SB 6.6.2

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

SB 6.6.1

SB 6.6.3

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 2

daśa dharmāya kāyādād
dvi-ṣaṭ tri-ṇava cendave
bhūtāṅgiraḥ-kṛśāśvebhyo
dve dve tārkṣyāya cāparāḥ

SYNONYMS

daśa—ten; dharmāya—unto King Dharma, Yamarāja; kāya—unto Kaśyapa; adāt—gave; dvi-ṣaṭ—twice six and one (thirteen); tri-nava—thrice nine (twenty-seven); ca—also; indave—unto the moon-god; bhūta-aṅgiraḥ-kṛśāśvebhyaḥ—unto Bhūta, Aṅgirā and Kṛśāśva; dve dve—two each; tārkṣyāya—again unto Kaśyapa; ca—and; aparāḥ—the balance.

TRANSLATION

He gave ten daughters in charity to Dharmarāja [Yamarāja], thirteen to Kaśyapa [first twelve and then one more], twenty-seven to the moon-god, and two each to Aṅgirā, Kṛśāśva and Bhūta. The other four daughters were given to Kaśyapa. [Thus Kaśyapa received seventeen daughters in all.]