sa vai tebhyo namaskṛtya
sa vai tebhyo namaskṛtya
niḥsaṅgo vigata-spṛhaḥ
vāsudeve bhagavati
bhaktyā cakre manaḥ param
King Rantideva, with no ambition to enjoy material benefits, offered them obeisances. Free of all material desires, he fixed his superior mind with devotion on the Supreme Lord Vāsudeva.
His mind is called superior (param) because it meditated on the form and qualities of the Lord.
|| 9.21.17 ||
īśvarālambanaṁ cittaṁ
kurvato ’nanya-rādhasaḥ
māyā guṇa-mayī rājan
svapnavat pratyalīyata
O Mahārāja Parīkṣit! Because King Rantideva took shelter of the Lord completely, without worshiping anyone else, māyā composed of the guṇas disappeared spontaneously like a dream.
Rantideva is further described. He did not worship anyone else (ananya-rādhasaḥ). Just as a dream disappears on its own, so māyā spontaneously disappeared for Rantideva.
|| 9.21.18 ||
tat-prasaṅgānubhāvena
rantidevānuvartinaḥ
abhavan yoginaḥ sarve
nārāyaṇa-parāyaṇāḥ
All those who followed Rantideva became yogīs and devotees of Nārāyaṇa by the power of his association.
|| 9.21.19-20 ||
gargāc chinis tato gārgyaḥ
kṣatrād brahma hy avartata
duritakṣayo mahāvīryāt
tasya trayyāruṇiḥ kaviḥ
puṣkarāruṇir ity atra
ye brāhmaṇa-gatiṁ gatāḥ
bṛhatkṣatrasya putro ’bhūd
dhastī yad-dhastināpuram
From Garga came a son named Śini, and his son was Gārgya. Although Gārgya was a kṣatriya, there came from him a generation of brāhmaṇas. From Mahāvīrya came a son named Duritakṣaya, whose sons were Trayyāruṇi, Kavi and Puṣkarāruṇi. Although these sons of Duritakṣaya took birth in a dynasty of kṣatriyas, they too attained the position of brāhmaṇas. Bṛhatkṣatra had a son named Hastī, who established the city of Hastināpura.
Having described the descendents of Nara, Śukadeva now describes the descendents of his brothers starting with Garga.
|| 9.21.22 ||
ajamīḍho dvimīḍhaś ca
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