SB 9.22.21-24 · Srimad Bhagavatam

Devanagari

विचित्रवीर्यश्चावरजो नाम्ना चित्राङ्गदो हत: ।

यस्यां पराशरात् साक्षादवतीर्णो हरे: कला ॥ २१ ॥

वेदगुप्तो मुनि: कृष्णो यतोऽहमिदमध्यगाम् ।

हित्वा स्वशिष्यान् पैलादीन्भगवान् बादरायण: ॥ २२ ॥

मह्यं पुत्राय शान्ताय परं गुह्यमिदं जगौ ।

विचित्रवीर्योऽथोवाह काशीराजसुते बलात् ॥ २३ ॥

स्वयंवरादुपानीते अम्बिकाम्बालिके उभे ।

तयोरासक्तहृदयो गृहीतो यक्ष्मणा मृत: ॥ २४ ॥

Verse text

vicitravīryaś cāvarajo

nāmnā citrāṅgado hataḥ

yasyāṁ parāśarāt sākṣād

avatīrṇo hareḥ kalā

veda-gupto muniḥ kṛṣṇo

yato ’ham idam adhyagām

hitvā sva-śiṣyān pailādīn

bhagavān bādarāyaṇaḥ

mahyaṁ putrāya śāntāya

paraṁ guhyam idaṁ jagau

vicitravīryo ’thovāha

kāśīrāja-sute balāt

svayaṁvarād upānīte

ambikāmbālike ubhe

tayor āsakta-hṛdayo

gṛhīto yakṣmaṇā mṛtaḥ

Synonyms

vicitravīryaḥ — Vicitravīrya, the son of Śāntanu ; ca — and ; avarajaḥ — the younger brother ; nāmnā — by a Gandharva named Citrāṅgada ; citrāṅgadaḥ — Citrāṅgada ; hataḥ — was killed ; yasyām — in the womb of Satyavatī previous to her marriage to Śāntanu ; parāśarāt — by the semen of Parāśara Muni ; sākṣāt — directly ; avatīrṇaḥ — incarnated ; hareḥ — of the Supreme Personality of Godhead ; kalā — expansion ; veda-guptaḥ — the protector of the Vedas ; muniḥ — the great sage ; kṛṣṇaḥ — Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana ; yataḥ — from whom ; aham — I (Śukadeva Gosvāmī) ; idam — this (Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam) ; adhyagām — studied thoroughly ; hitvā — rejecting ; sva-śiṣyān — his disciples ; paila-ādīn — headed by Paila ; bhagavān — the incarnation of the Lord ; bādarāyaṇaḥ — Vyāsadeva ; mahyam — unto me ; putrāya — a son ; śāntāya — who was truly controlled from sense gratification ; param — the supreme ; guhyam — the most confidential ; idam — this Vedic literature (Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam) ; jagau — instructed ; vicitravīryaḥ — Vicitravīrya ; atha — thereafter ; uvāha — married ; kāśīrāja-sute — two daughters of Kāśīrāja ; balāt — by force ; svayaṁvarāt — from the arena of the svayaṁvara ; upānīte — being brought ; ambikā-ambālike — Ambikā and Ambālikā ; ubhe — both of them ; tayoḥ — unto them ; āsakta — being too attached ; hṛdayaḥ — his heart ; gṛhītaḥ — being contaminated ; yakṣmaṇā — by tuberculosis ; mṛtaḥ — he died.

Translation

Citrāṅgada, of whom Vicitravīrya was the younger brother, was killed by a Gandharva who was also named Citrāṅgada. Satyavatī, before her marriage to Śāntanu, gave birth to the master authority of the Vedas, Vyāsadeva, known as Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana, who was begotten by Parāśara Muni. From Vyāsadeva, I [Śukadeva Gosvāmī] was born, and from him I studied this great work of literature, Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam. The incarnation of Godhead Vedavyāsa, rejecting his disciples, headed by Paila, instructed Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam to me because I was free from all material desires. After Ambikā and Ambālikā, the two daughters of Kāśīrāja, were taken away by force, Vicitravīrya married them, but because he was too attached to these two wives, he had a heart attack and died of tuberculosis.

Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)

Citrāṅgada, of whom Vicitravīrya was the younger brother, was killed by a Gandharva who was also named Citrāṅgada. Satyavatī, before her marriage to Śāntanu, gave birth to the master authority of the Vedas, Vyāsadeva, known as Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana, who was begotten by Parāśara Muni. From Vyāsadeva, I, Śukadeva Gosvāmī, was born, and from him I studied, Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam. The incarnation of Godhead Vedavyāsa, ignoring his disciples headed by Paila, instructed Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam to me because I was free from all material desires. After Ambikā and Ambālikā, the two daughters of Kāśīrāja, were taken away by force, Vicitravīrya married them, but because he was too attached to these two wives, he died of tuberculosis. Citrāṅgada was killed by a Gandharva of the same name in battle. Before her marriage to Śāntanu, Satyavatī gave birth to Vyāsa, protector of the Vedas, who was a portion of the Lord. From him I learned Bhāgavatam (idam). Bhīṣma took the two daughters by force at a svayamvara ceremony and gave them to Vicitravīrya.