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The Downfall of Saubhari Muni
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teṣāṁ svasāraḥ pañcāśat saubhariṁ vavrire patim
śaśabindoḥ —of a king known as Śaśabindu;  duhitari —unto the daughter;  bindumatyām —whose name was Bindumatī;  adhāt —begot;  nṛpaḥ —the King (Māndhātā);  purukutsam —Purukutsa;  ambarīṣam —Ambarīṣa;  mucukundam —Mucukunda;  ca —and;  yoginam —a highly elevated mystic;  teṣām —of them;  svasāraḥ —the sisters;  pañcāśat —fifty;  saubharim —unto the great sage Saubhari;  vavrire —accepted;  patim —as husband.
TRANSLATION
Māndhātā begot three sons in the womb of Bindumatī, the daughter of Śaśabindu. These sons were Purukutsa, Ambarīṣa, and Mucukunda, a great mystic yogī. These three brothers had fifty sisters, who all accepted the great sage Saubhari as their husband.
TEXTS 39-40
यमुनान्तर्जले मग्नस्तप्यमानः परं तपः । निर्वृतिं मीनराजस्य दृष्ट्वा मैथुनधर्मिणः ॥३९॥ जातस्पृहो नृपं विप्रः कन्यामेकामयाचत । सोऽप्याह गृह्यतां ब्रह्मन् कामं कन्या स्वयंवरे ॥४०॥
yamunāntar-jale magnas tapyamānaḥ paraṁ tapaḥ nirvṛtiṁ mīna-rājasya dṛṣṭvā maithuna-dharmiṇaḥ
jāta-spṛho nṛpaṁ vipraḥ kanyām ekām ayācata so 'py āha gṛhyatāṁ brahman kāmaṁ kanyā svayaṁvare
yamunā-antaḥ-jale —in the deep water of the River Yamunā;  magnaḥ —merged completely;  tapyamānaḥ —executing austerities;