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Vishnu Purana — Amsha 4 — Chapter 12

ViP 4 12.4

भार्यावश्यास् तु ये केचिद् भविष्यन्त्य् अथ वा मृताः तेषां तु ज्यामघः श्रेष्ठः शैब्यापतिर् अभून् नृपः ॥

bhāryāvaśyās tu ye kecid bhaviṣyanty atha vā mṛtāḥ teṣāṃ tu jyāmaghaḥ śreṣṭhaḥ śaibyāpatir abhūn nṛpaḥ //

Of whatever men there will be, or have died, who are subject to their wives, the best is Jyāmagha; he was a king, the husband of Śaibyā.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

ViP 4 12.5

अपुत्रा तस्य सा पत्नी शैब्या नाम तथाप्य् असौ अपत्यकामो ऽपि भयान् नान्यां भार्याम् अविन्दत ॥

aputrā tasya sā patnī śaibyā nāma tathāpy asau apatyakāmo 'pi bhayān nānyāṃ bhāryām avindata //

That wife of his, named Śaibyā, was without a son; yet, though desiring offspring, out of fear he took no other wife.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

ViP 4 12.12

नाहं प्रसूता पुत्रेण नान्या पत्न्य् अभवत् तव स्नुषासंबन्धता ह्य् एषा कतमेन सुतेन ते ॥

nāhaṃ prasūtā putreṇa nānyā patny abhavat tava snuṣāsaṃbandhatā hy eṣā katamena sutena te //

"I have brought forth no son, and you have had no other wife — so this relationship as your daughter-in-law is through which son of yours?"

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition