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# Bhagavatapurana 9.1: atha prathamo'dhyāyaḥ

Bhāgavatapurāṇa 9.1

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### atha prathamo'dhyāyaḥ

### [9.1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.9.1.1)

/0 śrīrājovāca  
manvantarāṇi sarvāṇi tvayoktāni śrutāni me /  
vīryāṇyanantavīryasya harestatra kṛtāni ca //

> The king said:  
> All the manvantaras have been recounted by you and heard by me, / and also the deeds performed therein by Hari of endless power.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

> 1. The king said:— All the Manvantaras have been described by thee and I have listened to it (their description) as well as to the great and heroic deeds, during those several periods, of Hari of unlimited energy and prowess.  
> — S. Subba Rau 1928, The Srimad Bhagavatam

### [9.1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.9.1.2)

yo 'sau satyavrato nāma rājarṣirdraviḍeśvaraḥ /  
jñānaṃ yo 'tītakalpānte lebhe puruṣasevayā //

> That royal sage named Satyavrata, the ruler of the Draviḍa country, / who obtained knowledge at the end of the previous kalpa through service to the Supreme Person,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

> 2.—4. Thou hast been pleased to tell me that the saintly king of Dravida country named Satyavrata, who, at the end of the past \*kalpa\*, attained wisdom by worshipping Hari, was then born as the son of Vivasvat and became a Manu; likewise, that his sons, Ikshvaku and other kings, have been mentioned; their line and the history of those belonging to that line: be pleased, O Brahmin, to describe, separately and distinctly, O highly blessed one, to us who are always eager to listen to thee.  
> — S. Subba Rau 1928, The Srimad Bhagavatam

### [9.1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.9.1.3)

sa vai vivasvataḥ putro manurāsīditi śrutam /  
tvattastasya sutāḥ proktā ikṣvākupramukhā nṛpāḥ //

> he indeed became Manu, the son of Vivasvat—so it has been heard; / and from you his sons have been mentioned, kings headed by Ikṣvāku.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [9.1.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.9.1.4)

teṣāṃ vaṃśaṃ pṛthag brahman vaṃśānucaritāni ca /  
kīrtayasva mahābhāga nityaṃ śuśrūṣatāṃ hi naḥ //

> Their lineage separately, O brāhmaṇa, and the deeds of their lineages, / glorify, O blessed one, for we are ever eager to hear.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [9.1.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.9.1.5)

ye bhūtā ye bhaviṣyāśca bhavantyadyatanāśca ye /  
teṣāṃ naḥ puṇyakīrtīnāṃ sarveṣāṃ vada vikramān //

> Those who were in the past, those who will be in the future, and those who are present today— / recount to us the heroic deeds of all those of purifying renown.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

> 5. Be pleased to tell us of the heroic life and work of all those kings of hallowed fame, who belong to the past, present and future time.  
> — S. Subba Rau 1928, The Srimad Bhagavatam

### [9.1.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.9.1.6)

/0 śrīsūta uvāca  
evaṃ parīkṣitā rājñā sadasi brahmavādinām /  
pṛṣṭaḥ provāca bhagavāñ chukaḥ paramadharmavit //

> Śrī Sūta said:  
> Thus questioned by King Parīkṣit in the assembly of knowers of Brahman, / the blessed Śuka, the supreme knower of dharma, spoke.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

> 6. Suta said:— Thus requested by king Parikshit in the assembly of sages who knew the Vedas and Brahman, the venerable Sukacharya, possessed of perfect insight into Dharma, said as follows:—  
> — S. Subba Rau 1928, The Srimad Bhagavatam

### [9.1.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.9.1.7)

/0 śrīśuka uvāca  
śrūyatāṃ mānavo vaṃśaḥ prācuryeṇa parantapa /  
na śakyate vistarato vaktuṃ varṣaśatairapi //

> Śrī Śuka said:  
> Listen, O burner of foes, to the lineage of Manu in summary; / it is impossible to describe in detail even in hundreds of years.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

> 7. Sri Suka said:— Let (the history of) the race of Manu, O Vanquisher of enemies, be listened to in its important aspects (in brief), for it is not possible even in hundreds of years to describe it in detail.  
> — S. Subba Rau 1928, The Srimad Bhagavatam

### [9.1.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.9.1.8)

parāvareṣāṃ bhūtānāmātmā yaḥ puruṣaḥ paraḥ /  
sa evāsīdidaṃ viśvaṃ kalpānte 'nyan na kiñcana //

> He who is the Supreme Person, the self of higher and lower beings, / was this universe alone at the end of the kalpa, and nothing else.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

> 8. At the end of the Kalpa this Universe, that very Narayana, was the Perfect Person (who is the Lord of Prakriti) and Atman of all creatures, high and low; and there was nothing else.  
> — S. Subba Rau 1928, The Srimad Bhagavatam

### [9.1.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.9.1.9)

tasya nābheḥ samabhavat padmakoṣo hiraṇmayaḥ /  
tasmin jajñe mahārāja svayambhūścaturānanaḥ //

> From his navel arose a golden lotus cup; / in it was born the self-born, four-faced \[Brahmā\], O great king.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

> 9. From His navel rose a golden lotus and therein, O great king, was born Brahma, the four-faced (the creator of beings).  
> — S. Subba Rau 1928, The Srimad Bhagavatam

### [9.1.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.9.1.10)

marīcirmanasastasya jajñe tasyāpi kaśyapaḥ /  
dākṣāyaṇyāṃ tato 'dityāṃ vivasvān abhavat sutaḥ //

> From his mind was born Marīci, and from him Kaśyapa; / then from Aditi, daughter of Dakṣa, Vivasvat was born as his son.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

> 10. Mareechi was born of His mind; Kasyapa of Mareechi; and of Kasyapa by Aditi, daughter of Daksha, was born a son called Vivasvat.  
> — S. Subba Rau 1928, The Srimad Bhagavatam

### [9.1.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.9.1.11)

tato manuḥ śrāddhadevaḥ saṃjñāyāmāsa bhārata /  
śraddhāyāṃ janayāmāsa daśa putrān sa ātmavān //

> From him, O descendant of Bharata, was born Manu Śrāddhadeva by Saṃjñā; / that self-controlled lord begot ten sons upon Śraddhā:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

> 11. Then was born Sraddhadeva, the Manu, of Vivasvat by his wife Samjna, O Bharata, and he (the great Sraddhadeva), who had control of mind, begot ten sons on Sraddha.  
> — S. Subba Rau 1928, The Srimad Bhagavatam

### [9.1.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.9.1.12)

ikṣvākunṛgaśaryāti diṣṭadhṛṣṭakarūṣakān /  
nariṣyantaṃ pṛṣadhraṃ ca nabhagaṃ ca kaviṃ vibhuḥ //

> Ikṣvāku, Nṛga, Śaryāti, Diṣṭa, Dhṛṣṭa, Karūṣaka, / Nariṣyanta, Pṛṣadhra, Nabhaga, and Kavi.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

> 12. And these were Ikshvaku, Nriga, Saryati, Dishta, Karooshaka, Vrishyanta, Prishadhra (Vrishadhra), Nabhaga and the great Kavi (D. Nabhaga and Najambha).  
> — S. Subba Rau 1928, The Srimad Bhagavatam

### [9.1.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.9.1.13)

aprajasya manoḥ pūrvaṃ vasiṣṭho bhagavān kila /  
mitrāvaruṇayoriṣṭiṃ prajārthamakarodvibhuḥ //

> Formerly, when Manu was childless, the lord Vasiṣṭha, / the mighty sage, performed a sacrifice to Mitra and Varuṇa to obtain progeny.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

> 13. In the beginning the worshipful Vasishta possessed of high powers conducted a sacrifice in propitiation of Mitra and Varuna for the sake of an heir to Manu (Sraddhadeva) who was childless.  
> — S. Subba Rau 1928, The Srimad Bhagavatam

### [9.1.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.9.1.14)

tatra śraddhā manoḥ patnī hotāraṃ samayācata /  
duhitrarthamupāgamya praṇipatya payovratā //

> There Śraddhā, Manu's wife, observing a milk-diet vow, / approached the hotṛ priest, bowed down, and begged for a daughter.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

> 14. During the sacrifice Manu's wife Sraddha who was observing \*Payovrata\* bowed to the Hotri (the priest versed in the Rigveda) and entreated him (to conduct it in such a way as to get) a daughter.  
> — S. Subba Rau 1928, The Srimad Bhagavatam

### [9.1.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.9.1.15)

preṣito 'dhvaryuṇā hotā vyacarat tat samāhitaḥ /  
gṛhīte haviṣi vācā vaṣaṭkāraṃ gṛṇan dvijaḥ //

> Directed by the adhvaryu, the hotṛ priest acted with focused mind; / when the oblation was taken up, the twice-born recited the vaṣaṭ-call with his voice.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

> 15. Directed by Adhvaryu (to do his part), Hota who was deeply thinking of her request proceeded with that idea (to do his part) and with great self-control the brahmin made the offering as he uttered \*Vashat\*.  
> — S. Subba Rau 1928, The Srimad Bhagavatam

### [9.1.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.9.1.16)

hotustadvyabhicāreṇa kanyelā nāma sābhavat /  
tāṃ vilokya manuḥ prāha nātituṣṭamanā gurum //

> Because of that deviation by the hotṛ, a daughter named Ilā was born; / beholding her, Manu, his mind not at all pleased, addressed his guru:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

> 16. By this fault of the Hotri a girl named Ila was produced; on seeing her, Manu whose heart was not much pleased, said to his preceptor (as follows):—  
> — S. Subba Rau 1928, The Srimad Bhagavatam

### [9.1.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.9.1.17)

bhagavan kimidaṃ jātaṃ karma vo brahmavādinām /  
viparyayamaho kaṣṭaṃ maivaṃ syādbrahmavikriyā //

> "O venerable sir, what is this ritual outcome wrought by you who speak the Veda? / Alas, a perversion! How terrible! May there be no such failure of the sacred word!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

> 17. O venerable one, what is this that has come out of the work of those that are versed in the Vedas? It is a pity; the very contrary thing has been the result. Such a change in the Mantra ought not to be (might not be believed in).  
> — S. Subba Rau 1928, The Srimad Bhagavatam

### [9.1.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.9.1.18)

yūyaṃ brahmavido yuktāstapasā dagdhakilbiṣāḥ /  
kutaḥ saṅkalpavaiṣamyamanṛtaṃ vibudheṣv iva //

> You are knowers of the Veda, disciplined, your sins burnt away by austerities; / how could there be a discrepancy in purpose, an untruth, as if among the gods?"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

> 18. How could this result contrary to your thought be (expected) like an untruth in the gods? (what you think of and wish  
> — S. Subba Rau 1928, The Srimad Bhagavatam

> to be cannot fail to be a fact just as what the gods think of and say, cannot); you are all well-versed in the mantras, well-trained and have through tapas burnt up all sin; \[what is the cause of this failure of your intention? \[it is surely improbable like untruth in the gods\]?  
> — S. Subba Rau 1928, The Srimad Bhagavatam

### [9.1.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.9.1.19)

niśamya tadvacastasya bhagavān prapitāmahaḥ /  
hoturvyatikramaṃ jñātvā babhāṣe ravinandanam //

> Hearing those words of his, the venerable great-grandfather \[Vasiṣṭha\], / knowing the transgression of the hotṛ priest, spoke to the son of the sun:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

> 19. On hearing that observation of Manu, the venerable Vasishta perceiving it to be the fault of Hotri, said to the son of Vivasvat:—  
> — S. Subba Rau 1928, The Srimad Bhagavatam

### [9.1.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.9.1.20)

etat saṅkalpavaiṣamyaṃ hotuste vyabhicārataḥ /  
tathāpi sādhayiṣye te suprajāstvaṃ svatejasā //

> "This discrepancy in purpose arose from the deviation of your hotṛ; / nevertheless, by my own spiritual power I shall bring about good progeny for you."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

> 20. This failure of the desired object is due to the violation (the contrary contemplation) of Hotri; still by virtue of my special power I shall secure thee (the object to have) a good son.  
> — S. Subba Rau 1928, The Srimad Bhagavatam

### [9.1.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.9.1.21)

evaṃ vyavasito rājan bhagavān sa mahāyaśāḥ /  
astauṣīdādipuruṣamilāyāḥ puṃstvakāmyayā //

> Having so resolved, O king, that glorious venerable sage / praised the Original Person, desiring manhood for Ilā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

> 21. With that determination the worshipful Vasishta of great renown, O king, prayed to the Eternal Person, to change Ila into a male.  
> — S. Subba Rau 1928, The Srimad Bhagavatam

### [9.1.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.9.1.22)

tasmai kāmavaraṃ tuṣṭo bhagavān harirīśvaraḥ /  
dadāv ilābhavat tena sudyumnaḥ puruṣarṣabhaḥ //

> Pleased, the Lord Hari, the supreme master, granted him the desired boon; / thereby Ilā became Sudyumna, a bull among men.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

> 22. The glorious Hari, the Supreme Ruler, was pleased and bestowed on him the desired boon; and thereby Ila became Sudyumna, foremost among men.  
> — S. Subba Rau 1928, The Srimad Bhagavatam

### [9.1.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.9.1.23)

sa ekadā mahārāja vicaran mṛgayāṃ vane /  
vṛtaḥ katipayāmātyairaśvamāruhya saindhavam //

> Once, O great king, wandering in the forest on a hunt, / accompanied by a few ministers and riding a horse from the Sindhu country,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

> 23. On one occasion, O great king, accompanied by a few attendants and courtiers and riding on a horse of the Sindhu breed (breed peculiar to the Sindhu country), he wandered through a forest on a hunting expedition.  
> — S. Subba Rau 1928, The Srimad Bhagavatam

### [9.1.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.9.1.24)

pragṛhya ruciraṃ cāpaṃ śarāṃśca paramādbhutān /  
daṃśito 'numṛgaṃ vīro jagāma diśamuttarām //

> taking up an exquisite bow and most wondrous arrows, / armored, the hero went toward the northern quarter in pursuit of game.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

> 24. Armed with a beautiful bow and very wonderful arrows, and with his armour on, the hero wandered towards the north in chasing (pursuing) (every) game (he caught sight of).  
> — S. Subba Rau 1928, The Srimad Bhagavatam

### [9.1.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.9.1.25)

sukumāravanaṃ meroradhastāt praviveśa ha /  
yatrāste bhagavān charvo ramamāṇaḥ sahomayā //

> He entered the Sukumāra forest at the foot of Mount Meru, / where the Lord Śarva resides, sporting with Umā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

> 25. The youthful prince entered a forest at the foot of the Meru, where the glorious god Rudra is sporting in the company of Uma (Parvati).  
> — S. Subba Rau 1928, The Srimad Bhagavatam

### [9.1.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.9.1.26)

tasmin praviṣṭa evāsau sudyumnaḥ paravīrahā /  
apaśyat striyamātmānamaśvaṃ ca vaḍavāṃ nṛpa //

> As soon as he entered there, that slayer of enemy heroes, Sudyumna, / saw himself become a woman, and his horse a mare, O king.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

> 26. The moment he entered it, O king, the victorious warrior Sudyumna found himself to have become a woman and his horse a mare.  
> — S. Subba Rau 1928, The Srimad Bhagavatam

### [9.1.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.9.1.27)

tathā tadanugāḥ sarve ātmaliṅgaviparyayam /  
dṛṣṭvā vimanaso 'bhūvan vīkṣamāṇāḥ parasparam //

> Likewise, all his followers, seeing the reversal of their gender, / became dejected, looking at one another.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

> 27. So also all his followers noticed a change of sex in their person; and, all troubled in mind, stared at one another.  
> — S. Subba Rau 1928, The Srimad Bhagavatam

### [9.1.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.9.1.28)

/0 śrīrājovāca  
kathamevaṃ guṇo deśaḥ kena vā bhagavan kṛtaḥ /  
praśnamenaṃ samācakṣva paraṃ kautūhalaṃ hi naḥ //

> The king said: / How did that place come to possess such a property, or by whom was it made so, O venerable one? / Explain this question to me, for our curiosity is great.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

> 28. The king said:— O venerable one, how did this locality come to possess this virtue? By whom was it made to be such? Be pleased to explain fully the subject of this query; for great is our curiosity.  
> — S. Subba Rau 1928, The Srimad Bhagavatam

### [9.1.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.9.1.29)

/0 śrīśuka uvāca  
ekadā giriśaṃ draṣṭumṛṣayastatra suvratāḥ /  
diśo vitimirābhāsāḥ kurvantaḥ samupāgaman //

> Śrī Śuka said: / Once, sages of noble vows came there to see the Lord of the Mountain, / making the quarters radiant and free from darkness.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

> 29. Sri Suka said:— On a certain occasion sages of great piety  
> — S. Subba Rau 1928, The Srimad Bhagavatam

> who (by their glory) dispelled darkness from all the directions came there to see god Siva.  
> — S. Subba Rau 1928, The Srimad Bhagavatam

### [9.1.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.9.1.30)

tān vilokyāmbikā devī vivāsā vrīḍitā bhṛśam /  
bharturaṅkāt samutthāya nīvīmāśv atha paryadhāt //

> Seeing them, the goddess Ambikā, being unclothed, was deeply embarrassed; / rising from her husband's lap, she quickly tied her waistcloth.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

> 30. Being sky-clad mother Parvati got very much ashamed when she saw them, and at once she rose from her lord's lap and put on her raiment.  
> — S. Subba Rau 1928, The Srimad Bhagavatam

### [9.1.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.9.1.31)

ṛṣayo 'pi tayorvīkṣya prasaṅgaṃ ramamāṇayoḥ /  
nivṛttāḥ prayayustasmān naranārāyaṇāśramam //

> The sages, too, seeing the couple engaged in lovemaking, / turned back and departed from there to the hermitage of Nara and Nārāyaṇa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

> 31. Observing the pair in that intimate relation in sex-love (in privacy) the sages turned back from that spot and sped thence to the hermitage of Narayana.  
> — S. Subba Rau 1928, The Srimad Bhagavatam

### [9.1.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.9.1.32)

tadidaṃ bhagavān āha priyāyāḥ priyakāmyayā /  
sthānaṃ yaḥ praviśedetat sa vai yoṣidbhavediti //

> Then the Lord said this, wishing to please his beloved: / "Whoever enters this place shall indeed become a woman!"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

> 32. 'Then for the gratification of his consort, the worshipful Siva ordained thus—'whoever enters this region shall be changed into a woman'.  
> — S. Subba Rau 1928, The Srimad Bhagavatam

### [9.1.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.9.1.33)

tata ūrdhvaṃ vanaṃ tadvai puruṣā varjayanti hi /  
sā cānucarasaṃyuktā vicacāra vanādvanam //

> From that time forth, men indeed avoid that forest; / and she, accompanied by her attendants, wandered from forest to forest.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

> 33. Since then indeed males avoid (going into) that forest. And she (Ila) with her followers wandered from forest to forest.  
> — S. Subba Rau 1928, The Srimad Bhagavatam

### [9.1.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.9.1.34)

atha tāmāśramābhyāśe carantīṃ pramadottamām /  
strībhiḥ parivṛtāṃ vīkṣya cakame bhagavān budhaḥ //

> Now, seeing her wandering near his hermitage—an exquisite woman / surrounded by women—the divine Budha desired her.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

> 34. Now noticing that excellent woman wandering with her maids in the vicinity of his hermitage the God Budha conceived a passion for her.  
> — S. Subba Rau 1928, The Srimad Bhagavatam

### [9.1.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.9.1.35)

sāpi taṃ cakame subhrūḥ somarājasutaṃ patim /  
sa tasyāṃ janayāmāsa purūravasamātmajam //

> She too, fair-browed, desired the son of King Soma as her husband; / he begot upon her a son, Purūravas.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

> 35. She also fell in love with (Budha), the son of king Soma (Moon) and took him for her husband, and by her he had a son called Pururavas.  
> — S. Subba Rau 1928, The Srimad Bhagavatam

### [9.1.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.9.1.36)

evaṃ strītvamanuprāptaḥ sudyumno mānavo nṛpaḥ /  
sasmāra sa kulācāryaṃ vasiṣṭhamiti śuśruma //

> Having thus attained womanhood, King Sudyumna, the son of Manu, / remembered the family preceptor Vasiṣṭha—so we have heard.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

> 36. We are told that, changed thus into a woman, Sudyumna, prince of Manu's race, remembered his family preceptor Vasishta.  
> — S. Subba Rau 1928, The Srimad Bhagavatam

### [9.1.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.9.1.37)

sa tasya tāṃ daśāṃ dṛṣṭvā kṛpayā bhṛśapīḍitaḥ /  
sudyumnasyāśayan puṃstvamupādhāvata śaṅkaram //

> Seeing that condition of his, deeply afflicted with compassion, / desiring manhood for Sudyumna, \[Vasiṣṭha\] took refuge in Śaṅkara.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

> 37. Vasishta saw him in that condition and, very much oppressed with pity and intending to again make him a male, approached God Siva.  
> — S. Subba Rau 1928, The Srimad Bhagavatam

### [9.1.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.9.1.38)

tuṣṭastasmai sa bhagavān ṛṣaye priyamāvahan /  
svāṃ ca vācamṛtāṃ kurvannidamāha viśāmpate //

> Pleased, the Lord brought joy to that sage, / and, making his own word true, spoke thus, O ruler of the people:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

> 38. The glorious Siva was pleased with him to grant his prayer and, also to make his word true, said, O king, as follows:—  
> — S. Subba Rau 1928, The Srimad Bhagavatam

### [9.1.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.9.1.39)

māsaṃ pumān sa bhavitā māsaṃ strī tava gotrajaḥ /  
itthaṃ vyavasthayā kāmaṃ sudyumno 'vatu medinīm //

> "For one month this scion of your family shall be a man, and for one month a woman; / under this arrangement, let Sudyumna rule the earth as he desires."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

> 39. Born of thy family, on this condition let Sudyumna freely protect the earth; a male he will be by turns for a month and a woman for the next.  
> — S. Subba Rau 1928, The Srimad Bhagavatam

### [9.1.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.9.1.40)

ācāryānugrahāt kāmaṃ labdhvā puṃstvaṃ vyavasthayā /  
pālayāmāsa jagatīṃ nābhyanandan sma taṃ prajāḥ //

> Having obtained manhood under this arrangement by the grace of his spiritual teacher, / he ruled the earth as he wished, but his subjects took no delight in him.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

> 40. Having through the preceptor's grace attained his desired object in a conditional manhood, he ruled his kingdom; but the subjects did not like him.  
> — S. Subba Rau 1928, The Srimad Bhagavatam

### [9.1.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.9.1.41)

tasyotkalo gayo rājan vimalaśca trayaḥ sutāḥ /  
dakṣiṇāpatharājāno babhūvurdharmavatsalāḥ //

> He had three sons, O king—Utkala, Gaya, and Vimala; / they became kings of the southern country, devoted to dharma.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

> 41. O king, he had three sons named Utkala, Gaya, and Vimala and they became very righteous rulers of southern countries.  
> — S. Subba Rau 1928, The Srimad Bhagavatam

### [9.1.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.9.1.42)

tataḥ pariṇate kāle pratiṣṭhānapatiḥ prabhuḥ /  
purūravasa utsṛjya gāṃ putrāya gato vanam //

> Then, when the time was ripe, the master, the lord of Pratiṣṭhāna, / having handed over the earth to his son Purūravas, went to the forest.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

> 42. Then in the fulness of time the Lord of Pratishthana handed over the kingdom to his son Pururavas and retired into the forest.  
> — S. Subba Rau 1928, The Srimad Bhagavatam

## Translations (2)

- [The Srimad Bhagavatam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata~en-subbarau.9.1.p2) — S. Subba Rau 1928, English
- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata~en-mt.9.1.1) — English, machine translation

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