गर्भं काल उपावृत्ते कुमारं सुषुवेऽप्रजा ॥३८॥
sÄ tat puá¹-savanaá¹ rÄjñī
prÄÅ›ya vai patyur Ädadhe
garbhaá¹ kÄla upÄvá¹›tte
kumÄraá¹ suá¹£uve 'prajÄ
sÄ - she; tat - that food; pum-savanam - which produces a male child; rÄjñī - the Queen; prÄÅ›ya - eating; vai - indeed; patyuḥ - from the husband; Ädadhe - conceived; garbham - pregnancy; kÄle - when the due time; upÄvá¹›tte - appeared; kumÄram - a son; suá¹£uve - gave birth to; aprajÄ - having no son.
Although the Queen had no son, after eating that food, which had the power to produce a male child, she became pregnant by her husband, and in due course of time she gave birth to a son.
Among the ten kinds of purificatory processes, one is puá¹-savanam, in which the wife is offered some prasÄda, or remnants of foodstuff offered to Lord Viṣṇu, so that after sexual intercourse with her husband she may conceive a child.
