Canto & Chapters
Creation of the Fourth Order (31 Chapters)
Chapter 160v
Genealogical Table of the Daughters of Manu
Chapter 234v
Dakṣa Curses Lord Śiva
Chapter 323v
Talks Between Lord Śiva and Satī
Chapter 434v
Satī Quits Her Body
Chapter 526v
Frustration of the Sacrifice of Dakṣa
Chapter 650v
Brahmā Satisfies Lord Śiva
Chapter 761v
The Sacrifice Performed by Dakṣa
Chapter 881v
Dhruva Mahārāja Leaves Home for the Forest
Chapter 963v
Dhruva Mahārāja Returns Home
Chapter 1028v
Dhruva Mahārāja’s Fight with the Yakṣas
Chapter 1135v
Svāyambhuva Manu Advises Dhruva Mahārāja to Stop Fighting
Chapter 1251v
Dhruva Mahārāja Goes Back to Godhead
Chapter 1346v
Description of the Descendants of Dhruva Mahārāja
Chapter 1444v
The Story of King Vena
Chapter 1525v
King Pṛthu’s Appearance and Coronation
Chapter 1627v
Praise of King Pṛthu by the Professional Reciters
Chapter 1734v
Mahārāja Pṛthu Becomes Angry at the Earth
Chapter 1830v
Pṛthu Mahārāja Milks the Earth Planet
Chapter 1941v
King Pṛthu’s One Hundred Horse Sacrifices
Chapter 2037v
Lord Viṣṇu’s Appearance in the Sacrificial Arena of Mahārāja Pṛthu
Chapter 2151v
Instructions by Mahārāja Pṛthu
Chapter 2263v
Pṛthu Mahārāja’s Meeting with the Four Kumāras
Chapter 2337v
Mahārāja Pṛthu’s Going Back Home
Chapter 2476v
Chanting the Song Sung by Lord Śiva
Chapter 2558v
The Descriptions of the Characteristics of King Purañjana
Chapter 2624v
King Purañjana Goes to the Forest to Hunt, and His Queen Becomes Angry
Chapter 2730v
Attack by Caṇḍavega on the City of King Purañjana; the Character of Kālakanyā
Chapter 2864v
Purañjana Becomes a Woman in the Next Life
Chapter 2974v
Talks Between Nārada and King Prācīnabarhi
Chapter 3049v
The Activities of the Pracetās
Chapter 3131v
Nārada Instructs the Pracetās
Canto 4, Chapter 14
The Story of King Vena
Verse 42 (SB 4.14.42)
SB 4.14.42 • मूल श्लोक
नाङ्गस्य वंशो राजर्षेरेष संस्थातुमर्हति । अमोघवीर्या हि नृपा वंशेऽस्मिन् केशवाश्रया: ॥ ४२ ॥
Transliteration
nāṅgasya vaṁśo rājarṣer eṣa saṁsthātum arhati amogha-vīryā hi nṛpā vaṁśe ’smin keśavāśrayāḥ
Synonyms (Word-for-Word)
na — not; aṅgasya — of King Aṅga; vaṁśaḥ — family line; rāja-ṛṣeḥ — of the saintly King; eṣaḥ — this; saṁsthātum — to be stopped; arhati — ought; amogha — without sin, powerful; vīryāḥ — their semen; hi — because; nṛpāḥ — kings; vaṁśe — in the family; asmin — this; keśava — of the Supreme Personality of Godhead; āśrayāḥ — under the shelter.
Translation
“The sages decided that the descendants of the family of the saintly King Aṅga should not be stopped, for in this family the semen was very powerful and the children were prone to become devotees of the Lord.”
Bhaktivedanta Purport
By Śrīla PrabhupādaThe purity of hereditary succession is called amogha-vīrya. The pious seminal succession in the twice-born families of the brāhmaṇas and kṣatriyas especially, as well as in the families of vaiśyas also, must be kept very pure by the observation of the purificatory processes beginning with garbhādhāna-saṁskāra, which is observed before conceiving a child. Unless this purificatory process is strictly observed, especially by the brāhmaṇas, the family descendants become impure, and gradually sinful activities become visible in the family. Mahārāja Aṅga was very pure because of the purification of semen in the family of Mahārāja Dhruva. However, his semen became contaminated in association with his wife, Sunīthā, who happened to be the daughter of death personified. Because of this polluted semen, King Vena was produced. This was a catastrophe in the family of Dhruva Mahārāja. All the saintly persons and sages considered this point, and they decided to take action in this matter, as described in the following verses.