lokaṁ gāndharvam eyivān
agninā prajayā rājā
lokaṁ gāndharvam eyivān
O king! At the beginning of Tretā-yuga, King Purūravā inaugurated karma-kāṇḍa sacrifice. Thus Purūravā, by sacrifice, was able to go to Gandharvaloka.
At the beginning of Tretā-yuga in Svāyambhuva Manvantara, the path of karma was started by Purūravā starting. It should be understood that the path of karma was introduced at the beginning of each Tretā-yuga by the different kings such as Priyavarta in the cycle of four yugas.
Thus ends the commentary on the Fourteenth Chapter of the Ninth Canto of the Bhāgavatam for the pleasure of the devotees, in accordance with the previous ācāryas.
Chapter Fifteen
Paraśurāma Kills Kārtavīryārjuna
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śrī-bādarāyaṇir uvāca
ailasya corvaśī-garbhāt
ṣaḍ āsann ātmajā nṛpa
āyuḥ śrutāyuḥ satyāyū
rayo 'tha vijayo jayaḥ
Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: O King! From the womb of Urvaśī, six sons were generated by Purūravā. Their names were Āyu, Śrutāyu, Satyāyu, Raya, Vijaya and Jaya.
The Fifteenth Chapter describes how Paraśurāma,[149] descending in Pururavā’s line from the son of the daughter of Gādhi killed mighty Kārtavīryārjuna, who stole the kāma-dhenu.
|| 9.15.2-3 ||
śrutāyor vasumān putraḥ
satyāyoś ca śrutañjayaḥ
rayasya suta ekaś ca
jayasya tanayo 'mitaḥ
bhīmas tu vijayasyātha
kāñcano hotrakas tataḥ
tasya jahnuḥ suto gaṅgāṁ
gaṇḍūṣī-kṛtya yo 'pibat
The son of Śrutāyu was Vasumān; the son of Satyāyu, Śrutañjaya; the son of Raya, Eka; the son of Jaya, Amita; and the son of Vijaya, Bhīma. The son of Bhīma was Kāñcana; the son of Kāñcana was Hotraka; and the son of Hotraka was Jahnu, who drank all the water of the Ganges in one sip.
Āyu’s prolific dynasty will be discussed later. First the dynasties of the others among the six sons are described in summary starting with Śrutāyu. Raya had a son called Eka. Jaya’s son was Amita.
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jahnos tu purus tasyātha
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