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TEXTS 3031
madhava vrsnayo rajan
yadavas ceti samjnitah
yadu-putrasya ca krostoh
putro vrjinavams tatah
svahito to visadgur vai
tasya citrarathas tatah
sasabindur maha-yogi
maha-bhago mahan abhut
caturdasa-maharatnas
cakravarty aparajitah
SYNONYMS
madhavahthe dynasty beginning from Madhu; vrsnayahthe dynasty beginning from Vrsni; rajanO King (Maharaja Pariksit); yadavahthe dynasty beginning from Yadu; caand; itithus; samjnitahare so-called because of those different persons; yadu-putrasyaof the son of Yadu; caalso; krostohof Krosta; putrahthe son; vrjinavanhis name was Vrjinavan; tatahfrom him (Vrjinavan); svahitahSvahita; atahthereafter; visadguha son named Visadgu; vaiindeed; tasyaof him; citrarathahCitraratha; tatahfrom him; sasabinduhSasabindu; maha-yogia great mystic; maha-bhagahmost fortunate; mahana great personality; abhuthe became; caturdasa-maharatnahfourteen kinds of great opulences; cakravartihe possessed as the emperor; aparajitahnot defeated by anyone else.
TRANSLATION
O Maharaja Pariksit, because Yadu, Madhu and Vrsni each inaugurated a dynasty, their dynasties are known as Yadava, Madhava and Vrsni. The son of Yadu named Krosta had a son named Vrjinavan. The son of Vrjinavan was Svahita; the son of Svahita, Visadgu; the son of Visadgu, Citraratha; and the son of Citraratha, Sasabindu. The greatly fortunate Sasabindu, who was a great mystic, possessed fourteen opulences and was the owner of fourteen great jewels. Thus he became the emperor of the world.
PURPORT
In the Markandeya Purana the fourteen kinds of great jewels are described as follows: (1) an elephant, (2) a horse, (3) a chariot, (4) a wife, (5) arrows, (6) a reservoir of wealth, (7) a garland, (8) valuable costumes, (9) trees, (10) a spear, (11) a noose, (12) jewels, (13) an umbrella, and (14) regulative principles. To be the emperor, one must possess all fourteen of these opulences. Sasabindu possessed them all.
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