218 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 9, Ch. 15
Srapayitvobhayair mantrais
carum snatum gato munih

sah—he (Rcika); rsih—the great saint; prarthitah—being requested;
patnya —by his wife; svasrvd —by his mother-in-law; ca—also; apatya-
kamyaya —desiring a son; Srapayitva —after cooking; ubhayaih—both;
mantraih—by chanting particular mantras; carum—a preparation for
offering in a sacrifice; sndtum—to bathe; gatah—went out; munih—the
great sage.

TRANSLATION

Thereafter, Rcika Muni’s wife and mother-in-law, each desiring
a son, requested the Muni to prepare an oblation. Thus Reika Muni
prepared one oblation for his wife with a brahmana mantra and
another for his mother-in-law with a ksatriya mantra. Then he
went out to bathe.

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TAA ATA AA AAG TAPIA Tat |
AG AA TATA Ad BAZ II 3 II
tavat satyavati matra
sva-carum yacita sati
Srestharh matvd taydyacchan
matre matur adat svayam

tavat—in the meantime; satyavati—Satyavati, the wife of Rcika;
matra—by her mother; sva-carum—the oblation meant for herself
(Satyavati); ydcité—asked to give; sati—being; srestham—better;
matva—thinking; taya—by her; ayacchat—delivered; mdtre—to her
mother; matuh—of the mother; adat—ate; svayam—personally.

TRANSLATION

Meanwhile, because Satyavati’s mother thought that the oblation
prepared for her daughter, Reika’s wife, must be better, she asked
her daughter for that oblation. Satyavati therefore gave her own
oblation to her mother and ate her mother’s oblation herself.
