SB 9.15.8 · Srimad Bhagavatam

Devanagari

स ऋषि: प्रार्थित: पत्‍न्या श्वश्र्वा चापत्यकाम्यया ।

श्रपयित्वोभयैर्मन्त्रैश्चरुं स्‍नातुं गतो मुनि: ॥ ८ ॥

Verse text

sa ṛṣiḥ prārthitaḥ patnyā

śvaśrvā cāpatya-kāmyayā

śrapayitvobhayair mantraiś

caruṁ snātuṁ gato muniḥ

Synonyms

saḥ — he (Ṛcīka) ; ṛṣiḥ — the great saint ; prārthitaḥ — being requested ; patnyā — by his wife ; śvaśrvā — by his mother-in-law ; ca — also ; apatya-kāmyayā — desiring a son ; śrapayitvā — after cooking ; ubhayaiḥ — both ; mantraiḥ — by chanting particular mantras ; carum — a preparation for offering in a sacrifice ; snātum — to bathe ; gataḥ — went out ; muniḥ — the great sage.

Translation

Thereafter, Ṛcīka Muni’s wife and mother-in-law, each desiring a son, requested the Muni to prepare an oblation. Thus Ṛcīka Muni prepared one oblation for his wife with a brāhmaṇa mantra and another for his mother-in-law with a kṣatriya mantra. Then he went out to bathe.

Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)

Thereafter, Ṛcīka's wife and mother-in-law both desired a son. He cooked sacrificial rice with mantras for both, and went to bath. He cooked rice for his wife with brāhmaṇa mantras and rice with kṣatriya mantras for his mother-in-law.