# SB 9.16.37
> एवं कौशिकगोत्रं तु विश्वामित्रैः पृथग्विधम
> प्रवरान्तरमापन्नं तद्धि चैवं प्रकल्पितम ॥३७॥
## Text
> evaṁ kauśika-gotraṁ tu
> viśvāmitraiḥ pṛthag-vidham
> pravarāntaram āpannaṁ
> tad dhi caivaṁ prakalpitam
## Synonyms
*evam*—in this way (some sons having been cursed and some blessed); *kauśika-gotram*—the dynasty of Kauśika; *tu*—indeed; *viśvāmitraiḥ*—by the sons of Viśvāmitra; *pṛthak-vidham*—in different varieties; *pravara-antaram*—differences between one another; *āpannam*—obtained; *tat*—that; *hi*—indeed; *ca*—also; *evam*—thus; *prakalpitam*—ascertained.
## Translation
**Viśvāmitra cursed some of his sons and blessed the others, and he also adopted a son. Thus there were varieties in the Kauśika dynasty, but among all the sons, Devarāta was considered the eldest.**
Thus end the Bhaktivedanta purports of the Ninth Canto, Sixteenth Chapter, of the *Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam,* entitled "Lord Paraśurāma Destroys the World's Ruling Class."