Canto 9, Chapter 1

King Sudyumna Becomes a Woman

Verse 10 (SB 9.1.10)
SB 9.1.10 • मूल श्लोक

मरीचिर्मनसस्तस्य जज्ञे तस्यापि कश्यप: । दाक्षायण्यां ततोऽदित्यां विवस्वानभवत् सुत: ॥ १० ॥

Transliteration

marīcir manasas tasya jajñe tasyāpi kaśyapaḥ dākṣāyaṇyāṁ tato ’dityāṁ vivasvān abhavat sutaḥ

Synonyms (Word-for-Word)

marīciḥ — the great saintly person known as Marīci; manasaḥ tasya — from the mind of Lord Brahmā; jajñe — took birth; tasya api — from Marīci; kaśyapaḥ — Kaśyapa (took birth); dākṣāyaṇyām — in the womb of the daughter of Mahārāja Dakṣa; tataḥ — thereafter; adityām — in the womb of Aditi; vivasvān — Vivasvān; abhavat — took birth; sutaḥ — a son.

Translation

“From the mind of Lord Brahmā, Marīci took birth, from the semen of Marīci, Kaśyapa appeared, and from Kaśyapa, by the womb of Dakṣa’s daughter Aditi, Vivasvān took birth.”

Bhaktivedanta Purport

By Śrīla Prabhupāda