श्रीशुक उवाच नाभिरपत्यकामोऽप्रजया मेरुदेव्या भगवन्तं यज्ञपुरुषमवहितात्मायजत ॥ १ ॥
sri-suka uvaca nabhir apatya-kamo ’prajaya merudevya bhagavantam yajna-purusam avahitatmayajata.
- sri-sukah uvaca
- Sukadeva Gosvami said
- nabhih
- the son of Maharaja Agnidhra
- apatya-kamah
- desiring to have sons
- aprajaya
- who had not given birth to any children
- merudevya
- with Merudevi
- bhagavantam
- the Supreme Personality of Godhead
- yajna-purusam
- Lord Visnu, the master and enjoyer of all performances of sacrifice
- avahita-atma
- with great attention
- ayajata
- offered prayers and worshiped.
Sukadeva Gosvami continued to speak: Maharaja Nabhi, the son of Agnidhra, wished to have sons, and therefore he attentively began to offer prayers and worship the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Visnu, the master and enjoyer of all sacrifices. Maharaja Nabhi’s wife, Merudevi, who had not given birth to any children at that time, also worshiped Lord Visnu along with her husband.