Srimad Bhagavatam. Canto 5: The Creative Impetus

Chapter 7: The Activities of King Bharata. Text 2

तस्यामु ह वा आत्मजान्कार्त्स्न्येनानुरूपानात्मनः पञ्च जनयामास भूतादिरिव
भूतसूक्ष्माणि सुमतिं राष्ट्रभृतं सुदर्शनमावरणं धूम्रकेतुमिति ॥२॥

tasyÄm u ha vÄ ÄtmajÄn kÄrtsnyenÄnurÅ«pÄn Ätmanaḥ pañca janayÄm Äsa bhÅ«tÄdir iva bhÅ«ta-sÅ«ká¹£mÄṇi sumatiá¹ rÄṣṭrabhá¹›taá¹ sudarÅ›anam Ävaraṇaá¹ dhÅ«mraketum iti

 tasyÄm - in her womb; u ha vÄ - indeed; Ätma-jÄn - sons; kÄrtsnyena - entirely; anurÅ«pÄn - exactly like; Ätmanaḥ - himself; pañca - five; janayÄm Äsa - begot; bhÅ«ta-Ädiḥ iva - like the false ego; bhÅ«ta-sÅ«ká¹£mÄṇi - the five subtle objects of sense perception; su-matim - Sumatim; rÄṣṭra-bhá¹›tam - RÄṣṭrabhá¹›ta; su-darÅ›anam - SudarÅ›ana; Ävaraṇam - Ä€varaṇa; dhÅ«mra-ketum - DhÅ«mraketu; iti - thus.


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Just as the false ego creates the subtle sense objects, MahÄrÄja Bharata created five sons in the womb of PañcajanÄ«, his wife. These sons were named Sumati, RÄṣṭrabhá¹›ta, SudarÅ›ana, Ä€varaṇa and DhÅ«mraketu.

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