SB 9.24.34
TEXT 34
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TEXT
अमोघं देवसन्दर्शम् आदधे त्वयि चात्मजम् ।
योनिर्यथा न दुष्येत कर्ताहं ते सुमध्यमे ॥ ३४ ॥ amogham deva-sandarsam
adadhe tvayi catmajam
yonir yatha na dusyeta
kartaham te sumadhyame
amogham-without failure; deva-sandarsam-meeting with the demigods; adadhe-I shall give (my semen); tvayi-unto you; ca-also; atmajam-a son; yonih-the source of birth; yatha-as; na-not; dusyeta-becomes polluted; karta-shall arrange; aham-I; te-unto you; sumadhyame-O beautiful girl.
TRANSLATION
The sun-god said: O beautiful Prtha, your meeting with the demigods cannot be fruitless. Therefore, let me place my seed in your womb so that you may bear a son. I shall arrange to keep your virginity intact, since you are still an unmarried girl.
PURPORT
According to Vedic civilization, if a girl gives birth to a child before she is married, no one will marry her. Therefore although the sun-god, after appearing before Prtha, wanted to give her a child, Prtha hesitated because she was still unmarried. To keep her virginity undisturbed, the sun-god arranged to give her a child that came from her ear, and therefore the child was known as Karna. The custom is that a girl should be married aksata-yoni, that is, with her virginity undisturbed. A girl should never bear a child before her marriage.
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