विचित्रवीर्यश्चावरजो नाम्ना चित्राङ्गदो हत: । यस्यां पराशरात् साक्षादवतीर्णो हरे: कला ॥ २१ ॥ वेदगुप्तो मुनि: कृष्णो यतोऽहमिदमध्यगाम् । हित्वा स्वशिष्यान् पैलादीन्भगवान् बादरायण: ॥ २२ ॥ मह्यं पुत्राय शान्ताय परं गुह्यमिदं जगौ । विचित्रवीर्योऽथोवाह काशीराजसुते बलात् ॥ २३ ॥ स्वयंवरादुपानीते अम्बिकाम्बालिके उभे । तयोरासक्तहृदयो गृहीतो यक्ष्मणा मृत: ॥ २४ ॥
vicitraviryas cavarajo namna citrangado hatah yasyam parasarat saksad avatirno hareh kala veda-gupto munih krsno yato ’ham idam adhyagam hitva sva-sisyan pailadin bhagavan badarayanah mahyam putraya santaya param guhyam idam jagau vicitraviryo ’thovaha kasiraja-sute balat svayamvarad upanite ambikambalike ubhe tayor asakta-hrdayo grhito yaksmana mrtah
- vicitraviryah
- Vicitravirya, the son of Santanu
- ca
- and
- avarajah
- the younger brother
- namna
- by a Gandharva named Citrangada
- citrangadah
- Citrangada
- hatah
- was killed
- yasyam
- in the womb of Satyavati previous to her marriage to Santanu
- parasarat
- by the semen of Parasara Muni
- saksat
- directly
- avatirnah
- incarnated
- hareh
- of the Supreme Personality of Godhead
- kala
- expansion
- veda-guptah
- the protector of the Vedas
- munih
- the great sage
- krsnah
- Krsna Dvaipayana
- yatah
- from whom
- aham
- I (Sukadeva Gosvami)
- idam
- this (Srimad-Bhagavatam)
- adhyagam
- studied thoroughly
- hitva
- rejecting
- sva-sisyan
- his disciples
- paila-adin
- headed by Paila
- bhagavan
- the incarnation of the Lord
- badarayanah
- Vyasadeva
- mahyam
- unto me
- putraya
- a son
- santaya
- who was truly controlled from sense gratification
- param
- the supreme
- guhyam
- the most confidential
- idam
- this Vedic literature (Srimad-Bhagavatam)
- jagau
- instructed
- vicitraviryah
- Vicitravirya
- atha
- thereafter
- uvaha
- married
- kasiraja-sute
- two daughters of Kasiraja
- balat
- by force
- svayamvarat
- from the arena of the svayamvara
- upanite
- being brought
- ambika-ambalike
- Ambika and Ambalika
- ubhe
- both of them
- tayoh
- unto them
- asakta
- being too attached
- hrdayah
- his heart
- grhitah
- being contaminated
- yaksmana
- by tuberculosis
- mrtah
- he died
Citrangada, of whom Vicitravirya was the younger brother, was killed by a Gandharva who was also named Citrangada. Satyavati, before her marriage to Santanu, gave birth to the master authority of the Vedas, Vyasadeva, known as Krsna Dvaipayana, who was begotten by Parasara Muni. From Vyasadeva, I [Sukadeva Gosvami] was born, and from him I studied this great work of literature, Srimad-Bhagavatam. The incarnation of Godhead Vedavyasa, rejecting his disciples, headed by Paila, instructed Srimad-Bhagavatam to me because I was free from all material desires. After Ambika and Ambalika, the two daughters of Kasiraja, were taken away by force, Vicitravirya married them, but because he was too attached to these two wives, he had a heart attack and died of tuberculosis.