सरस्वती स्त्रियं गौरीं कृष्णं च पुरुषं नृप। जनयामास नामानि तयोरपि वदामि ते ॥ २३ ॥
sarasvatī striyaṁ gaurīṁ kṛṣṇaṁ ca puruṣaṁ nṛpa | janayāmāsa nāmāni tayōrapi vadāmi tē || 23 ||
Translation
Sarasvatī, O king, brought forth a fair woman and a dark man; I shall tell you their names too.
Word by word
- sarasvatī
- Sarasvatī
- striyam
- a woman
- gaurīm
- fair
- kṛṣṇam
- dark
- ca
- and
- puruṣam
- a man
- nṛpa
- O king
- janayāmāsa
- brought forth
- nāmāni
- names
- tayōḥ api
- of these two too
- vadāmi tē
- I shall tell you
Meaning
From Sarasvatī, of sattva, come Viṣṇu and a goddess.