Text 40] The Dynasty of Arnsuman 33

with the King’s permission, the great saint Vasistha begot a child
in the womb of Madayanti.

TEXT 39

al a aq aa waaay Sa |
AHSAN TEA: ASAE BLA 11321

sd vai sapta sama garbham
abibhran na vyajayata

Jaghne ’smanodaram tasyah
so ’smakas tena kathyate

sd—she, Queen Madayanti; vai—indeed; sapta—seven; samah—
years; garbham—the child within the womb; abibhrat—continued to
bear; na—not; vyajayata—gave delivery; jaghne—struck; asmanad—
by a stone; udaram—abdomen; tasyah—of her; sah—a son;
asmakah—by the name Asmaka; tena—because of this; kathyate—was
called.

TRANSLATION

Madayanti bore the child within the womb for seven years and
did not give birth. Therefore Vasistha struck her abdomen with a
stone, and then the child was born. Consequently, the child was
known as Asmaka [“‘the child born of a stone”’}.

TEXT 40
wapaton sa 7: SR: Teaa: |
aaa FI fat qaniswaq |voll
asmakad baliko jajrie
yah stribhih pariraksitah

nari-kavaca ity ukto
nihksatre milako *bhavat

asmakat—from that son named Asmaka; bélikah—a son named
Balika; jajrie—was born; yah—this child Balika; stribhih—by women;
