224 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 9, Ch. 24

because she was still unmarried. To keep her virginity undisturbed, the
sun-god arranged to give her a child that came from her ear, and
therefore the child was known as Karna. The custom is that a girl should
be married aksata-yoni, that is, with her virginity undisturbed. A girl
should never bear a child before her marriage.

TEXT 35

aft teat a ara wey at fea Ta: |
Tea: FAR: Aa fAety wT ATER HAUL

iti tasyam sa ddhaya
garbham siryo divam gatah
sadyah kumarah sanijajrie

dvitiya iva bhaskarah

iti—in this way; tasyém—unto her (Prtha); sah—he (the sun-god);
ddhéya—discharging semen; garbham—pregnancy; siiryah—the sun-
god; divam—in the celestial planets; gatah—returned; sadyah—im-
mediately; kumdrah—a child; safijajrie—was born; dvitiyah—second;

iva—like; bhaskarah—the sun-god.

TRANSLATION

After saying this, the sun-god discharged his semen into the
womb of Prtha and then returned to the celestial kingdom. Im-
mediately thereafter, from Kunti a child was born, who was like a
second sun-god.

TEXT 36

ad araaradina seeretee fread |
afiameengate wed acta: 11241

tam satyajan nadi-toye
krechral lokasya bibhyati

prapitamahas tam uvaha
pandur vai satya-vikramah
