jajñe citrāṅgadaḥ sutaḥ
rāmo 'pi yudhi toṣitaḥ
śāntanor dāsa-kanyāyāṁ
jajñe citrāṅgadaḥ sutaḥ
Bhīṣmadeva was the foremost of all warriors. Lord Paraśurāma was very satisfied with him in fighting. By the semen of Śāntanu in the womb of Satyavatī, the daughter of a fisherman, Citrāṅgada took birth.
Uparicaravasu’s semen, swallowed by a fish produced a daughter. She was raised by the fishermen who were dāsas. Thus she became known as the daughter of a dāsa. She became well known as Satyavatī.
|| 9.22.21-24 ||
vicitravīryaś cāvarajo
nāmnā citrāṅgado hataḥ
yasyāṁ parāśarāt sākṣād
avatīrṇo hareḥ kalā
veda-gupto muniḥ kṛṣṇo
yato 'ham idam adhyagām
hitvā sva-śiṣyān pailādīn
bhagavān bādarāyaṇaḥ
mahyaṁ putrāya śāntāya
paraṁ guhyam idaṁ jagau
vicitravīryo 'thovāha
kāśīrāja-sute balāt
svayaṁvarād upānīte
ambikāmbālike ubhe
tayor āsakta-hṛdayo
gṛhīto yakṣmaṇā mṛtaḥ
Citrāṅgada, of whom Vicitravīrya was the younger brother, was killed by a Gandharva who was also named Citrāṅgada. Satyavatī, before her marriage to Śāntanu, gave birth to the master authority of the Vedas, Vyāsadeva, known as Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana, who was begotten by Parāśara Muni. From Vyāsadeva, I, Śukadeva Gosvāmī, was born, and from him I studied, Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam. The incarnation of Godhead Vedavyāsa, rejecting his disciples, headed by Paila, instructed Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam to me because I was free from all material desires. After Ambikā and Ambālikā, the two daughters of Kāśīrāja, were taken away by force, Vicitravīrya married them, but because he was too attached to these two wives, he died of tuberculosis.
Citrāṅgada was killed by a Gandharva of the same name in battle. Before her marriage to Śāntanu, Satyavatī gave birth to Vyāsa, protector of the Vedas, and a portion of the Lord. From him I learned Bhāgavatam (idam). Bhīṣma took the two daughters by force at a svayamvara ceremony and gave them to Vicitravīrya.
|| 9.22.25 ||
kṣetre 'prajasya vai bhrātur
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