Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 9.22.8

anyasyām api bhāryāyāḿ

śakale dve bṛhadrathāt

ye mātrā bahir utsṛṣṭe

jarayā cābhisandhite

jīva jīveti krīḍantyā

jarāsandho 'bhavat sutaḥ

SYNONYMS

anyasyām — in another; api — also; bhāryāyām — wife; śakale — parts; dve — two; bṛhadrathāt — from Bṛhadratha; ye — which two parts; mātrā — by the mother; bahiḥ utsṛṣṭe — because of rejection; jarayā — by the demoness named Jarā; ca — and; abhisandhite — when they were joined together; jīva jīva iti — O living entity, be alive; krīḍantyā — playing like that; jarāsandhaḥ — Jarāsandha; abhavat — was generated; sutaḥ — a son.

TRANSLATION

Through the womb of another wife, Bṛhadratha begot two halves of a son. When the mother saw those two halves she rejected them, but later a she-demon named Jarā playfully joined them and said, "Come to life, come to life!" Thus the son named Jarāsandha was born.

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