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

mÄrkaṇá¸eyo má¹›kaṇá¸asya
prÄṇÄd vedaÅ›irÄ muniḥ
kaviÅ› ca bhÄrgavo yasya
bhagavÄn uÅ›anÄ sutaḥ

 mÄrkaṇá¸eyaḥ - MÄrkaṇá¸eya; má¹›kaṇá¸asya - of Má¹›kaṇá¸a; prÄṇÄt - from PrÄṇa; vedaÅ›irÄḥ - VedaÅ›irÄ; muniḥ - great sage; kaviḥ ca - of the name Kavi; bhÄrgavaḥ - of the name BhÄrgava; yasya - whose; bhagavÄn - greatly powerful; uÅ›anÄ - ÅšukrÄcÄrya; sutaḥ - son.


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From Má¹›kaṇá¸a, MÄrkaṇá¸eya Muni was born, and from PrÄṇa, the sage VedaÅ›irÄ, whose son was UÅ›anÄ [ÅšukrÄcÄrya], also known as Kavi. Thus Kavi also belonged to the descendants of the Bhá¹›gu dynasty.

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