Canto 12, Chapter 6

Mahārāja Parīkṣit Passes Away

Verse 57 (SB 12.6.57)
SB 12.6.57 • मूल श्लोक

शाकल्यस्तत्सुत: स्वां तु पञ्चधा व्यस्य संहिताम् । वात्स्यमुद्गलशालीयगोखल्यशिशिरेष्वधात् ॥ ५७ ॥

Transliteration

śākalyas tat-sutaḥ svāṁ tu pañcadhā vyasya saṁhitām vātsya-mudgala-śālīya- gokhalya-śiśireṣv adhāt

Synonyms (Word-for-Word)

śākalyaḥ — Śākalya; tat-sutaḥ — the son of Māṇḍūkeya; svām — his own; tu — and; pañcadhā — in five parts; vyasya — dividing; saṁhitām — the collection; vātsya-mudgala-śālīya — to Vātsya, Mudgala and Śālīya; gokhalya-śiśireṣu — and to Gokhalya and Śiśira; adhāt — gave.

Translation

“The son of Māṇḍūkeya, named Śākalya, divided his own collection into five, entrusting one subdivision each to Vātsya, Mudgala, Śālīya, Gokhalya and Śiśira.”

Bhaktivedanta Purport

By Śrīla Prabhupāda