sri-badarayanih -- Sri Badarayani (Sukadeva, the son of Badarayana Veda-vyasa); uvaca -- said; raja -- a king; asit -- there was; bhishmakah nama -- named Bhishmaka; vidarbha-adhipatih -- ruler of the kingdom Vidarbha; mahan -- great; tasya -- his; panca -- five; abhavan -- there were; putrah -- sons; kanya -- daughter; eka -- one; ca -- and; vara -- exceptionally beautiful; anana -- whose face.

Sri Badarayani said: There was a king named Bhishmaka, the powerful ruler of Vidarbha. He had five sons and one daughter of lovely countenance.