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SB 9.1.40

Devanāgarī

आचार्यानुग्रहात् कामं लब्ध्वा पुंस्त्वं व्यवस्थया । पालयामास जगतीं नाभ्यनन्दन् स्म तं प्रजा: ॥ ४० ॥

Text

ācāryānugrahāt kāmaṁ labdhvā puṁstvaṁ vyavasthayā pālayām āsa jagatīṁ nābhyanandan sma taṁ prajāḥ

Synonyms

ācārya-anugrahāt—by the mercy of the spiritual master;kāmam—desired;labdhvā—having achieved;puṁstvam—maleness;vyavasthayā—by this settlement of Lord Śiva;pālayāmāsa—he ruled;jagatīm—the whole world;naabhyanandansma—were not satisfied with;tam—to the king;prajāḥ—the citizens.

Translation

Thus being favored by the spiritual master, according to the words of Lord Śiva, Sudyumna regained his desired maleness every alternate month and in this way ruled the kingdom, although the citizens were not satisfied with this.

Purport

The citizens could understand that the king was transformed into a female every alternate month and therefore could not discharge his royal duty. Consequently they were not very satisfied.
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