Text 41] King Sudyumna Becomes a Woman 27

TEXT 40

ATAPI HM aoa Gea STTEAT |
THT Ta ARTA A FAI Noll

Gcarydnugrahat kamam
labdhva pumstvam vyavasthaya
palayam asa jagatimn
nabhyanandan sma tam prajah

acdrya-anugrahat—by the mercy of the spiritual master; kamam—
desired; labdhva—having achieved; purstvam—maleness; vya-
vasthayé—by this settlement of Lord Siva; palayam dsa—he ruled;
Jagatim—the whole world; na abhyanandan sma—were not satisfied
with; tam—to the king; prajah—the citizens.

TRANSLATION
Thus being favored by the spiritual master, according to the
words of Lord Siva, Sudyumna regained his desired maleness
every alternate month and in this way ruled the kingdom, al-
though the citizens were not satisfied with this.

PURPORT

The citizens could understand that the king was transformed into a
female every alternate month and therefore could not discharge his royal
duty. Consequently they were not very satisfied.

TEXT 41

TAKA TM THT fsa TT: TA: |
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tasyotkalo gayo rajan
vimalas ca trayah sutah

daksind-patha-rajano
babhivur dharma-vatsalah
