vicitravÄ«ryaÅ› cÄvarajo
nÄmnÄ citrÄá¹…gado hataḥ
yasyÄá¹ parÄÅ›arÄt sÄká¹£Äd
avatÄ«rṇo hareḥ kalÄ
veda-gupto muniḥ kṛṣṇo
yato 'ham idam adhyagÄm
hitvÄ sva-Å›iá¹£yÄn pailÄdÄ«n
bhagavÄn bÄdarÄyaṇaḥ
mahyaá¹ putrÄya Å›ÄntÄya
paraá¹ guhyam idaá¹ jagau
vicitravÄ«ryo 'thovÄha
kÄśīrÄja-sute balÄt
svayaá¹varÄd upÄnÄ«te
ambikÄmbÄlike ubhe
tayor Äsakta-há¹›dayo
gá¹›hÄ«to yaká¹£maá¹‡Ä má¹›taḥ
vicitravÄ«ryaḥ - VicitravÄ«rya, the son of ÅšÄntanu; ca - and; avarajaḥ - the younger brother; nÄmnÄ - by a Gandharva named CitrÄá¹…gada; citrÄá¹…gadaḥ - CitrÄá¹…gada; hataḥ - was killed; yasyÄm - in the womb of SatyavatÄ« previous to her marriage to ÅšÄntanu; parÄÅ›arÄt - by the semen of ParÄÅ›ara Muni; sÄká¹£Ät - directly; avatÄ«rṇaḥ - incarnated; hareḥ - of the Supreme Personality of Godhead; kalÄ - expansion; veda-guptaḥ - the protector of the Vedas; muniḥ - the great sage; kṛṣṇaḥ - Kṛṣṇa DvaipÄyana; yataḥ - from whom; aham - I (Åšukadeva GosvÄmÄ«); idam - this (ÅšrÄ«mad-BhÄgavatam); adhyagÄm - studied thoroughly; hitvÄ - rejecting; sva-Å›iá¹£yÄn - his disciples; paila-ÄdÄ«n - headed by Paila; bhagavÄn - the incarnation of the Lord; bÄdarÄyaṇaḥ - VyÄsadeva; mahyam - unto me; putrÄya - a son; Å›ÄntÄya - who was truly controlled from sense gratification; param - the supreme; guhyam - the most confidential; idam - this Vedic literature (ÅšrÄ«mad-BhÄgavatam); jagau - instructed; vicitravÄ«ryaḥ - VicitravÄ«rya; atha - thereafter; uvÄha - married; kÄśīrÄja-sute - two daughters of KÄśīrÄja; balÄt - by force; svayaá¹varÄt - from the arena of the svayaá¹vara; upÄnÄ«te - being brought; ambikÄ-ambÄlike - AmbikÄ and AmbÄlikÄ; ubhe - both of them; tayoḥ - unto them; Äsakta - being too attached; há¹›dayaḥ - his heart; gá¹›hÄ«taḥ - being contaminated; yaká¹£maá¹‡Ä - by tuberculosis; má¹›taḥ - he died.