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Chapter 1: King Sudyumna Becomes a Woman

Verse 14 of 38
SB 9.1.14

तत्र श्रद्धा मनोः पत्नी होतारं समयाचत दुहित्रर्थमुपागम्य प्रणिपत्य पयोव्रता

tatra śraddhā manoḥ patnī hotāraṁ samayācata duhitrartham upāgamya praṇipatya payovratā

Synonyms

tatrain that sacrifice; śraddhāŚraddhā; manoḥof Manu; patnīthe wife; hotāramto the priest performing the yajña; samayācatabegged properly; duhitṛ-arthamfor a daughter; upāgamyacoming near; praṇipatyaoffering obeisances; payaḥ-vratāwho 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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