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Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 9.22.8
jaraya cabhisandhite
SYNONYMS
anyasyam -- in another; api -- also; bharyayam -- wife; sakale -- parts; dve -- two; brihadrathat -- from Brihadratha; ye -- which two parts; matra -- by the mother; bahih utsrishte -- because of rejection; jaraya -- by the demoness named Jara; ca -- and; abhisandhite -- when they were joined together; jiva jiva iti -- O living entity, be alive; kridantya -- playing like that; jarasandhah -- Jarasandha; abhavat -- was generated; sutah -- a son.
TRANSLATION
Through the womb of another wife, Brihadratha begot two halves of a son. When the mother saw those two halves she rejected them, but later a she-demon named Jara playfully joined them and said, "Come to life, come to life!" Thus the son named Jarasandha was born.
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