CHAPTER FIFTEEN
King Pṛthu's Appearance and Coronation
TEXT 1
मैत्रेय उवाच
अथ तस्य पुनर्विप्रैरपुत्रस्य महीपतेः । बाहुभ्यां मध्यमानाभ्यां मिथुनं समपद्यत ॥ १ ॥
maitreya uvāca atha tasya punar viprair aputrasya mahīpateḥ bāhubhyām mathyamānābhyām mithunam samapadyata
maitreyaḥ uvāca —Maitreya continued to speak;  atha —thus;  tasya —his;  punaḥ —again;  vipraiḥ —by the  brāhmaṇas ;  aputrasya —without a son;  mahīpateḥ —of the King;  bāhubhyām —from the arms;  mathyamānābhyām —being churned;  mithunam —a couple;  samapadyata —took birth.
TRANSLATION
The great sage Maitreya continued: My dear Vidura, thus the  brāhmaṇas  and the great sages churned the two arms of King Vena's dead body. As a result a male and female couple came out of his arms.
TEXT 2
तद् दृष्ट्वा मिथुनं जातमृषयो ब्रह्मवादिनः । ऊचुः परमसन्तुष्टा विदित्वा भगवत्कलाम् ॥ २ ॥
tad dṛṣṭvā mithunam jātam ṛṣayo brahma-vādinaḥ
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