Chapter 21
तस्य सत्यधृति: पुत्रो धनुर्वेदविशारद: । शरद्वांस्तत्सुतो यस्मादुर्वशीदर्शनात् किल । शरस्तम्बेऽपतद् रेतो मिथुनं तदभूच्छुभम् ॥ ३५ ॥
Transliteration
tasya satyadhṛtiḥ putro dhanur-veda-viśāradaḥ śaradvāṁs tat-suto yasmād urvaśī-darśanāt kila śara-stambe ’patad reto mithunaṁ tad abhūc chubham
Synonyms (Word-for-Word)
tasya — of him (Śatānanda); satyadhṛtiḥ — Satyadhṛti; putraḥ — a son; dhanuḥ-veda-viśāradaḥ — very expert in the art of archery; śaradvān — Śaradvān; tat-sutaḥ — the son of Satyadhṛti; yasmāt — from whom; urvaśī-darśanāt — simply by seeing the celestial Urvaśī; kila — indeed; śara-stambe — on a clump of śara grass; apatat — fell; retaḥ — semen; mithunam — a male and female; tat abhūt — there were born; śubham — all-auspicious.
Translation
“The son of Śatānanda was Satyadhṛti, who was expert in archery, and the son of Satyadhṛti was Śaradvān. When Śaradvān met Urvaśī, he discharged semen, which fell on a clump of śara grass. From this semen were born two all-auspicious babies, one male and the other female.”