मार्कण्डेयो मृकण्डस्य प्राणाद्वेदशिरा मुनिः ।
कविश्च भार्गवो यस्य भगवानुशना सुतः ॥४५॥

mārkaṇḍeyo mṛkaṇḍasya
prāṇād vedaśirā muniḥ
kaviś ca bhārgavo yasya
bhagavān uśanā sutaḥ

 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.


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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.

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