putraṁ pauravam anvabhūt

putraṁ pauravam anvabhūt

The son of Bhānumān was Tribhānu, and his son was the magnanimous Karandhama. Karandhama's son was Maruta, who had no sons and who therefore adopted a son of the Pūru dynasty [Mahārāja Duṣmanta] as his own.

Maruta had no son and therefore adopted Duṣmanta of the Puru dynasty as his son

|| 9.23.18-19 ||

duṣmantaḥ sa punar bheje

sva-vaṁśaṁ rājya-kāmukaḥ

yayāter jyeṣṭha-putrasya

yador vaṁśaṁ nararṣabha

varṇayāmi mahā-puṇyaṁ

sarva-pāpa-haraṁ nṛṇām

yador vaṁśaṁ naraḥ śrutvā

sarva-pāpaiḥ pramucyate

Mahārāja Duṣmanta, desiring to occupy the throne, returned to his original dynasty [the Pūru dynasty], even though he had accepted Maruta as his father. O Mahārāja Parīkṣit! I will now describe the dynasty of Yadu, the eldest son of Mahārāja Yayāti, which vanquishes all sins. Simply by hearing this description, one is freed from all sinful reactions.

Duṣmanta participated in Pūru’s lineage, not that of Turvasu, because he desired to rule the kingdom. In the Pūru dynasty he had a right to claim the throne.

|| 9.23.20-21 ||

yatrāvatīrṇo bhagavān

paramātmā narākṛtiḥ

yadoḥ sahasrajit kroṣṭā

nalo ripur iti śrutāḥ

catvāraḥ sūnavas tatra

śatajit prathamātmajaḥ

mahāhayo reṇuhayo

haihayaś ceti tat-sutāḥ

In that dynasty the Supreme Lord, Paramātmā, descended in his human form. Yadu had four sons, named Sahasrajit, Kroṣṭā, Nala and Ripu. Of these four, the eldest, Sahasrajit, had a son named Śatajit, who had three sons, named Mahāhaya, Reṇuhaya and Haihaya.

Narākṛti means his svarūpa is that of a human or he is of human species, since the word ākṛti can mean svarūpa or species. The human form is not a secondary feature of Paramātmā, but his svarūpa. This was shown by the following statement:

 

yūyaṁ nṛ-loke bata bhūri-bhāgā

lokaṁ punānā munayo 'bhiyanti

yeṣāṁ gṛhān āvasatīti sākṣād

gūḍhaṁ paraṁ brahma manuṣya-liṅgam 

 

You Pāṇḍavas are most fortunate in this world. Sages who purify the planets come and visit your houses because the Supreme Brahman personally resides your houses in a human form. SB 7.10.48

|| 9.23.22 ||