Rigveda 10.086.23
Rigveda · Mandala 10, Sukta 86 · Verse 10.86.23
Vedic Classification
Sanskrit Original
पर्शु॑र्ह॒ नाम॑ मान॒वी सा॒कं स॑सूव विंश॒तिम् । भ॒द्रं भ॑ल॒ त्यस्या॑ अभू॒द्यस्या॑ उ॒दर॒माम॑य॒द्विश्व॑स्मा॒दिन्द्र॒ उत्त॑रः
parśurha nāma mānavī sākaṃ sasūva viṃśatim bhadraṃ bhala tyasyā abhūdyasyā udaramāmayadviśvasmādindra uttaraḥ
Named Parśuṛha, the woman gave twenty sons together; auspicious was the prosperity of her belly — trusted by all — hail Indra, onward.
The daughter of Manu, Parśu by name, bore twenty children at once; may good fortune, O arrow ofIndra, befall her whose belly was so prolific; Indra is above all (the world).
Daughter of Manu, Parsu bare a score of children at a birth. Her portion verily was bliss although her burthen caused her grief.