तस्य सत्यधृतिः पुत्रो धनुर्वेदविशारदः शरद्वांस्तत्सुतो यस्मादुर्वशीदर्शनात्किल शरस्तम्बे ऽपतद्रेतो मिथुनं तदभूच्छुभम्
tasya satyadhṛtiḥ putro dhanur-veda-viśāradaḥ śaradvāṁs tat-suto yasmād urvaśī-darśanāt kila śara-stambe 'patad reto mithunaṁ tad abhūc chubham
Synonyms
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.