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"].

SB 9.9.38 - SB 9.9.40