Devanagari
मार्कण्डेयो मृकण्डस्य प्राणाद्वेदशिरा मुनि: ।
कविश्च भार्गवो यस्य भगवानुशना सुत: ॥ ४५ ॥
Verse text
mārkaṇḍeyo mṛkaṇḍasya
prāṇād vedaśirā muniḥ
kaviś ca bhārgavo yasya
bhagavān uśanā sutaḥ
Synonyms
mārkaṇḍeyaḥ
—
Mārkaṇḍeya
;
mṛkaṇḍasya
—
of Mṛkaṇḍa
;
prāṇāt
—
from Prāṇa
;
vedaśirāḥ
—
Vedaśirā
;
muniḥ
—
great sage
;
kaviḥ ca
—
of the name Kavi
;
bhārgavaḥ
—
of the name Bhārgava
;
yasya
—
whose
;
bhagavān
—
greatly powerful
;
uśanā
—
Śukrācārya
;
sutaḥ
—
son.
Translation
From Mṛkaṇḍa, Mārkaṇḍeya Muni was born, and from Prāṇa, the sage Vedaśirā, whose son was Uśanā [Śukrācārya], also known as Kavi. Thus Kavi also belonged to the descendants of the Bhṛgu dynasty.
Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
From Mṛkaṇḍa, Mārkaṇḍeya Muni was born, and from Prāṇa the sage Vedaśirā. Bhṛgu had another son, the great Uśanā, also known as Kavi, or Bhārgava, son of Bhṛgu.
Bhṛgu’s son was Kavi.