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Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 4.15.1
maitreya uvaca
SYNONYMS
maitreyah uvaca -- Maitreya continued to speak; atha -- thus; tasya -- his; punah -- again; vipraih -- by the brahmanas; aputrasya -- without a son; mahipateh -- of the King; bahubhyam -- from the arms; mathyamanabhyam -- being churned; mithunam -- a couple; samapadyata -- took birth.
TRANSLATION
The great sage Maitreya continued: My dear Vidura, thus the brahmanas 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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