Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.74.7-9

dvaipāyano bharadvājaḥ

sumantur gotamo 'sitaḥ

vasiṣṭhaś cyavanaḥ kaṇvo

maitreyaḥ kavaṣas tritaḥ

viśvāmitro vāmadevaḥ

sumatir jaiminiḥ kratuḥ

pailaḥ parāśaro gargo

vaiśampāyana eva ca

atharvā kaśyapo dhaumyo

rāmo bhārgava āsuriḥ

vītihotro madhucchandā

vīraseno 'kṛtavraṇaḥ

SYNONYMS

dvaipāyanaḥ bharadvājaḥ — Dvaipāyana (Vedavyāsa) and Bharadvāja; sumantuḥ gotamaḥ asitaḥ — Sumantu, Gotama and Asita; vasiṣṭhaḥ cyavanaḥ kaṇvaḥ — Vasiṣṭha, Cyavana and Kaṇva; maitreyaḥ kavaṣaḥ tritaḥ — Maitreya, Kavasa and Trita; viśvāmitraḥ vāmadevaḥ — Viśvāmitra and Vāmadeva; sumatiḥ jaiminiḥ kratuḥ — Sumati, Jaimini and Kratu; pailaḥ parāśaraḥ gargaḥ — Paila, Parāśara and Garga; vaiśampāyanaḥ — Vaiśampāyana; eva ca — also; atharvā kaśyapaḥ dhaumyaḥ — Atharvā, Kaśyapa and Dhaumya; rāmaḥ bhārgavaḥ — Pāraśurāma, the descendant of Bhṛgu; āsuriḥ — Āsuri; vītihotraḥ madhucchandāḥ — Vītihotra and Madhucchandā; vīrasenaḥ akṛtavraṇaḥ — Vīrasena and Akṛtavraṇa.

TRANSLATION

He selected Kṛṣṇa-dvaipāyana, Bharadvāja, Sumantu, Gotama and Asita, along with Vasiṣṭha, Cyavana, Kaṇva, Maitreya, Kavaṣa and Trita. He also selected Viśvāmitra, Vāmadeva, Sumati, Jaimini, Kratu, Paila and Parāśara, as well as Garga, Vaiśampāyana, Atharvā, Kaśyapa, Dhaumya, Rāma of the Bhārgavas, Āsuri, Vītihotra, Madhucchandā, Vīrasena and Akṛtavraṇa.

PURPORT

King Yudhiṣṭhira invited all these exalted brāhmaṇas to act in different capacities as priests, advisers and so on.

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