jaya-kratumad-ādayaḥ
devarātas tam anvita
anye cāṣṭaka-hārīta-
jaya-kratumad-ādayaḥ
Viśvāmitra said, "O Kuśikas, this Devarāta is my son and is one of you. Therefore please obey him." Viśvāmitra also had many other sons, such as Aṣṭaka, Hārīta, Jaya and Kratumān.
O Kuśikas! He is also a Kauśika. Because he is my good son, obey him. Viśvāmitra had other sons also such as Aṣṭaka.
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evaṁ kauśika-gotraṁ tu
viśvāmitraiḥ pṛthag-vidham
pravarāntaram āpannaṁ
tad dhi caivaṁ prakalpitam
Thus there were varieties and a new excellence in the Kauśika dynasty because of Viśvāmitra, since Devarāta (Śunaśepha) was made the eldest son.
This verse summarizes the story. Some were cursed and some were blessed. And another was accepted as a son. Thus the dynasty of Kauśika became various, and had a different excellence (pravarāntaram) because of Viśvāmitra (viśvamitraiḥ), since (hi) it reached excellence through Devarāta, when he was accepted as the eldest son.
Thus ends the commentary on the Sixteenth Chapter of the Ninth Canto of the Bhāgavatam for the pleasure of the devotees, in accordance with the previous ācāryas.
Chapter Seventeen
The Descendents of Āyu
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śrī-bādarāyaṇir uvāca
yaḥ purūravasaḥ putra
āyus tasyābhavan sutāḥ
nahuṣaḥ kṣatravṛddhaś ca
rajī rābhaś ca vīryavān
anenā iti rājendra
śṛṇu kṣatravṛdho 'nvayam
kṣatravṛddha-sutasyāsan
suhotrasyātmajās trayaḥ
kāśyaḥ kuśo gṛtsamada
iti gṛtsamadād abhūt
śunakaḥ śaunako yasya
bahvṛca-pravaro muniḥ
Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: From Purūravā came a son named Āyu, whose very powerful sons were Nahuṣa, Kṣatravṛddha, Rajī, Rābha and Anenā. O Mahārāja Parīkṣit, now hear about the dynasty of Kṣatravṛddha. Kṣatravṛddha's son was Suhotra, who had three sons, named Kāśya, Kuśa and Gṛtsamada. From Gṛtsamada came Śunaka, and from him came Śaunaka, the great sage, the best of those conversant with the Ṛg Veda.
The Seventeenth Chapter describes the sons of the eldest son of Pururavā named Āyu,[151] who increased the ksatriyas, and describes the notables in that line such as Alarka.
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