2011-06-07Srimad Bhagavatam 09.22.21-25 - The Remedy For Kaliyuga Defects By Bhismadev (download mp3)
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SB 9.22.21-24
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
Translation:
Citrangada, of whom Vicitravrya 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.
SB 9.22.25
ksetre 'prajasya vai bhratur
matrokto badarayanah
dhrtarastram ca pandum ca
viduram capy ajijanat
Translation:
Badarayana, Sri Vyasadeva, following the order of his mother, Satyavati, begot three sons, two by the womb of Ambika and Ambalika, the two wives of his brother Vicitravirya, and the third by Vicitravirya's maidservant. These sons were Dhrtarastra, Pandu and Vidura.
Purport:
Vicitravirya died of tuberculosis, and his wives, Ambika and Ambalika, had no issue. Therefore, after Vicitravirya's death, his mother, Satyavati, who was also the mother of Vyasadeva, asked Vyasadeva to beget children through the wives of Vicitravirya. In those days, the brother of the husband could beget children through the womb of his sister-in-law. This was known as devarena sutotpatti. If the husband was somehow unable to beget children, his brother could do so through the womb of his sister-in-law. This devarena sutotpatti and the sacrifices of asvamedha and gomedha are forbidden in the age of Kali.
asvamedham gavalambham
sannyasam pala-paitrkam
devarena sutotpattim
kalau pañca vivarjayet
[Cc. Adi 17.164]
"In this age of Kali, five acts are forbidden: the offering of a horse in sacrifice, the offering of a cow in sacrifice, the acceptance of the order of sannyasa, the offering of oblations of flesh to the forefathers, and a man's begetting children in his brother's wife." (Brahma-vaivarta Purana).
