Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 5.4.10
తమను కుశావర్త ఇలావర్తో బ్రహ్మావర్తో మలయ: కేతుర్భద్రసేన ఇన్ద్రస్పృగ్విదర్భ: కీకట ఇతి నవ నవతి ప్రధానా: ॥ ౧౦ ॥
tam anu kuśāvarta ilāvarto brahmāvarto malayaḥ ketur bhadrasena indraspṛg vidarbhaḥ kīkaṭa iti nava navati pradhānāḥ.
[tam anu kushaavarta ilaavarto brahmaavarto malayah ketur bhadrasena indrasprig vidarbhah keekata iti nava navati pradhaanaah.]
Word-for-word
tam
—
him
anu
—
following
kuśāvarta
—
Kuśāvarta
ilāvartaḥ
—
Ilāvarta
brahmāvartaḥ
—
Brahmāvarta
malayaḥ
—
Malaya
ketuḥ
—
Ketu
bhadra-senaḥ
—
Bhadrasena
indra-spṛk
—
Indraspṛk
vidarbhaḥ
—
Vidarbha
kīkaṭaḥ
—
Kīkaṭa
iti
—
thus
nava
—
nine
navati
—
ninety
pradhānāḥ
—
older than.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
tam anu kuśāvarta ilāvarto brahmāvarto malayaḥ ketur bhadrasena indraspṛg vidarbhaḥ kīkaṭa iti nava navati pradhānāḥ.
tam
him
anu
following
kuśāvarta
Kuśāvarta
ilāvartaḥ
Ilāvarta
brahmāvartaḥ
Brahmāvarta
malayaḥ
Malaya
ketuḥ
Ketu
bhadra-senaḥ
Bhadrasena
indra-spṛk
Indraspṛk
vidarbhaḥ
Vidarbha
kīkaṭaḥ
Kīkaṭa
iti
thus
nava
nine
navati
ninety
pradhānāḥ
older than.
Following Bharata, there were ninety-nine other sons. Among these were nine elderly sons, named Kuśāvarta, Ilāvarta, Brahmāvarta, Malaya, Ketu, Bhadrasena, Indraspṛk, Vidarbha and Kīkaṭa.
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura
Gauḍīya
Translation
Younger than Bharata, but older than the others, were the sons named Kuśāvarta, Ilāvarta, Brahmāvarta, Malaya, Ketu, Bhadrasena, Indraspṛk, Vidarbha and Kīkaṭa.
Younger than Bharata (tam anu), were nine sons older than the others (pradhānāḥ). Using the masculine instead of the neuter in the word pradhānāḥ is poetic license.
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