श्रीभगवानुवाच आसन्मरीचे: षट् पुत्रा ऊर्णायां प्रथमेऽन्तरे । देवा: कं जहसुर्वीक्ष्य सुतं यभितुमुद्यतम् ॥ ४७ ॥
śrī-bhagavān uvāca āsan marīceḥ ṣaṭ putrā ūrṇāyāṁ prathame ’ntare devāḥ kaṁ jahasur vīkṣya sutaṁ 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
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.