Shloka 3
Adhyaya 63: Daksha’s Progeny, Kashyapa’s Offspring, and the Rishi-Vamshas that Sustain the Worlds
Devanagari script
यदा तु सृजतस्तस्य देवर्षिगणपन्नगान् न वृद्धिमगमल्लोकस् तदा मैथुनयोगतः
Transliteration
yadā tu sṛjatastasya devarṣigaṇapannagān na vṛddhimagamallokas tadā maithunayogataḥ
Translation
परंतु तो देव, देवर्षी, गण आणि पन्नग यांची निर्मिती करीत असतानाही लोकांची वाढ झाली नाही; तेव्हा त्याने मैथुनयोगाचा आश्रय घेतला।
Word by Word
yadāwhen
yadā:
tubut/indeed
tu:
sṛjataḥof (him) creating
sṛjataḥ:
tasyaof him/that one
tasya:
devarṣidivine sages
devarṣi:
gaṇahosts/groups
gaṇa:
pannagānserpents (Nāgas)
pannagān:
nanot
na:
vṛddhimgrowth/increase
vṛddhim:
agamātattained/went to
agamāt:
lokaḥthe world(s)/creation
lokaḥ:
tadāthen
tadā:
maithunasexual union/procreative conjunction
maithuna:
yogataḥby means of yoga/discipline/method
yogataḥ:
Speaker
Suta Goswami (narrating the Purāṇic account to the sages of Naimiṣāraṇya, with the inner narrative centered on Brahmā’s creation)