एवं कौशिकगोत्रं तु विश्वामित्रै: पृथग्विधम् । प्रवरान्तरमापन्नं तद्धि चैवं प्रकल्पितम् ॥ ३७ ॥
evam kausika-gotram tu visvamitraih prthag-vidham pravarantaram apannam tad dhi caivam prakalpitam
- evam
- in this way (some sons having been cursed and some blessed)
- kausika-gotram
- the dynasty of Kausika
- tu
- indeed
- visvamitraih
- by the sons of Visvamitra
- prthak-vidham
- in different varieties
- pravara-antaram
- differences between one another
- apannam
- obtained
- tat
- that
- hi
- indeed
- ca
- also
- evam
- thus
- prakalpitam
- ascertained.
Visvamitra cursed some of his sons and blessed the others, and he also adopted a son. Thus there were varieties in the Kausika dynasty, but among all the sons, Devarata was considered the eldest.