netraḥ kunteḥ pitā tataḥ
dharmas tu haihaya-suto
netraḥ kunteḥ pitā tataḥ
sohañjir abhavat kunter
mahiṣmān bhadrasenakaḥ
The son of Haihaya was Dharma, and the son of Dharma was Netra, the father of Kunti. From Kunti came a son named Sohañji, from Sohañji came Mahiṣmān, and from Mahiṣmān, Bhadrasenaka.
|| 9.23.23 ||
durmado bhadrasenasya
dhanakaḥ kṛtavīryasūḥ
kṛtāgniḥ kṛtavarmā ca
kṛtaujā dhanakātmajāḥ
The sons of Bhadrasena were known as Durmada and Dhanaka. Dhanaka was the father of Kṛtavīrya and also of Kṛtāgni, Kṛtavarmā and Kṛtaujā.
Bhadrasena had two sons Durmada and Dhanaka. Dhanaka’s son was Kṛtavīrya. He had four sons in all.
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arjunaḥ kṛtavīryasya
sapta-dvīpeśvaro 'bhavat
dattātreyād dharer aṁśāt
prāpta-yoga-mahāguṇaḥ
The son of Kṛtavīrya was Arjuna. He [Kārtavīryārjuna] became the emperor of the entire world, consisting of seven islands, and received mystic power from Dattātreya, the incarnation of the Lord.
If the dynasty of Yadu was cursed by Yayāti, how did Arjuna become the king of the world? He was given powers by Dattātreya.
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na nūnaṁ kārtavīryasya
gatiṁ yāsyanti pārthivāḥ
yajña-dāna-tapo-yogaiḥ
śruta-vīrya-dayādibhiḥ
No other king in this world could equal Kārtavīryārjuna in sacrifices, charity, austerity, mystic power, education, strength or mercy.
|| 9.23.26 ||
pañcāśīti sahasrāṇi
hy avyāhata-balaḥ samāḥ
anaṣṭa-vitta-smaraṇo
bubhuje 'kṣayya-ṣaḍ-vasu
For eighty-five thousand years, Kārtavīryārjuna, with inexhaustible strength, by memory of whom ones wealth becomes indestructible, enjoyed undecaying objects of the six senses.
Anaṣṭa-vitta-smaraṇaḥ means “a person by remembering whom, ones wealth is not destroyed.” He enjoyed undecaying objects of the six senses.
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tasya putra-sahasreṣu
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