Canto 9, Chapter 23

Chapter 23

Verse 33 (SB 9.23.33)
SB 9.23.33 • मूल श्लोक

तेषां तु षट्‍प्रधानानां पृथुश्रवस आत्मज: । धर्मो नामोशना तस्य हयमेधशतस्य याट् ॥ ३३ ॥

Transliteration

teṣāṁ tu ṣaṭ pradhānānāṁ pṛthuśravasa ātmajaḥ dharmo nāmośanā tasya hayamedha-śatasya yāṭ

Synonyms (Word-for-Word)

teṣām — out of so many sons; tu — but; ṣaṭ pradhānānām — of whom there were six foremost sons; pṛthuśravasaḥ — of Pṛthuśravā; ātmajaḥ — the son; dharmaḥ — Dharma; nāma — by the name; uśanā — Uśanā; tasya — his; hayamedha-śatasya — of one hundred aśvamedha sacrifices; yāṭ — he was the performer.

Translation

“Among these many sons, six were the foremost, such as Pṛthuśravā and Pṛthukīrti. The son of Pṛthuśravā was known as Dharma, and his son was known as Uśanā. Uśanā was the performer of one hundred horse sacrifices.”

Bhaktivedanta Purport

By Śrīla Prabhupāda