śrī-bādarāyaṇiḥ - Śrī Bādarāyaṇi (Śukadeva, the son of Badarāyaṇa Veda-vyāsa); uvāca - said; rājā - a king; āsīt - there was; bhīṣmakaḥ nāma - named Bhīṣmaka; vidarbha-adhipatiḥ - ruler of the kingdom Vidarbha; mahān - great; tasya - his; pañca - five; abhavan - there were; putrāḥ - sons; kanyā - daughter; ekā - one; ca - and; vara - exceptionally beautiful; ānanā - whose face.

Śrī Bādarāyaṇi said: There was a king named Bhīṣmaka, the powerful ruler of Vidarbha. He had five sons and one daughter of lovely countenance.