Text 39]
King Sudyumna Becomes a Woman
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TRANSLATION
I heard from reliable sources that King Sudyumna, the son of Manu, having thus achieved femininity, remembered his familial spiritual master, Vasiṣṭha.
TEXT 37
स तस्य तां दशां दृष्ट्वा कृपया भृशपीडितः ।
सुधुम्नस्याशयन् पुंस्त्वमुपाधावत शङ्करम् ॥३७॥
sa tasya tām daśām drṣṭvā
kṛpayā bhṛśa-pīḍitaḥ
sudyumnasyāśayan puṁstvam
upādhāvata śaṅkaram
saḥ —he, Vasiṣṭha;  tasya —of Sudyumna;  tām —that;  daśām —condition;  drṣṭvā —seeing;  kṛpayā —out of mercy;  bhṛśa-pīḍitaḥ —being very much aggrieved;  sudyumnasya —of Sudyumna;  āśayan —desiring;  puṁstvam —the maleness;  upādhāvata —began to worship;  śaṅkaram —Lord Śiva.
TRANSLATION
Upon seeing Sudyumna's deplorable condition, Vasiṣṭha was very much aggrieved. Desiring for Sudyumna to regain his maleness, Vasiṣṭha again began to worship Lord Śaṅkara [Śiva].
TEXTS 38–39
तुष्टस्तस्मै स भगवानृषये प्रियमावहन् ।
स्वां च वाचमृतां कुर्वन्निदमाह विशांपते ॥३८॥
मासं पुमान् स भविता मासं स्त्री तव गोत्रजः ।
इत्थं व्यवस्थया कामं सुधुम्नोऽवतु मेदिनीम् ॥३९॥
tuṣṭas tasmai sa bhagavān
ṛṣaye priyam āvahan
svām ca vācam ṛtām kurvann
idam āha viśāmpate