SB 6.6.21-22

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Sixth Canto - Chapter 6: The Progeny of the Daughters of Dakṣa

SB 6.6.20 - SB 6.6.23

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXTS 21-22

tārkṣyasya vinatā kadrūḥ

pataṅgī yāminīti ca

pataṅgy asūta patagān

yāminī śalabhān atha

suparṇāsūta garuḍaṁ

sākṣād yajñeśa-vāhanam

sūrya-sūtam anūruṁ ca

kadrūr nāgān anekaśaḥ

SYNONYMS

tārkṣyasya — of Kaśyapa, whose other name is Tārkṣya; vinatā — Vinatā; kadrūḥ — Kadrū; pataṅgī — Pataṅgī; yāminī — Yāminī; iti — thus; ca — and; pataṅgī — Pataṅgī; asūta — gave birth; patagān — to birds of different varieties; yāminī — Yāminī; śalabhān — (gave birth to) locusts; atha — thereafter; suparṇā — the wife named Vinatā; asūta — gave birth; garuḍam — to the celebrated bird known as Garuḍa; sākṣāt — directly; yajñeśa-vāhanam — the carrier of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Viṣṇu; sūrya-sūtam — the chariot driver of the sun-god; anūrum — Anūru; ca — and; kadrūḥ — Kadrū; nāgān — serpents; anekaśaḥ — in varieties.

TRANSLATION

Kaśyapa, who is also named Tārkṣya, had four wives—Vinatā [Suparṇā], Kadrū, Pataṅgī and Yāminī. Pataṅgī gave birth to many kinds of birds, and Yāminī gave birth to locusts. Vinatā [Suparṇā] gave birth to Garuḍa, the carrier of Lord Viṣṇu, and to Anūru, or Aruṇa, the chariot driver of the sun-god. Kadrū gave birth to different varieties of serpents.

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