Shloka 23

अविद्या-पञ्चक, नवसर्ग-क्रमः, प्रजापति-प्रसवः

Vibhaga 1, Adhyaya 5

Devanagari script

श्रद्धाद्याश्चैव कीर्त्यन्तास् त्रयोदश सुदारिकाः धर्मं प्रजापतिं जग्मुः पतिं परमदुर्लभाः

Transliteration

śraddhādyāścaiva kīrtyantās trayodaśa sudārikāḥ dharmaṃ prajāpatiṃ jagmuḥ patiṃ paramadurlabhāḥ

Translation

シュラッダーに始まりキールティに終わる十三人の気高き乙女たちは、プラジャーパティたるダルマのもとへ赴き、得難き至上の主（パティ）として彼を得た。

Word by Word

• श्रद्धाद्याः: beginning with Śraddhā (Faith)

• च एव: and indeed

• कीर्त्यन्ताः: ending with Kīrti (Fame/Glory)

• त्रयोदश: thirteen

• सुदारिकाः: virtuous maidens/noble daughters

• धर्मम्: Dharma

• प्रजापतिम्: Prajāpati (progenitor/lord of creatures)

• जग्मुः: went/approached

• पतिम्: husband/lord (pati)

• परमदुर्लभाः: exceedingly difficult to obtain (supremely rare).

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Purva-Bhaga genealogy and virtue-cosmology to the sages of Naimisharanya)