pañcaivorvaritā mṛdhe
pañcaivorvaritā mṛdhe
jayadhvajaḥ śūraseno
vṛṣabho madhur ūrjitaḥ
Of the one thousand sons of Kārtavīryārjuna, only five remained alive after the fight with Paraśurāma. Their names were Jayadhvaja, Śūrasena, Vṛṣabha, Madhu and Ūrjita.
Mṛdhe means “in the fight with Paraśurāma.”
|| 9.23.28 ||
jayadhvajāt tālajaṅghas
tasya putra-śataṁ tv abhūt
kṣatraṁ yat tālajaṅghākhyam
aurva-tejopasaṁhṛtam
Jayadhvaja had a son named Tālajaṅgha, who had one hundred sons. All the kṣatriyas in that dynasty, known as Tālajaṅgha, were annihilated by the great power received by Mahārāja Sagara from Aurva Ṛṣi.
Aurvasya tejasā means “by the power of King Sagara.”
|| 9.23.29 ||
teṣāṁ jyeṣṭho vītihotro
vṛṣṇiḥ putro madhoḥ smṛtaḥ
tasya putra-śataṁ tv āsīd
vṛṣṇi-jyeṣṭhaṁ yataḥ kulam
Of the sons of Tālajaṅgha, Vītihotra was the eldest. The son of Madhu was named Vṛṣṇi. Madhu had one hundred sons, of whom Vṛṣṇi was the eldest, from which a dynasty started.
Madhu was the son of Kartavīryārjuna.
|| 9.23.30-31 ||
mādhavā vṛṣṇayo rājan
yādavāś ceti saṁjñitāḥ
yadu-putrasya ca kroṣṭoḥ
putro vṛjinavāṁs tataḥ
svāhito 'to viṣadgur vai
tasya citrarathas tataḥ
śaśabindur mahā-yogī
mahā-bhāgo mahān abhūt
caturdaśa-mahāratnaś
cakravarty aparājitaḥ
O King! The dynasties of Yadu, Madhu and Vṛṣṇi are known as Yādava, Mādhava and Vṛṣṇi. The son of Yadu named Kroṣṭā had a son named Vṛjinavān. The son of Vṛjinavān was Svāhita; the son of Svāhita, Viṣadgu; the son of Viṣadgu, Citraratha; and the son of Citraratha, Śaśabindu. The greatly fortunate Śaśabindu, who was a great mystic, possessed fourteen great jewels. He became the undefeated emperor of the world.
Yadu, Madhu and Vṛṣni started famous dynasties. Śaśabindhu possessed the best of each treasure. These treasures are 1) an elephant, (2) a horse, (3) a chariot, (4) a wife, (5) arrows, (6) a reservoir of wealth, (7) a garland, (8) valuable clothes, (9) trees, (10) a spear, (11) a noose, (12) jewels, (13) an umbrella, and (14) air plane.
|| 9.23.32 ||
tasya patnī-sahasrāṇāṁ
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