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Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 9.8.4
ajnayasyai sapatnibhir
garo datto 'ndhasa saha
sagaras cakravarty asit
SYNONYMS
ajnaya -- knowing (this); asyai -- unto that pregnant queen; sapatnibhih -- by the co-wives of the wife of Bahuka; garah -- poison; dattah -- was given; andhasa saha -- with her food; saha tena -- with that poison; eva -- also; sanjatah -- was born; sagara-akhyah -- by the name Sagara; maha-yasah -- having a great reputation; sagarah -- King Sagara; cakravarti -- the emperor; asit -- became; sagarah -- the place known as Gangasagara; yat-sutaih -- by the sons of whom; krtah -- was excavated.
TRANSLATION
Knowing that she was pregnant, the co-wives of the wife of Bahuka conspired to give her poison with her food, but it did not act. Instead, the son was born along with the poison. Therefore he became famous as Sagara ["one who is born with poison"]. Sagara later became the emperor. The place known as Gangasagara was excavated by his sons.
Copyright (c) The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust International, Inc.
His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Founder Acarya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness