vartayiṣyati vai bṛhat
rāmaḥ kamala-locanaḥ
āgāminy antare rājan
vartayiṣyati vai bṛhat
O King! In the next Manvantara the lotus-eyed Paraśurāma, the son of Jamadagni, will be a great propounder of Vedic knowledge
Bṛhat means that he will become the foremost among the seven sages who distribute the Vedas.
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āste 'dyāpi mahendrādrau
nyasta-daṇḍaḥ praśānta-dhīḥ
upagīyamāna-caritaḥ
siddha-gandharva-cāraṇaiḥ
Paraśurāma still lives as an intelligent brāhmaṇa in the place known as Mahendra. Completely satisfied, having given up all the weapons of a kṣatriya, he is always worshiped for his exalted character by the Siddhas, Cāraṇas and Gandharvas.
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evaṁ bhṛguṣu viśvātmā
bhagavān harir īśvaraḥ
avatīrya paraṁ bhāraṁ
bhuvo 'han bahuśo nṛpān
In this way the supreme soul, the Supreme Lord, the supreme controller, descended as an incarnation in the Bhṛgu dynasty and killed the kings, a great burden of the world, many times.
|| 9.16.28 ||
gādher abhūn mahā-tejāḥ
samiddha iva pāvakaḥ
tapasā kṣātram utsṛjya
yo lebhe brahma-varcasam
From Mahārāja Gādhi, was born a son, Viśvāmitra, who, as powerful as a blazing fire, gave up the position of a kṣatriya and achieved the position of a powerful brāhmaṇa by undergoing austerities.
Having finished the incidental story, concerning the line from his daughter, Śukadeva now describes the main line from Gādhi’s son.
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viśvāmitrasya caivāsan
putrā eka-śataṁ nṛpa
madhyamas tu madhucchandā
madhucchandasa eva te
O King! Viśvāmitra had 101 sons, of whom the middle one was known as Madhucchandā. In relation to him, all the other sons were celebrated as the Madhucchandās.
He had one hundred and one sons (eka-śatam). Śruti says tasya ha viśvāmitrasyaika-śataṁ putrā āsuḥ pañcāśad eva jyāyāṁso madhucchandasaḥ pañcāśat kanīyāṁsaḥ: Viśvāmitra had 101 sons, fifty of which were older than Madhucchandā and fifty younger. (Ṛg Veda, Aitareya Brāhmaṇa 7.15.7) They were all called by the same name since he was the principal in the group. When placing bricks for a sacrifice one brick is purified by the famous prāṇa-bhṛta mantra and is called prāna-bhṛt. All other bricks are called prāṇa-bhrt since they are related to the principal brick.
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