Canto 9, Chapter 1

King Sudyumna Becomes a Woman

Verse 35 (SB 9.1.35)
SB 9.1.35 • मूल श्लोक

सापि तं चकमे सुभ्रू: सोमराजसुतं पतिम् । स तस्यां जनयामास पुरूरवसमात्मजम् ॥ ३५ ॥

Transliteration

sāpi taṁ cakame subhrūḥ somarāja-sutaṁ patim sa tasyāṁ janayām āsa purūravasam ātmajam

Synonyms (Word-for-Word)

sā — Sudyumna, transformed into a woman; api — also; tam — unto him (Budha); cakame — desired sex; su-bhrūḥ — very beautiful; somarāja-sutam — unto the son of the king of the moon; patim — as her husband; saḥ — he (Budha); tasyām — in her womb; janayām āsa — begot; purūravasam — named Purūravā; ātma-jam — a son.

Translation

“The beautiful woman also desired to accept Budha, the son of the king of the moon, as her husband. Thus Budha begot in her womb a son named Purūravā.”

Bhaktivedanta Purport

By Śrīla Prabhupāda