Canto 9, Chapter 1

King Sudyumna Becomes a Woman

Verse 19 (SB 9.1.19)
SB 9.1.19 • मूल श्लोक

निशम्य तद् वचस्तस्य भगवान् प्रपितामह: । होतुर्व्यतिक्रमं ज्ञात्वा बभाषे रविनन्दनम् ॥ १९ ॥

Transliteration

niśamya tad vacas tasya bhagavān prapitāmahaḥ hotur vyatikramaṁ jñātvā babhāṣe ravi-nandanam

Synonyms (Word-for-Word)

niśamya — after hearing; tat vacaḥ — those words; tasya — of him (Manu); bhagavān — the most powerful; prapitāmahaḥ — the great-grandfather Vasiṣṭha; hotuḥ vyatikramam — discrepancy on the part of the hotā priest; jñātvā — understanding; babhāṣe — spoke; ravi-nandanam — unto Vaivasvata Manu, son of the sun-god.

Translation

“The most powerful great-grandfather Vasiṣṭha, after hearing these words of Manu, understood the discrepancy on the part of the priest. Thus he spoke as follows to the son of the sun-god.”

Bhaktivedanta Purport

By Śrīla Prabhupāda