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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 5.3.1

శ్రీశుక ఉవాచ నాభిరపత్యకామోఽప్రజయా మేరుదేవ్యా భగవన్తం యజ్ఞపురుషమవహితాత్మాయజత ॥ ౧ ॥
śrī-śuka uvāca
[shree-shuka uvaacha]
nābhir apatya-kāmo ’prajayā merudevyā bhagavantaṁ yajṣa-puruṣam avahitātmāyajata.
[naabhir apatya-kaamo ’prajayaa merudevyaa bhagavantam yajsha-purusham avahitaatmaayajata.]
Word-for-word
śrī-śukaḥ uvāca — Śukadeva Gosvāmī said nābhiḥ — the son of Mahārāja Āgnīdhra apatya-kāmaḥ — desiring to have sons aprajayā — who had not given birth to any children merudevyā — with Merudevī bhagavantam — the Supreme Personality of Godhead yajṣa-puruṣam — Lord Viṣṇu, the master and enjoyer of all performances of sacrifice avahita-ātmā — with great attention ayajata — offered prayers and worshiped.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
śrī-śuka uvāca
śrī-śukaḥ uvāca
Śukadeva Gosvāmī said
nābhir apatya-kāmo ’prajayā merudevyā bhagavantaṁ yajṣa-puruṣam avahitātmāyajata.
nābhiḥ
the son of Mahārāja Āgnīdhra
apatya-kāmaḥ
desiring to have sons
aprajayā
who had not given birth to any children
merudevyā
with Merudevī
bhagavantam
the Supreme Personality of Godhead
yajṣa-puruṣam
Lord Viṣṇu, the master and enjoyer of all performances of sacrifice
avahita-ātmā
with great attention
ayajata
offered prayers and worshiped.
Śukadeva Gosvāmī continued to speak: Mahārāja Nābhi, the son of Āgnīdhra, wished to have sons, and therefore he attentively began to offer prayers and worship the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Viṣṇu, the master and enjoyer of all sacrifices. Mahārāja Nābhi’s wife, Merudevī, who had not given birth to any children at that time, also worshiped Lord Viṣṇu along with her husband.
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Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Śukadeva said: Nābhi, son of King Āgnīdhra, desiring sons, worshipped the Supreme Lord with great attention along with his wife Merudevī, who had not produced any sons. In the Third Chapter the Lord, satisfied with Nābhi’s performance of sacrifice, personally became his son as desired by King Nābhi, on hearing his request to have a son like the Lord. Nābhi was the first son of King Āgnīdhra.
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