Text 9]
The Descendants of Ajamīḍha
153
anyasyām api bhāryāyām śakale dve bṛhadrathāt ye mātrā bahir utsṛṣṭe jarayā cābhisandhite jīva jīveti krīḍantyā jarāsandho 'bhavat sutaḥ
anyasyām—in another; api—also; bhāryāyām—wife; śakale—parts; dve—two; bṛhadrathāt—from Bṛhadratha; ye—which two parts; mātrā—by the mother; bahiḥ utsṛṣṭe—because of rejection; jarayā—by the demoness named Jarā; ca—and; abhisandhite—when they were joined together; jīva jīva iti—O living entity, be alive; krīḍantyā—playing like that; jarāsandhaḥ—Jarāsandha; abhavat—was generated; sutaḥ—a son.
TRANSLATION
Through the womb of another wife, Bṛhadratha begot two halves of a son. When the mother saw those two halves she rejected them, but later a she-demon named Jarā playfully joined them and said, “Come to life, come to life!” Thus the son named Jarāsandha was born.
TEXT 9
ततश्च सहदेवोऽभूत् सोमापिर्यच्छ्रुतश्रवाः । परीक्षिरनपत्योऽभूत् सुरथो नाम जाह्नवः ॥ ९ ॥
tataś ca sahadevo 'bhūt somāpir yac chrutaśravāḥ parīkṣir anapatyo 'bhūt suratho nāma jāhnavaḥ
tataḥ ca—and from him (Jarāsandha); sahadevaḥ—Sahadeva; abhūt—was born; somāpiḥ—Somāpi; yat—of him (Somāpi); śrutaśravāḥ—a son named Śrutaśravā; parīkṣiḥ—the son of Kuru named Parīkṣi; anapatyaḥ—without any son; abhūt—became; surathaḥ—Suratha; nāma—named; jāhnavaḥ—was the son of Jahnu.