Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 9 Chapter 20 Verse 17

Canto 9: Liberation | Chapter 20: The Dynasty of Pūru

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 9.20.17

amogha-vīryo rājarṣir

mahiṣyāḿ vīryam ādadhe

śvo-bhūte sva-puraḿ yātaḥ

kālenāsūta sā sutam

SYNONYMS

amogha-vīryaḥ — a person who discharges semen without being baffled, or, in other words, who must beget a child; rāja-ṛṣiḥ — the saintly King Duṣmanta; mahiṣyām — into the Queen, Śakuntalā (after her marriage, Śakuntalā became the Queen); vīryam — semen; ādadhe — placed; śvaḥ-bhūte — in the morning; sva-puram — to his own place; yātaḥ — returned; kālena — in due course of time; asūta — gave birth; sā — she (Śakuntalā); sutam — to a son.

TRANSLATION

King Duṣmanta, who never discharged semen without a result, placed his semen at night in the womb of his Queen, Śakuntalā, and in the morning he returned to his palace. Thereafter, in due course of time, Śakuntalā gave birth to a son.

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