sarvān kāmān duduhatuḥ
sarvān kāmān duduhatuḥ
prajānāṁ tasya rodasī
samās tri-ṇava-sāhasrīr
dikṣu cakram avartayat
Under Mahārāja Bharata, heaven and earth provided all necessities for his subjects. For twenty-seven thousand years, he distributed his soldiers in all directions.
For twenty-seven thousand years he distributed troops (cakram).
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sa saṁrāḍ loka-pālākhyam
aiśvaryam adhirāṭ śriyam
cakraṁ cāskhalitaṁ prāṇān
mṛṣety upararāma ha
Bharata, the emperor, the supreme king, finally considered his orders and army, which were unfailing because of their power and bravery, as well as his wealth, and his dominion which was greater than that of the devatās to be false. He gave them all up.
His dominion was more famous than that of the devatās. He considered his orders and army, unfailing because of their power and bravery (prāṇāt), his wealth, and dominion greater than that of the devatās to be false. Giving it up, he went to the forest and attained the Lord by bhakti.
|| 9.20.34 ||
tasyāsan nṛpa vaidarbhyaḥ
patnyas tisraḥ susammatāḥ
jaghnus tyāga-bhayāt putrān
nānurūpā itīrite
O King! Mahārāja Bharata had three pleasing wives, who were daughters of the King of Vidarbha. When the King said the sons did not resemble him, the wives, fearing rejection, killed their own sons.
The husband said “These children do not resemble me.” Fearing that the King would reject them for being unfaithful, they killed their sons.
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tasyaivaṁ vitathe vaṁśe
tad-arthaṁ yajataḥ sutam
marut-stomena maruto
bharadvājam upādaduḥ
The King, his attempt for progeny frustrated, performed a sacrifice to the Maruts to get a son. The devatās known as the Maruts gave a son named Bharadvāja.
For continuing his lineage, he performed a sacrifice to the Maruts. The Maruts brought and gave him a son named Bharadvāja.
|| 9.20.36 ||
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