Srimad Bhagavatam. Canto 9: Liberation

Chapter 20: The Dynasty of Puru. Text 17

अमोघवीर्यो राजर्षिर्महिष्यां वीर्यमादधे ।
श्वोभूते स्वपुरं यातः कालेनासूत सा सुतम् ॥१७॥

amogha-vÄ«ryo rÄjará¹£ir
mahiá¹£yÄá¹ vÄ«ryam Ädadhe
Å›vo-bhÅ«te sva-puraá¹ yÄtaḥ
kÄlenÄsÅ«ta sÄ sutam

 amogha-vÄ«ryaḥ - a person who discharges semen without being baffled, or, in other words, who must beget a child; rÄja-ṛṣiḥ - the saintly King Duá¹£manta; mahiá¹£yÄm - into the Queen, ÅšakuntalÄ (after her marriage, ÅšakuntalÄ became the Queen); vÄ«ryam - semen; Ädadhe - placed; Å›vaḥ-bhÅ«te - in the morning; sva-puram - to his own place; yÄtaḥ - returned; kÄlena - in due course of time; asÅ«ta - gave birth; sÄ - she (ÅšakuntalÄ); sutam - to a son.


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King Duá¹£manta, who never discharged semen without a result, placed his semen at night in the womb of his Queen, ÅšakuntalÄ, and in the morning he returned to his palace. Thereafter, in due course of time, ÅšakuntalÄ gave birth to a son.

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