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| Canto 9: Liberation | Chapter 21: The Dynasty of Bharata; |
Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 9.21.35
tasya satyadhritih putro
saradvams tat-suto yasmad
SYNONYMS
tasya -- of him (Satananda); satyadhritih -- Satyadhriti; putrah -- a son; dhanuh-veda-visaradah -- very expert in the art of archery; saradvan -- Saradvan; tat-sutah -- the son of Satyadhriti; yasmat -- from whom; urvasi-darsanat -- simply by seeing the celestial Urvasi; kila -- indeed; sara-stambe -- on a clump of sara grass; apatat -- fell; retah -- semen; mithunam -- a male and female; tat abhut -- there were born; subham -- all-auspicious.
TRANSLATION
The son of Satananda was Satyadhriti, who was expert in archery, and the son of Satyadhriti was Saradvan. When Saradvan met Urvasi, he discharged semen, which fell on a clump of sara grass. From this semen were born two all-auspicious babies, one male and the other female.
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His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Founder Acarya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness