SB 5.2.21
TEXT 21
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TEXT
आग्नीध्रसुतास्ते मातुरनुग्रहादौत्पत्तिकेनैव संहननबलोपेताः पित्रा विभक्ता आत्मतुल्यनामानि यथाभागं जम्बूद्वीपवर्षाणि बुभुजुः. ॥ २१ ॥
agnidhra-sutas te matur anugrahad autpattikenaiva samhanana-
balopetaḥ pitra vibhakta atma-tulya-namani yatha-bhagam jambūdvipa-varsani bubhujuḥ. agnidhra-sutaḥ-the sons of Maharaja Agnidhra; te-they; matuḥ-of the mother; anugrahat-by the mercy or by drinking the breast milk; autpattikena-naturally; eva-certainly; samhanana-well-built body; bala-strength; upetaḥ-obtained; pitra-by the father; vibhaktaḥ-divided; atma-tulya-following their own; namani-possessing names; yatha-bhagam-divided properly; jambūdvipa-varsani-different parts of Jambūdvipa (probably Asia and Europe combined together); bubhujuḥ-ruled.
TRANSLATION
Because of drinking the breast milk of their mother, the nine sons of Agnidhra naturally had strong, well-built bodies. Their father gave them each a kingdom in a different part of Jambūdvipa. The kingdoms were named according to the names of the sons. Thus the sons of Agnidhra ruled the kingdoms they received from their father.
PURPORT
The acaryas specifically mention that in this verse the words matuḥ anugrahat ("by the mercy of their mother") refer to the breast milk of their mother. In India it is a common belief that if a baby is fed his mother's milk for at least six months, his body will be very strong. Besides that, it is mentioned herein that all the sons of Agnidhra were endowed with the nature of their mother. Bhagavad-gita (1.40) also declares, strisu dustasu varsneya jayate varna-sahkaraḥ: when women are polluted, varna-sahkara, unqualified children, are generated, and when the varna-sahkara population increases, the entire world becomes hellish. Therefore, according to Manu-samhita, a woman needs a great deal of protection in order to remain pure and chaste so that her children can be fully engaged for the benefit of human society.
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