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The Dynasty of Aṁśumān
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with the King's permission, the great saint Vasiṣṭha begot a child in the womb of Madayanti.
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सा वै सप्त समा गर्भमविभ्रन् व्यजायत । जघ्नेऽभ्मनोदरं तस्याः सोऽभ्मकस्तेन कथ्यते ॥३९॥
sā vai sapta samā garbham abibhran na vyajāyata jaghne 'śmanodaram tasyāḥ so 'śmakas tena kathyate
sā —she, Queen Madayanti;  vai —indeed;  sapta —seven;  samāḥ —years;  garbham —the child within the womb;  abibhrat —continued to bear;  na —not;  vyajāyata —gave delivery;  jaghne —struck;  aśmanā —by a stone;  udaram —abdomen;  tasyāḥ —of her;  saḥ —a son;  aśmakaḥ —by the name Aśmaka;  tena —because of this;  kathyate —was called.
TRANSLATION
Madayanti bore the child within the womb for seven years and did not give birth. Therefore Vasiṣṭha struck her abdomen with a stone, and then the child was born. Consequently, the child was known as Aśmaka [“the child born of a stone”].
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अभ्मकाद्धात्तिको जज्ञे यः स्त्रीभिः परिरक्षितः । नारीकवच इत्युक्तो निःक्षत्रे मूलकोऽभवत् ॥४०॥
aśmakād bāliko jajñe yaḥ stribhiḥ parirakṣitaḥ nārī-kavaca ity ukto niḥkṣatre mūlako 'bhavat
aśmakāt —from that son named Aśmaka;  bālikaḥ —a son named Bālika;  jajñe —was born;  yaḥ —this child Bālika;  stribhiḥ —by women;