codyamānā surair evaṁ
codyamānā surair evaṁ
matvā vitatham ātmajam
vyasṛjan maruto 'bibhran
datto 'yaṁ vitathe 'nvaye
Although encouraged by the devatās to maintain the child, Mamatā considered him useless because of his illicit birth, and therefore she left him. The Maruts maintained the child, and when Mahārāja Bharata was disappointed for want of a child, they gave this child as his son.
The devatās encouraged her in a joking way. “O Mamatā! Follow the order of Bṛhaspati, your paramour.” Thinking the child useless, Mamaṭa out of embarrassment abandoned the child. Another version has ādijam instead of vitatham. She gave up the child born of Bṛhaspati. The Maruts raised the child she abandoned. After accepting him, when Bharata’s lineage was interrupted, they gave the child to Bharata.
Thus ends the commentary on the Twentieth Chapter of the Ninth Canto of the Bhāgavatam for the pleasure of the devotees, in accordance with the previous ācāryas.
Chapter Twenty-one
King Rantideva
|| 9.21.1 ||
śrī-śuka uvāca
vitathasya sutān manyor
bṛhatkṣatro jayas tataḥ
mahāvīryo naro gargaḥ
saṅkṛtis tu narātmajaḥ
Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: The son of Vitatha was Manyu, and from Manyu came five sons—Bṛhatkṣatra, Jaya, Mahāvīrya, Nara and Garga. Nara had a son named Saṅkṛti.
The Twenty-first Chapter relates the story of Rantideva of the Puru dynasty, who pleased Brahmā, Viṣṇu and Śiva by his generosity and patience. Vitatha (false) refers to Bharadvaja, who though a brāhmaṇa by birth, became Bharata’s adopted son. Bharadvaja’s son was Manyu.
|| 9.21.2 ||
guruś ca rantidevaś ca
saṅkṛteḥ pāṇḍu-nandana
rantidevasya mahimā
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