शान्तनोर्दासकन्यायां जज्ञे चित्राङ्गदः सुतः ॥२०॥
vÄ«ra-yÅ«thÄgraṇīr yena
rÄmo 'pi yudhi toá¹£itaḥ
Å›Äntanor dÄsa-kanyÄyÄá¹
jajñe citrÄá¹…gadaḥ sutaḥ
vÄ«ra-yÅ«tha-agraṇīḥ - BhÄ«á¹£madeva, the foremost of all warriors; yena - by whom; rÄmaḥ api - even ParaÅ›urÄma, the incarnation of God; yudhi - in a fight; toá¹£itaḥ - was satisfied (when defeated by BhÄ«á¹£madeva); Å›Äntanoḥ - by ÅšÄntanu; dÄsa-kanyÄyÄm - in the womb of SatyavatÄ«, who was known as the daughter of a śūdra; jajñe - was born; citrÄá¹…gadaḥ - CitrÄá¹…gada; sutaḥ - a son.
BhÄ«á¹£madeva was the foremost of all warriors. When he defeated Lord ParaÅ›urÄma in a fight, Lord ParaÅ›urÄma was very satisfied with him. By the semen of ÅšÄntanu in the womb of SatyavatÄ«, the daughter of a fisherman, CitrÄá¹…gada took birth.
SatyavatÄ« was actually the daughter of Uparicara Vasu by the womb of a fisherwoman known as MatsyagarbhÄ. Later, SatyavatÄ« was raised by a fisherman.
The fight between ParaÅ›urÄma and BhÄ«á¹£madeva concerns three daughters of KÄśīrÄja — AmbikÄ, AmbÄlikÄ and AmbÄ â€” who were forcibly abducted by BhÄ«á¹£madeva, acting on behalf of his brother VicitravÄ«rya. AmbÄ thought that BhÄ«á¹£madeva would marry her and became attached to him, but BhÄ«á¹£madeva refused to marry her, for he had taken the vow of brahmacarya. AmbÄ therefore approached BhÄ«á¹£madeva’s military spiritual master, ParaÅ›urÄma, who instructed BhÄ«á¹£ma to marry her. BhÄ«á¹£madeva refused, and therefore ParaÅ›urÄma fought with him to force him to accept the marriage. But ParaÅ›urÄma was defeated, and he was pleased with BhÄ«á¹£ma.
