Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam

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<< VERSE 47 >>

śrī-bhagavān uvāca
āsan marīceḥ ṣaṭ putrā
ūrṇāyāṁ prathame ’ntare
devāḥ kaṁ jahasur vīkṣya
sutaṁ yabhitum udyatam

WORD BY WORD



TRANSLATION

The Supreme Lord said: During the age of the first Manu, the sage Marīci had six sons by his wife Ūrnā. They were all exalted demigods, but once they laughed at Lord Brahmā when they saw him preparing to have sex with his own daughter.

PURPORT

This verse has not purport by His Holiness Hṛdayānanda dās Gosvāmi, initiated disciple of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Svāmī Prabhupāda.



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