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
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a a aa aml TaRR STAT |
HASHANGE TA: ASAT RAT 133
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
HRA TH Tat Ts AAA: THAT
LN iN
aaa reat Peat qaRtstITq 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;
