Canto 4: Creation of the Fourth OrderChapter 15: King Pṛthu's Appearance and Coronation

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 4.15.1

maitreya uvāca

atha tasya punar viprair

aputrasya mahīpateḥ

bāhubhyāḿ mathyamānābhyāḿ

mithunaḿ samapadyata

SYNONYMS

maitreyaḥ uvāca — Maitreya continued to speak; atha — thus; tasya — his; punaḥ — again; vipraiḥ — by the brāhmaṇas; aputrasya — without a son; mahīpateḥ — of the King; bāhubhyām — from the arms; mathyamānābhyām — being churned; mithunam — a couple; samapadyata — took birth.

TRANSLATION

The great sage Maitreya continued: My dear Vidura, thus the brāhmaṇas and the great sages again churned the two arms of King Vena's dead body. As a result a male and female couple came out of his arms.

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