babhrur devāvṛdha-sutas
tayoḥ ślokau paṭhanty amū
yathaiva śṛṇumo dūrāt
sampaśyāmas tathāntikāt
tayoḥ ślokau paṭhanty amū
yathaiva śṛṇumo dūrāt
sampaśyāmas tathāntikāt
Synonyms
babhruḥ-Babhru; devāvṛdha-of Devāvṛdha; sutaḥ-the son; tayoḥ-of them; ślokau-two verses; paṭhanti-all the members of the old generation recite; amū-those; yathā-as; eva-indeed; śṛṇumaḥ-we have heard; dūrāt-from a distance; sampaśyāmaḥ-are actually seeing; tathā-similarly; antikāt-presently also.
The son of Devāvṛdha was Babhru. Concerning Devāvṛdha and Babhru there are two famous songs of prayer, which were sung by our predecessors and which we have heard from a distance. Even now I hear the same prayers about their qualities [because that which was heard before is still sung continuously].
TEXTS 10–11
babhruḥ śreṣṭho manuṣyāṇāṁ
devair devāvṛdhaḥ samaḥ
puruṣāḥ pañca-ṣaṣṭiś ca
ṣaṭ-sahasrāṇi cāṣṭa ca
ye 'mṛtatvam anuprāptā
babhror devāvṛdhād api
mahābhojo 'tidharmātmā
bhojā āsaṁs tad-anvaye
SYNONYMS
babhruḥ-King Babhru; śreṣṭhaḥ-the best of all kings; manuṣyāṇām-of all human beings; devaiḥ-with the demigods; devāvṛdhaḥ-King Devāvṛdha; samaḥ-equally situated; puruṣāḥ-persons; pañca-ṣaṣṭiḥ-sixty-five; ca-also; ṣaṭ-sahasrāṇi-six thousand; ca-also; aṣṭa-eight thousand; ca-also; ye-all of them who; amṛtatvam-liberation from material bondage; anuprāptāḥ-achieved; babhroḥ-because of association with Babhru; devāvṛdhāt-and because of association with Devāvṛdha; api-indeed; mahābhojaḥ-King Mahābhoja; ati-dharma-ātmā-exceedingly religious; bhojāḥ-the kings known as Bhoja; āsan-existed; tat-anvaye-in the dynasty of him (Mahābhoja).
"It has been decided that among human beings Babhru is the best and that Devāvṛdha is equal to the demigods. Because of the association of Babhru and Devāvṛdha, all of their descendants, numbering 14,065, achieved liberation." In the dynasty of King Mahābhoja, who was exceedingly religious, there appeared the Bhoja kings.
The son of Devāvṛdha was Babhru. Concerning Devāvṛdha and Babhru there are two famous songs of prayer, which were sung by our predecessors and which we have heard from a distance. Even now I hear the same prayers about their qualities [because that which was heard before is still sung continuously].
TEXTS 10–11
babhruḥ śreṣṭho manuṣyāṇāṁ
devair devāvṛdhaḥ samaḥ
puruṣāḥ pañca-ṣaṣṭiś ca
ṣaṭ-sahasrāṇi cāṣṭa ca
ye 'mṛtatvam anuprāptā
babhror devāvṛdhād api
mahābhojo 'tidharmātmā
bhojā āsaṁs tad-anvaye
SYNONYMS
babhruḥ-King Babhru; śreṣṭhaḥ-the best of all kings; manuṣyāṇām-of all human beings; devaiḥ-with the demigods; devāvṛdhaḥ-King Devāvṛdha; samaḥ-equally situated; puruṣāḥ-persons; pañca-ṣaṣṭiḥ-sixty-five; ca-also; ṣaṭ-sahasrāṇi-six thousand; ca-also; aṣṭa-eight thousand; ca-also; ye-all of them who; amṛtatvam-liberation from material bondage; anuprāptāḥ-achieved; babhroḥ-because of association with Babhru; devāvṛdhāt-and because of association with Devāvṛdha; api-indeed; mahābhojaḥ-King Mahābhoja; ati-dharma-ātmā-exceedingly religious; bhojāḥ-the kings known as Bhoja; āsan-existed; tat-anvaye-in the dynasty of him (Mahābhoja).
"It has been decided that among human beings Babhru is the best and that Devāvṛdha is equal to the demigods. Because of the association of Babhru and Devāvṛdha, all of their descendants, numbering 14,065, achieved liberation." In the dynasty of King Mahābhoja, who was exceedingly religious, there appeared the Bhoja kings.