अश्मकाद्बालिको जज्ञे य: स्त्रीभि: परिरक्षित: । नारीकवच इत्युक्तो नि:क्षत्रे मूलकोऽभवत् ॥ ४० ॥
asmakad baliko jajne yah stribhih pariraksitah nari-kavaca ity ukto nihksatre mulako ’bhavat
- asmakat
- from that son named Asmaka
- balikah
- a son named Balika
- jajne
- was born
- yah
- this child Balika
- stribhih
- by women
- pariraksitah
- was protected
- nari-kavacah
- having a shield of women
- iti uktah
- was known as such
- nihksatre
- when there were no ksatriyas (all ksatriyas having been vanquished by Parasurama)
- mulakah
- Mulaka, the progenitor of the ksatriyas
- abhavat
- he became.
From Asmaka, Balika took birth. Because Balika was surrounded by women and was therefore saved from the anger of Parasurama, he was known as Narikavaca (one who is protected by wome). When Parasurama vanquished all the ksatriyas, Balika became the progenitor of more ksatriyas. Therefore he was known as Mulaka, the root of the ksatriya dynasty.