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Chapter 24: Kṛṣṇa the Supreme Personality of Godhead

Verse 10–11 of 52
SB 9.24.10-11

बभ्रुः श्रेष्ठो मनुष्याणां देवैर्देवावृधः समः पुरुषाः पंचषष्टिश्च षट्सहस्राणि चाष्ट च ये ऽमृतत्वमनुप्राप्ता बभ्रोर्देवावृधादपि महाभोजो ऽतिधर्मात्मा भोजा आसंस्तदन्वये

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

babhruḥKing Babhru; śreṣṭhaḥthe best of all kings; manuṣyāṇāmof all human beings; devaiḥwith the demigods; devāvṛdhaḥKing Devāvṛdha; samaḥequally situated; puruṣāḥpersons; pañca-ṣaṣṭiḥsixty-five; caalso; ṣaṭ-sahasrāṇisix thousand; caalso; aṣṭaeight thousand; caalso; yeall of them who; amṛtatvamliberation from material bondage; anuprāptāḥachieved; babhroḥbecause of association with Babhru; devāvṛdhātand because of association with Devāvṛdha; apiindeed; mahābhojaḥKing Mahābhoja; ati-dharma-ātmāexceedingly religious; bhojāḥthe kings known as Bhoja; āsanexisted; tat-anvayein the dynasty of him (Mahābhoja)..

Translation

"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.

Verse 10–11 of 52
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