śrī-bhagavān uvāca
āsan marīceḥ ṣaṭ putrā
ūrṇāyāḿ prathame 'ntare
devāḥ kaḿ jahasur vīkṣya
sutaḿ yabhitum udyatam
śrī-bhagavān uvāca — the Supreme Lord said; āsan — there were; marīceḥ — of Marīci; ṣaṭ — six; putrāḥ — sons; ūrṇāyām — born of Ūrṇā (his wife); prathame — in the first; antare — rule of Manu; devāḥ — demigods; kam — at Lord Brahmā; jahasuḥ — they laughed; vīkṣya — seeing; sutām — with his daughter (Sarasvatī); yabhitum — to copulate; udyatam — prepared.