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ŚB 10.85.47

Devanagari

श्रीभगवानुवाच
आसन्मरीचे: षट् पुत्रा ऊर्णायां प्रथमेऽन्तरे ।
देवा: कं जहसुर्वीक्ष्य सुतं यभितुमुद्यतम् ॥ ४७ ॥

Text

śrī-bhagavān uvāca
āsan marīceḥ ṣaṭ putrā
ūrṇāyāṁ prathame ’ntare
devāḥ kaṁ jahasur vīkṣya
sutaṁ yabhitum udyatam

Synonyms

śrī-bhagavān uvāca — the Supreme Lord said; āsan — there were; marīceḥ — of Marīci; ṣaṭ — six; putrāḥ — sons; ūrṇāyām — born of Ūrṇā (his wife); prathame — in the first; antare — rule of Manu; devāḥ — demigods; kam — at Lord Brahmā; jahasuḥ — they laughed; vīkṣya — seeing; sutām — with his daughter (Sarasvatī); yabhitum — to copulate; udyatam — prepared.

Translation

The Supreme Lord said: During the age of the first Manu, the sage Marīci had six sons by his wife Ūrnā. They were all exalted demigods, but once they laughed at Lord Brahmā when they saw him preparing to have sex with his own daughter.