Canto 9: LiberationChapter 1: King Sudyumna Becomes a Woman

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 9.1.11-12

tato manuh sraddhadevah

samjnayam asa bharata

sraddhayam janayam asa

dasa putran sa atmavan

ikshvaku-nriga-saryati-

dishta-dhrishta-karushakan

narishyantam prishadhram ca

nabhagam ca kavim vibhuh

SYNONYMS

tatah -- from Vivasvan; manuh sraddhadevah -- the Manu named Sraddhadeva; samjnayam -- in the womb of Samjna (the wife of Vivasvan); asa -- was born; bharata -- O best of the Bharata dynasty; sraddhayam -- in the womb of Sraddha (the wife of Sraddhadeva); janayam asa -- begot; dasa -- ten; putran -- sons; sah -- that Sraddhadeva; atmavan -- having conquered his senses; ikshvaku-nriga-saryati-dishta-dhrishta-karushakan -- named Ikshvaku, Nriga, Saryati, Dishta, Dhrishta and Karushaka; narishyantam -- Narishyanta; prishadhram ca -- and Prishadhra; nabhagam ca -- and Nabhaga; kavim -- Kavi; vibhuh -- the great.

TRANSLATION

O King, best of the Bharata dynasty, from Vivasvan, by the womb of Samjna, Sraddhadeva Manu was born. Sraddhadeva Manu, having conquered his senses, begot ten sons in the womb of his wife, Sraddha. The names of these sons were Ikshvaku, Nriga, Saryati, Dishta, Dhrishta, Karushaka, Narishyanta, Prishadhra, Nabhaga and Kavi.

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