Canto 9, Chapter 20

Chapter 20

Verse 35 (SB 9.20.35)
SB 9.20.35 • मूल श्लोक

तस्यैवं वितथे वंशे तदर्थं यजत: सुतम् । मरुत्स्तोमेन मरुतो भरद्वाजमुपाददु: ॥ ३५ ॥

Transliteration

tasyaivaṁ vitathe vaṁśe tad-arthaṁ yajataḥ sutam marut-stomena maruto bharadvājam upādaduḥ

Synonyms (Word-for-Word)

tasya — his (Mahārāja Bharata’s); evam — thus; vitathe — being baffled; vaṁśe — in generating progeny; tat-artham — to get sons; yajataḥ — performing sacrifices; sutam — a son; marut-stomena — by performing a marut-stoma sacrifice; marutaḥ — the demigods named the Maruts; bharadvājam — Bharadvāja; upādaduḥ — presented.

Translation

“The King, his attempt for progeny frustrated in this way, performed a sacrifice named marut-stoma to get a son. The demigods known as the Maruts, being fully satisfied with him, then presented him a son named Bharadvāja.”

Bhaktivedanta Purport

By Śrīla Prabhupāda