Srimad Bhagavatam 9.1.37-39

[makarand]

TEXT 37

sa tasya tāṁ daśāṁ dṛṣṭvā

kṛpayā bhṛśa-pīḍitaḥ

sudyumnasyāśayan puṁstvam

upādhāvata śaṅkaram

SYNONYMS

saḥ—he, Vasiṣṭha; tasya—of Sudyumna; tām—that; daśām—condition; dṛṣṭvā—seeing; kṛpayā—out of mercy; bhṛśa-pīḍitaḥ—being very much aggrieved; sudyumnasya—of Sudyumna; āśayan—desiring; puṁstvam—the maleness; upādhāvata—began to worship; śaṅkaram—Lord Śiva.

TRANSLATION

Upon seeing Sudyumna’s deplorable condition, Vasiṣṭha was very much aggrieved. Desiring for Sudyumna to regain his maleness, Vasiṣṭha again began to worship Lord Śaṅkara [Śiva].

TEXTS 38–39

tuṣṭas tasmai sa bhagavān

ṛṣaye priyam āvahan

svāṁ ca vācam ṛtāṁ kurvann

idam āha viśāmpate

māsaṁ pumān sa bhavitā

māsaṁ strī tava gotrajaḥ

itthaṁ vyavasthayā kāmaṁ

sudyumno ’vatu medinīm

SYNONYMS

tuṣṭaḥ—being pleased; tasmai—unto Vasiṣṭha; saḥ—he (Lord Śiva); bhagavān—the most powerful; ṛṣaye—unto the great sage; priyam āvahan—just to please him; svām ca—his own; vācam—word; ṛtām—true; kurvan—and keeping; idam—this; āha—said; viśāmpate—O King Parīkṣit; māsam—one month; pumān—male; saḥ—Sudyumna; bhavitā—will become; māsam—an other month; strī—female; tava—your; gotra-jaḥ—disciple born in your disciplic succession; ittham—in this way; vyavasthayā—by settlement; kāmam—according to desire; sudyumnaḥ—King Sudyumna; avatu—may rule; medinīm—the world.

TRANSLATION

O King Parīkṣit, Lord Śiva was pleased with Vasiṣṭha. Therefore, to satisfy him and to keep his own word to Pārvatī, Lord Śiva said to that saintly person, “Your disciple Sudyumna may remain a male for one month and a female for the next. In this way he may rule the world as he likes.”