Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 9.21.35

tasya satyadhṛtiḥ putro

dhanur-veda-viśāradaḥ

śaradvāḿs tat-suto yasmād

urvaśī-darśanāt kila

śara-stambe 'patad reto

mithunaḿ tad abhūc chubham

SYNONYMS

tasya — of him (Śatānanda); satyadhṛtiḥ — Satyadhṛti; putraḥ — a son; dhanuḥ-veda-viśāradaḥ — very expert in the art of archery; śaradvān — Śaradvān; tat-sutaḥ — the son of Satyadhṛti; yasmāt — from whom; urvaśī-darśanāt — simply by seeing the celestial Urvaśī; kila — indeed; śara-stambe — on a clump of śara grass; apatat — fell; retaḥ — semen; mithunam — a male and female; tat abhūt — there were born; śubham — all-auspicious.

TRANSLATION

The son of Śatānanda was Satyadhṛti, who was expert in archery, and the son of Satyadhṛti was Śaradvān. When Śaradvān met Urvaśī, he discharged semen, which fell on a clump of śara grass. From this semen were born two all-auspicious babies, one male and the other female.

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