Canto 9: LiberationChapter 1: King Sudyumna Becomes a Woman

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 9.1.14

tatra śraddhā manoḥ patnī

hotāraḿ samayācata

duhitrartham upāgamya

praṇipatya payovratā

SYNONYMS

tatrain that sacrifice; śraddhāŚraddhā; manoḥ — of Manu; patnī — the wife; hotāramto the priest performing the yajña; samayācata — begged properly; duhitṛ-artham — for a daughter; upāgamya — coming near; praṇipatya — offering obeisances; payaḥ-vratā — who was observing the vow of drinking only milk.

TRANSLATION

During that sacrifice, Śraddhā, Manu's wife, who was observing the vow of subsisting only by drinking milk, approached the priest offering the sacrifice, offered obeisances to him and begged for a daughter.

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