Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 6.14.31

tasyā anudinaḿ garbhaḥ

śukla-pakṣa ivoḍupaḥ

vavṛdhe śūraseneśa-

tejasā śanakair nṛpa

SYNONYMS

tasyāḥ — her; anudinam — day after day; garbhaḥ — embryo; śukla-pakṣe — during the fortnight of the waxing moon; iva — like; uḍupaḥ — the moon; vavṛdhe — gradually developed; śūrasena-īśa — of the King of Śūrasena; tejasā — by the semen; śanakaiḥ — little by little; nṛpa — O King Parīkṣit.

TRANSLATION

After receiving semen from Mahārāja Citraketu, the King of Śūrasena, Queen Kṛtadyuti gradually developed in her pregnancy, O King Parīkṣit, just as the moon develops during the bright fortnight.

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