SB 9.9.39

Srimad-Bhagavatam, Ninth Canto, Chapter 9: The Dynasty of Aḿśumān

SB 9.9.38

SB 9.9.40

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 39

sā vai sapta samā garbham
abibhran na vyajāyata
jaghne 'śmanodaraṁ tasyāḥ
so 'śmakas tena kathyate

SYNONYMS

sā—she, Queen Madayantī; vai—indeed; sapta—seven; samāḥ—years; garbham—the child within the womb; abibhrat—continued to bear; na—not; vyajāyata—gave delivery; jaghne—struck; aśmanā—by a stone; udaram—abdomen; tasyāḥ—of her; saḥ—a son; aśmakaḥ—by the name Aśmaka; tena—because of this; kathyate—was called.

TRANSLATION

Madayantī bore the child within the womb for seven years and did not give birth. Therefore Vasiṣṭha struck her abdomen with a stone, and then the child was born. Consequently, the child was known as Aśmaka ["the child born of a stone"].