मार्कण्डेयो मृकण्डस्य प्राणाद्वेदशिरा मुनि: । कविश्च भार्गवो यस्य भगवानुशना सुत: ॥ ४५ ॥
markandeyo mrkandasya pranad vedasira munih kavis ca bhargavo yasya bhagavan usana sutah
- markandeyah
- Markandeya
- mrkandasya
- of Mrkanda
- pranat
- from Prana
- vedasirah
- Vedasira
- munih
- great sage
- kavih ca
- of the name Kavi
- bhargavah
- of the name Bhargava
- yasya
- whose
- bhagavan
- greatly powerful
- usana
- Sukracarya
- sutah
- son.
From Mrkanda, Markandeya Muni was born, and from Prana the sage Vedasira, whose son was Usana (Sukracarya), also known as Kavi. Thus Kavi also belonged to the descendants of the Bhrgu dynasty.