Srimad Bhagavatam 9.1.35-36

[makarand]

TEXT 35

sāpi taṁ cakame subhrūḥ

somarāja-sutaṁ patim

sa tasyāṁ janayām āsa

purūravasam ātmajam

SYNONYMS

sā—Sudyumna, transformed into a woman; api—also; tam—unto him (Budha); cakame—desired sex; su-bhrūḥ—very beautiful; somarāja-sutam—unto the son of the king of the moon; patim—as her husband; saḥ—he (Budha); tasyām—in her womb; janayām āsa—begot; purūravasam—named Purūravā; ātma-jam—a son.

TRANSLATION

The beautiful woman also desired to accept Budha, the son of the king of the moon, as her husband. Thus Budha begot in her womb a son named Purūravā.

TEXT 36

evaṁ strītvam anuprāptaḥ

sudyumno mānavo nṛpaḥ

sasmāra sa kulācāryaṁ

vasiṣṭham iti śuśruma

SYNONYMS

evam—in this way; strītvam—femininity; anuprāptaḥ—having achieved in that way; sudyumnaḥ—the male named Sudyumna; mānavaḥ—the son of Manu; nṛpaḥ—the king; sasmāra—remembered; saḥ—he; kula-ācāryam—the familial spiritual master; vasiṣṭham—the most powerful Vasiṣṭha; iti śuśruma—I have heard it (from reliable sources).

TRANSLATION

I heard from reliable sources that King Sudyumna, the son of Manu, having thus achieved femininity, remembered his familial spiritual master, Vasiṣṭha.