Text 9] The Descendants of Ajamidha 153

anyasyam api bharyayam
Sakale dve brhadrathat

ye matra bahir utsrste
Jaraya cabhisandhite

Jiva jiveti kridantya
Jardsandho *bhavat sutah

anyasyam—in another; api—also; bharyayam—wife; sakale—
parts; dve—two; brhadrathat—from Brhadratha; ye—which two parts;
matra—by the mother; bahih utsrste—because of rejection; jaraya—by
the demoness named Jara; ca—and; abhisandhite—when they were
joined together; jiva jiva iti—O living entity, be alive; kridantya —play-
ing like that; jardsandhah—Jarasandha; abhavat—was generated;
sutah—a son.

TRANSLATION

Through the womb of another wife, Brhadratha begot two
halves of a son. When the mother saw those two halves she rejected
them, but later a she-demon named Jara playfully joined them and
said, ‘‘Come to life, come to life!’ Thus the son named Jarasandha
was born.

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tatas ca sahadevo ’bhit

somapir yac chrutasravah
pariksir anapatyo “bhit
suratho nama jahnavah

tatah ca—and from him (Jardsandha); sahadevah—Sahadeva;
abhit—was born; somapih—Somapi; yat—of him (Somapi);
Srutasravah—a son named Srutasrava; pariksih—the son of Kuru named
Pariksi; anapatyah—without any son; abhit—became; surathah—
Suratha; ndma—named; jahnavah—was the son of Jahnu.
