Srimad Bhagavatam 9.1.19-21

[makarand]

TEXT 19

niśamya tad vacas tasya

bhagavān prapitāmahaḥ

hotur vyatikramaṁ jñātvā

babhāṣe ravi-nandanam

SYNONYMS

niśamya—after hearing; tat vacaḥ—those words; tasya—of him (Manu); bhagavān—the most powerful; prapitāmahaḥ—the great-grandfather Vasiṣṭha; hotuḥ vyatikramam—discrepancy on the part of the hotā priest; jñātvā—understanding; babhāṣe—spoke; ravi-nandanam—unto Vaivasvata Manu, son of the sun-god.

TRANSLATION

The most powerful great-grandfather Vasiṣṭha, after hearing these words of Manu, understood the discrepancy on the part of the priest. Thus he spoke as follows to the son of the sun-god.

TEXT 20

etat saṅkalpa-vaiṣamyaṁ

hotus te vyabhicārataḥ

tathāpi sādhayiṣye te

suprajāstvaṁ sva-tejasā

SYNONYMS

etat—this; saṅkalpa-vaiṣamyam—discrepancy in the objective; hotuḥ—of the priest; te—your; vyabhicārataḥ—from deviating from the prescribed purpose; tathā api—still; sādhayiṣye—I shall execute; te—for you; su-prajāstvam—a very nice son; sva-tejasā—by my own prowess.

TRANSLATION

This discrepancy in the objective is due to your priest’s deviation from the original purpose. However, by my own prowess I shall give you a good son.

TEXT 21

evaṁ vyavasito rājan

bhagavān sa mahā-yaśāḥ

astauṣīd ādi-puruṣam

ilāyāḥ puṁstva-kāmyayā

SYNONYMS

evam—thus; vyavasitaḥ—deciding; rājan—O King Parīkṣit; bhagavān—the most powerful; saḥ—Vasiṣṭha; mahā-yaśāḥ—very famous; astauṣīt—offered prayers; ādi-puruṣam—unto the Supreme Person, Lord Viṣṇu; ilāyāḥ—of Ilā; puṁstva-kāmyayā—for the transformation into a male.

TRANSLATION

Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: O King Parīkṣit, after the most famous and powerful Vasiṣṭha made this decision, he offered prayers to the Supreme Person, Viṣṇu, to transform Ilā into a male.