu, and the son of Ayu was Sātvata. O great King! Sātvata had seven sons, named Bhajamāna, Bhaji, Divya, Vṛṣṇi, Devāvṛdha, Andhaka and Mahābhoja. From Bhajamāna by one wife came three sons—Nimloci, Kiṅkaṇa and Dhṛṣṭi. And from his other wife came three other sons—Śatājit, Sahasrājit and Ayutājit.
Sātvata has seven sons — Bhajamāna, Bhaji, Divya, Vṛṣṇi, Devāvṛdha, Andhaka, Mahābhoja — each starting a major branch. From a single ancestor, an entire constellation of lineages associated with Kṛṣṇa's clan begins to take shape.
Reflection Questions
  • Whose 'Sātvata moment' in my life is producing seven different active branches?
  • Where might my own present role be the Sātvata-like seed of much later branches?
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