drstva pumso 'lpa-medhasah
tatah-thereafter; saptadase-in the seventeenth incarnation; jatah-advented; satyavatyam-in the womb of Satyavati; parasarat-by Parasara Muni; cakre-prepared; veda-taroh-of the desire tree of the Vedas; sakhah-branches; drstva-be seeing; pumsah-the people in general; alpa-medhasah-less intelligent.