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Chapter 12.200 - Verse 36

Sanskrit Text

तत्र त्रेतायुगे काले संकल्पाज्जायते प्रजा ह्यभून्मैथुनो धर्मस्तेषामपि जनाधिप

English Translation

In the cycle that followed, viz., Treta, children were begotten by touch alone. The people of that cycle even, O king, had no necessity of sexual intercourse.

Padaccheda (Word Analysis)

तत्र | त्रेता + युग | काले | संकल्प + जन् | प्रजा
न | हि + भू + मैथुन | धर्म + तद् | अपि | जनाधिप