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Srimad-Bhagavatam, Ninth Canto, 1 Srimad-Bhagavatam, Ninth Canto, "Liberation" Text and Translations by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. Table of Contents Chapter One King Sudyumna Becomes a Woman ......................................................................................... 2 Chapter Two The Dynasties of the Sons of Manu .......................................................................................... 7 Chapter Three The Marriage of Sukanya and Cyavana Muni ...................................................................... 10 Chapter Four Ambarisa Maharaja Offended by Durvasa Muni .................................................................... 15 Chapter Five Durvasa Muni's Life Spared .................................................................................................... 24 Chapter Six The Downfall of Saubhari Muni ............................................................................................... 28 Chapter Seven The Descendants of King Mandhata .................................................................................... 35 Chapter Eight The Sons of Sagara Meet Lord Kapiladeva ........................................................................... 39 Chapter Nine The Dynasty of Amsuman ...................................................................................................... 43 Chapter Ten The Pastimes of the Supreme Lord, Ramacandra .................................................................... 50 Chapter Eleven Lord Ramacandra Rules the World ..................................................................................... 58 Chapter Twelve The Dynasty of Kusa, the Son of Lord Ramacandra .......................................................... 62 Chapter Thirteen The Dynasty of Maharaja Nimi ........................................................................................ 64 Chapter Fourteen King Pururava Enchanted by Urvasi ................................................................................ 68 Chapter Fifteen Parasurama, the Lord's Warrior Incarnation ....................................................................... 74 Chapter Sixteen Lord Parasurama Destroys the World's Ruling Class ........................................................ 79 Chapter Seventeen The Dynasties of the Sons of Pururava .......................................................................... 83 Chapter Eighteen King Yayati Regains His Youth ....................................................................................... 85 Chapter Nineteen King Yayati Achieves Liberation .................................................................................... 92 Chapter Twenty The Dynasty of Puru ........................................................................................................... 95 Chapter Twenty-one The Dynasty of Bharata .............................................................................................. 99 Chapter Twenty-two The Descendants of Ajamidha .................................................................................. 103 Chapter Twenty-three The Dynasties of the Sons of Yayati ...................................................................... 110 Chapter Twenty-four Krsna the Supreme Personality of Godhead ............................................................ 114 2 benediction that he would live one month as a Chapter One King Sudyumna Becomes woman and one month as a man. Thus he a Woman regained his kingdom and had three sons, named Utkala, Gaya and Vimala, who were all very This chapter describes how Sudyumna became a religious. Thereafter, he entrusted his kingdom to woman and how the dynasty of Vaivasvata Manu Pururava and took the order of vanaprastha life. was amalgamated with the Soma-vamsa, the dynasty coming from the moon. TEXT 1, sri-rajovaca, manvantarani sarvani, tvayoktani srutani me, viryany ananta-viryasya, By the desire of Maharaja Pariksit, Sukadeva hares tatra krtani ca Gosvami told about the dynasty of Vaivasvata Manu, who was formerly King Satyavrata, the TRANSLATION ruler of Dravida. While describing this dynasty, King Pariksit said: My lord, Sukadeva he also described how the Supreme Personality of Gosvami, you have elaborately described all Godhead, while lying down in the waters of the periods of the various Manus and, within devastation, gave birth to Lord Brahma from a those periods, the wonderful activities of the lotus generated from His navel. From the mind of Supreme Personality of Godhead, who has Lord Brahma, Marici was generated, and his son unlimited potency. I am fortunate to have was Kasyapa. From Kasyapa, through Aditi, heard all of this from you. Vivasvan was generated, and from Vivasvan came Sraddhadeva Manu, who was born from the TEXTS 2-3, yo 'sau satyavrato nama, rajarsir womb of Samjna. Sraddhadeva's wife, Sraddha, dravidesvarah, jnanam yo 'tita-kalpante, lebhe gave birth to ten sons, such as Iksvaku and Nrga. purusa-sevaya, Sraddhadeva, or Vaivasvata Manu, the father of sa vai vivasvatah putro, manur asid iti srutam, Maharaja Iksvaku, was sonless before Iksvaku's tvattas tasya sutah prokta, iksvaku-pramukha birth, but by the grace of the great sage Vasistha nrpah he performed a yajna to satisfy Mitra and Varuna. Then, although Vaivasvata Manu wanted a son, TRANSLATION by the desire of his wife he got a daughter named Satyavrata, the saintly king of Dravidadesa Ila. Manu, however, was not satisfied with the who received spiritual knowledge at the end of daughter. Consequently, for Manu's satisfaction, the last millennium by the grace of the the great sage Vasistha prayed for Ila to be Supreme, later became Vaivasvata Manu, the transformed into a boy, and his prayer was son of Vivasvan, in the next manvantara fulfilled by the Supreme Personality of Godhead. [period of Manu]. I have received this Thus Ila became a beautiful young man named knowledge from you. I also understand that Sudyumna. such kings as Iksvaku were his sons, as you have already explained. Once upon a time, Sudyumna went on tour with his ministers. At the foot of the mountain Sumeru TEXT 4, tesam vamsam prthag brahman, there is a forest named Sukumara, and as soon as vamsanucaritani ca, kirtayasva maha-bhaga, they entered that forest, they were all transformed nityam susrusatam hi nah into women. When Maharaja Pariksit inquired from Sukadeva Gosvami about the reason for this TRANSLATION transformation, Sukadeva Gosvami described O greatly fortunate Sukadeva Gosvami, O how Sudyumna, being transformed into a woman, great brahmana, kindly describe to us accepted Budha, the son of the moon, as her separately the dynasties and characteristics of husband and had a son named Pururava. By the all those kings, for we are always eager to hear grace of Lord Siva, Sudyumna received the such topics from you. 3 TEXT 5, ye bhuta ye bhavisyas ca, TRANSLATION bhavanty adyatanas ca ye, tesam nah punya- O King Pariksit, from the navel of the kirtinam, sarvesam vada vikraman Supreme Personality of Godhead was generated a golden lotus, on which the four- TRANSLATION faced Lord Brahma took his birth. Kindly tell us about the abilities of all the celebrated kings born in the dynasty of TEXT 10, maricir manasas tasya, jajne tasyapi Vaivasvata Manu, including those who have kasyapah, daksayanyam tato 'dityam, vivasvan already passed, those who may appear in the abhavat sutah future, and those who exist at present. TRANSLATION TEXT 6, sri-suta uvaca, evam pariksita From the mind of Lord Brahma, Marici took rajna, sadasi brahma-vadinam, prstah provaca birth, and from the semen of Marici, Kasyapa bhagavan, chukah parama-dharma-vit appeared from the womb of the daughter of Daksa Maharaja. From Kasyapa, by the womb TRANSLATION of Aditi, Vivasvan took birth. Suta Gosvami said: When Sukadeva Gosvami, the greatest knower of religious principles, was TEXTS 11-12, tato manuh sraddhadevah, thus requested by Maharaja Pariksit in the samjnayam asa bharata, sraddhayam janayam asa, assembly of all the scholars learned in Vedic dasa putran sa atmavan, knowledge, he then proceeded to speak. iksvaku-nrga-saryati-, dista-dhrsta-karusakan, TEXT 7, sri-suka uvaca, sruyatam manavo narisyantam prsadhram ca, nabhagam ca kavim vamsah, pracuryena parantapa, na sakyate vibhuh vistarato, vaktum varsa-satair api TRANSLATION TRANSLATION O King, best of the Bharata dynasty, from Sukadeva Gosvami continued: O King, Vivasvan, by the womb of Samjna, subduer of your enemies, now hear from me in Sraddhadeva Manu was born. Sraddhadeva great detail about the dynasty of Manu. I shall Manu, having conquered his senses, begot ten explain as much as possible, although one sons in the womb of his wife, Sraddha. The could not say everything about it, even in names of these sons were Iksvaku, Nrga, hundreds of years. Saryati, Dista, Dhrsta, Karusaka, Narisyanta, Prsadhra, Nabhaga and Kavi. TEXT 8, paravaresam bhutanam, atma yah purusah parah, sa evasid idam visvam, kalpante TEXT 13, aprajasya manoh purvam, vasistho 'nyan na kincana bhagavan kila, mitra-varunayor istim, prajartham akarod vibhuh TRANSLATION The transcendental Supreme Person, the TRANSLATION Supersoul of all living entities, who are in Manu at first had no sons. Therefore, in order different statuses of life, high and low, existed to get a son for him, the great saint Vasistha, at the end of the millennium, when neither this who was very powerful in spiritual knowledge, manifested cosmos nor anything else but Him performed a sacrifice to satisfy the demigods
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