Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.52.21
శ్రీబాదరాయణిరువాచ
రాజాసీద్ భీష్మకో నామ విదర్భాధిపతిర్మహాన్ ।
తస్య పఞ్చాభవన్ పుత్రా: కన్యైకా చ వరాననా ॥ ౨౧ ॥
śrī-bādarāyaṇir uvāca
[shree-baadaraayanir uvaacha]
rājāsīd bhīṣmako nāma
[raajaaseed bheeshmako naama]
vidarbhādhipatir mahān
[vidarbhaadhipatir mahaan]
tasya pancābhavan putrāḥ
[tasya panchaabhavan putraah]
kanyaikā ca varānanā
[kanyaikaa cha varaananaa]
Word-for-word
śrī - bādarāyaṇiḥ
—
Śrī Bādarāyaṇi (Śukadeva, the son of Badarāyaṇa Vedavyāsa)
uvāca
—
said
rājā
—
a king
āsīt
—
there was
bhīṣmakaḥ nāma
—
named Bhīṣmaka
vidarbha - adhipatiḥ
—
ruler of the kingdom Vidarbha
mahān
—
great
tasya
—
his
pañca
—
five
abhavan
—
there were
putrāḥ
—
sons
kanyā
—
daughter
ekā
—
one
ca
—
and
vara
—
exceptionally beautiful
ānanā
—
whose face .
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
śrī-bādarāyaṇir uvāca
śrī - bādarāyaṇiḥ
Śrī Bādarāyaṇi (Śukadeva, the son of Badarāyaṇa Vedavyāsa)
uvāca
said
rājāsīd bhīṣmako nāma
rājā
a king
āsīt
there was
bhīṣmakaḥ nāma
named Bhīṣmaka
vidarbhādhipatir mahān
vidarbha - adhipatiḥ
ruler of the kingdom Vidarbha
mahān
great
tasya pancābhavan putrāḥ
tasya
his
pañca
five
abhavan
there were
putrāḥ
sons
kanyaikā ca varānanā
kanyā
daughter
ekā
one
ca
and
vara
exceptionally beautiful
ānanā
whose face .
Important Words
-
śrī-bādarāyaṇiḥ
—
Śrī Bādarāyaṇi (Śukadeva)
Patronymic. Śukadeva is the son of Bādarāyaṇa (Vyāsadeva). The honorific is invoked at the entrance of major narrative arcs to remind the hearer of the speaker's parampara-authority — this is no folk-story; it descends from Vyāsa.
-
vidarbha-adhipatiḥ
—
the ruler of Vidarbha
Compound. Vidarbha is the Berar region; its kings are recurring figures across the epics (Damayantī's father Bhīma was also a Vidarbha-king). The dynastic placement matters — Rukmiṇī is born into Vedic kṣatriya pedigree of the highest rank.
-
kanyā-ekā
—
one (sole) daughter
The numerical 'one' is pointed — Rukmiṇī has no sisters. Gauḍīya readers note that the Bhāgavatam often gives a single bride the central frame so that her bhāva can be displayed without competition; cf. Sītā, Yaśodā as Kṛṣṇa's sole mother in Vraja.
-
vara-ānanā
—
whose face is exceptionally beautiful
Compound: vara (excellent) + ānanā (faced). The same vocabulary that will saturate Rukmiṇī's later letter — her face is the chapter's recurring metonym for her whole prema.
Śrī Bādarāyaṇi said: There was a king named Bhīṣmaka, the powerful ruler of Vidarbha. He had five sons and one daughter of lovely countenance.
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura
Gauḍīya
Translation
Śrī Bādarāyaṇi said: There was a king named Bhīṣmaka, the powerful ruler of Vidarbha. He had five sons and one daughter of lovely countenance.
Śrīdhara Svāmī
Gauḍīya
Commentary
Mahān means endowed with great qualities. Instead of kanyaikā ca varānanā sometimes kanyaikā rucirānanā is seen. The meaning is the same. Her great beauty is indicated.
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Analogy
Bhīṣmaka's household is a stage set before the play begins — five sons, one daughter, a great kingdom — and the audience is told their names before the prema-drama opens. The Bhāgavatam introduces Rukmiṇī through the standard dynastic camera, then pulls in close enough to read her thoughts.
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