अप्रजस्य मनो: पूर्वं वसिष्ठो भगवान् किल । मित्रावरुणयोरिष्टिं प्रजार्थमकरोद् विभु: ॥ १३ ॥
aprajasya manoh purvam vasistho bhagavan kila mitra-varunayor istim prajartham akarod vibhuh
- aprajasya
- of he who had no son
- manoh
- of Manu
- purvam
- formerly
- vasisthah
- the great saint Vasistha
- bhagavan
- powerful
- kila
- indeed
- mitra-varunayoh
- of the demigods named Mitra and Varuna
- istim
- a sacrifice
- praja-artham
- for the sake of getting sons
- akarot
- executed
- vibhuh
- the great person.
Manu at first had no sons. Therefore, in order to get a son for him, the great saint Vasistha, who was very powerful in spiritual knowledge, performed a sacrifice to satisfy the demigods Mitra and Varuna.