SB 9.24.10-11 — FolioCorpus

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 9.24.10-11

బభ్రు: శ్రేష్ఠో మనుష్యాణాం దేవైర్దేవావృధ: సమ: । పురుషా: పఞ్చషష్టిశ్చ షట్ సహస్రాణి చాష్ట చ ॥ ౧౦ ॥ యేఽమృతత్త్వమనుప్రాప్తా బభ్రోర్దేవావృధాదపి । మహాభోజోఽతిధర్మాత్మా భోజా ఆసంస్తదన్వయే ॥ ౧౧ ॥

babhruḥ śreṣṭho manuṣyāṇāṁ

[babhruh shreshtho manushyaanaam]

devair devāvṛdhaḥ samaḥ

[devair devaavridhah samah]

puruṣāḥ paṣca-ṣaṣṭiś ca

[purushaah pashcha-shashtish cha]

ṣaṭ-sahasrāṇi cāṣṭa ca

[shat-sahasraani chaashta cha]

ye ’mṛtatvam anuprāptā

[ye ’mritatvam anupraaptaa]

babhror devāvṛdhād api

[babhror devaavridhaad api]

mahābhojo ’tidharmātmā

[mahaabhojo ’tidharmaatmaa]

bhojā āsaṁs tad-anvaye

[bhojaa aasams tad-anvaye]

Word-for-word

babhruḥ — King Babhru śreṣṭhaḥ — the best of all kings manuṣyāṇām — of all human beings devaiḥ — with the demigods devāvṛdhaḥ — King Devāvṛdha samaḥ — equally situated puruṣāḥ — persons paṣca-ṣaṣṭiḥ — sixty-five ca — also ṣaṭ-sahasrāṇi — six thousand ca — also aṣṭa — eight thousand ca — also ye — all of them who amṛtatvam — liberation from material bondage anuprāptāḥ — achieved babhroḥ — because of association with Babhru devāvṛdhāt — and because of association with Devāvṛdha api — indeed mahābhojaḥ — King Mahābhoja ati-dharma-ātmā — exceedingly religious bhojāḥ — the kings known as Bhoja āsan — existed tat-anvaye — in the dynasty of him (Mahābhoja).

Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)

babhruḥ śreṣṭho manuṣyāṇāṁ

babhruḥ

King Babhru

śreṣṭhaḥ

the best of all kings

manuṣyāṇām

of all human beings

devair devāvṛdhaḥ samaḥ

devaiḥ

with the demigods

devāvṛdhaḥ

King Devāvṛdha

samaḥ

equally situated

puruṣāḥ paṣca-ṣaṣṭiś ca

puruṣāḥ

persons

paṣca-ṣaṣṭiḥ

sixty-five

also

ṣaṭ-sahasrāṇi cāṣṭa ca

ṣaṭ-sahasrāṇi

six thousand

also

aṣṭa

eight thousand

also

ye ’mṛtatvam anuprāptā

all of them who

amṛtatvam

liberation from material bondage

anuprāptāḥ

achieved

babhror devāvṛdhād api

babhroḥ

because of association with Babhru

devāvṛdhāt

and because of association with Devāvṛdha

api

indeed

mahābhojo ’tidharmātmā

mahābhojaḥ

King Mahābhoja

ati-dharma-ātmā

exceedingly religious

bhojā āsaṁs tad-anvaye

bhojāḥ

the kings known as Bhoja

āsan

existed

tat-anvaye

in the dynasty of him (Mahābhoja).

“It has been decided that among human beings Babhru is the best and that Devāvṛdha is equal to the demigods. Because of the association of Babhru and Devāvṛdha, all of their descendants, numbering 14,065, achieved liberation.” In the dynasty of King Mahābhoja, who was exceedingly religious, there appeared the Bhoja kings.

Gauḍīya Ācāryas

Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya

Translation

"Among human beings Babhru is the best and that Devāvṛdha is equal to the devatās. Because of the association of Babhru and Devāvṛdha, all of their descendants, numbering 14,065, achieved liberation." In the dynasty of King Mahābhoja, who was exceedingly religious, there appeared the Bhoja kings. Babhror devāvṛdhāt means “by the strength of the association of Babhru and Devāvrḍha.”

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