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 Tat a area mnt eat 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
Ff ATATHATAT FePTETTS AT |
mframeeraate Tet ae TRR: 112411
tam satyajan nadi-toye
krechral lokasya bibhyati
prapitamahas tam uvaha
pandur vai satya-vikramah
