श्रीबादरायणिरुवाच राजासीद् भीष्मको नाम विदर्भाधिपतिर्महान् । तस्य पञ्चाभवन् पुत्रा: कन्यैका च वरानना ॥ २१ ॥
śrī-bādarāyaṇir uvāca rājāsīd bhīṣmako nāma vidarbhādhipatir mahān tasya pancābhavan putrāḥ kanyaikā ca varānanā
- śrī-bādarāyaṇiḥ
- Śrī Bādarāyaṇi (Śukadeva, the son of Badarāyaṇa Vedavyāsa)
- uvāca
- said
- rājā
- a king
- āsīt
- there was
- bhīṣmakaḥ nāma
- named Bhīṣmaka
- vidarbha-adhipatiḥ
- ruler of the kingdom Vidarbha
- mahān
- great
- tasya
- his
- pañca
- five
- abhavan
- there were
- putrāḥ
- sons
- kanyā
- daughter
- ekā
- one
- ca
- and
- vara
- exceptionally beautiful
- ānanā
- whose face
Śrī Bādarāyaṇi said: There was a king named Bhīṣmaka, the powerful ruler of Vidarbha. He had five sons and one daughter of lovely countenance.