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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 6, Ch. 18]
TRANSLATION
Upon seeing Urvaśī, the celestial society girl, both Mitra and Varuṇa discharged semen, which they preserved in an earthen pot. The two sons Agastya and Vasiṣṭha later appeared from that pot, and they are therefore the common sons of Mitra and Varuṇa. Mitra begot three sons in the womb of his wife, whose name was Revati. Their names were Utsarga, Ariṣṭa and Pippala.
PURPORT
Modern science is trying to generate living entities in test tubes by processing semen, but even long, long ago it was possible for semen kept in a pot to develop into a child.
TEXT 7
पौलोम्यामिन्द्र आधत्त त्रीन् पुत्रानिति नः श्रुतम् । जयन्तमृषभं तात तृतीयं मीढुषं प्रभुः ॥ ७ ॥
paulomyām indra ādhatta trīn putrān iti naḥ śrutam jayantam ṛṣabham tāta tṛtīyam mīḍhuṣam prabhuḥ
paulomyām—in Paulomī (Śacīdevī); indraḥ—Indra; ādhatta—begot; trīn—three; putrān—sons; iti—thus; naḥ—by us; śrutam—heard; jayantam—Jayanta; ṛṣabham—Rṣabha; tāta—my dear King; tṛtīyam—third; mīḍhuṣam—Mīḍhuṣa; prabhuḥ—the lord.
TRANSLATION
O King Parikṣit, Indra, the King of the heavenly planets and eleventh son of Aditi, begot three sons, named Jayanta, Rṣabha and Mīḍhuṣa, in the womb of his wife, Paulomī. Thus we have heard.
TEXT 8
उरुक्रमस्य देवस्य मायावामनरूपिणः । कीर्तौ पत्न्यां बृहच्छ्लोकस्तस्यासन् सौभगादयः ॥८॥