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ŚB 9.24.37

Devanagari

श्रुतदेवां तु कारूषो वृद्धशर्मा समग्रहीत् । यस्यामभूद् दन्तवक्र ऋषिशप्तो दिते: सुत: ॥ ३७ ॥

Text

śrutadevāṁ tu kārūṣo
vṛddhaśarmā samagrahīt
yasyām abhūd dantavakra
ṛṣi-śapto diteḥ sutaḥ

Synonyms

śrutadevām — unto Śrutadevā, a sister of Kuntī’s; tu — but; kārūṣaḥ — the King of Karūṣa; vṛddhaśarmā — Vṛddhaśarmā; samagrahīt — married; yasyām — through whom; abhūt — was born; dantavakraḥ — Dantavakra; ṛṣi-śaptaḥ — was formerly cursed by the sages Sanaka and Sanātana; diteḥ — of Diti; sutaḥ — son.

Translation

Vṛddhaśarmā, the King of Karūṣa, married Kuntī’s sister Śrutadevā, and from her womb Dantavakra was born. Having been cursed by the sages headed by Sanaka, Dantavakra had formerly been born as the son of Diti named Hiraṇyākṣa.