Bhagavatapurana 6.6: atha ṣaṣṭho'dhyāyaḥ

6.6.1

/0 śrīśuka uvāca
tataḥ prācetaso 'siknyāmanunītaḥ svayambhuvā /
ṣaṣṭiṃ sañjanayāmāsa duhitṝḥ pitṛvatsalāḥ //

Śrī Śuka said: / Then Dakṣa, son of Pracetas, appeased by the self-born Brahmā, / begot sixty daughters affectionate toward their father upon Asiknī.

1. Sri Suka said:— Then consoled by Brahma Daksha begot on Asikni sixty daughters (all) full of filial love.

6.6.2

daśa dharmāya kāyādāddviṣaṭ triṇava cendave /
bhūtāṅgiraḥkṛśāśvebhyo dve dve tārkṣyāya cāparāḥ //

He gave ten to Dharma, thirteen to Kaśyapa, twenty-seven to the Moon, / two each to Bhūta, Aṅgiras, and Kṛśāśva, and the remaining ones to Tārkṣya.

2. He bestowed ten of his daughters on Dharma, thirteen on Kasyapa and twenty-seven on Soma; and on Bhuta, Angiras and Krisasva respectively two; and the remaining four on Tarkshya (Kasyapa himself under this separate apellation).

6.6.3

nāmadheyāny amūṣāṃ tvaṃ sāpatyānāṃ ca me śṛṇu /
yāsāṃ prasūtiprasavairlokā āpūritāstrayaḥ //

Listen from me to the names of these women and their offspring, / by the progeny of whose children the three worlds were completely filled.

3. Listen to me, as I tell you, the names of these daughters and their progeny with whose descendants all the three worlds are filled.

6.6.4

bhānurlambā kakudyāmirviśvā sādhyā marutvatī /
vasurmuhūrtā saṅkalpā dharmapatnyaḥ sutāñ śṛṇu //

Bhānu, Lambā, Kakud, Yāmi, Viśvā, Sādhyā, Marutvatī, / Vasu, Muhūrtā, and Saṅkalpā: these are the wives of Dharma; hear their sons:

4. Dharma's wives are:—Bhanu, Lamba, Kakub, Jami, Visva, Saddhya, Marutvati, Vasu, Muhurta and Sankalpa: (next) know (note) the names of their sons.

6.6.5

bhānostu devaṛṣabha indrasenastato nṛpa /
vidyota āsīl lambāyāstataśca stanayitnavaḥ //

From Bhānu came Deva-ṛṣabha, and from him, O king, Indrasena; / Vidyota was born of Lambā, and from him the clouds that thunder.

5. Of Bhanu was born Devarshabha (Veda Rishabha) whose son is Indrasena, O king? Vidhyota was born of Lamba and he begot Sthanaetnus (clouds).

6.6.6

kakudaḥ saṅkaṭastasya kīkaṭastanayo yataḥ /
bhuvo durgāṇi yāmeyaḥ svargo nandistato 'bhavat //

The son of Kakud was Saṅkaṭa, whose son was Kīkaṭa, / from whom arose the earth's strongholds; Yāmi's son was Svarga, and from him came Nandi.

6. The son of Kakub was Sankata whose son was Keekata, who gave birth to the gods that became the presiding deities of fortresses on earth; Jami's son is Swarga whose son is Nandi.

6.6.7

viśvedevāstu viśvāyā aprajāṃstān pracakṣate /
sādhyogaṇaśca sādhyāyā arthasiddhistu tatsutaḥ //

The Viśvedevas were born of Viśvā; they are said to be childless; / the group of Sādhyas was born of Sādhyā, and Arthasiddhi was their son.

7. Viswa's sons are Visvedevas who, they say, are childless (gods); of Sadhyaa was born a certain race collectively spoken of as Sadhyas of whom Arthasidhi was the son.

6.6.8

marutvāṃśca jayantaśca marutvatyā babhūvatuḥ /
jayanto vāsudevāṃśa upendra iti yaṃ viduḥ //

Marutvān and Jayanta were born of Marutvatī; / Jayanta was a portion of Vāsudeva, whom they know as Upendra.

8. Marutvan and Jayanta were born of Maruttvati; Jayanta is an amsa of Vasudeva and they call him Upendra.

6.6.9

mauhūrtikā devagaṇā muhūrtāyāśca jajñire /
ye vai phalaṃ prayacchanti bhūtānāṃ svasvakālajam //

The Mauhūrtika classes of gods were born of Muhūrtā; / they indeed bestow on living beings the fruits born of their respective times.

9. Of Muhurta were born a race of the gods known as _Muhurtikas_, who confer on beings the fruits appropriate to the time presided over by each.

6.6.10

saṅkalpāyāstu saṅkalpaḥ kāmaḥ saṅkalpajaḥ smṛtaḥ /
vasavo 'ṣṭau vasoḥ putrāsteṣāṃ nāmāni me śṛṇu //

Saṅkalpa was born of Saṅkalpā, and Kāma is remembered as born of Saṅkalpa; / the eight Vasus were the sons of Vasu; hear their names from me.

10. Of Muhurta was born Sankalpa whose son is known to be Kama, the thought-born (or Manmatha); the eight Vasus are the sons of Vasu and bear their names.

6.6.11

droṇaḥ prāṇo dhruvo 'rko 'gnirdoṣo vāsturvibhāvasuḥ /
droṇasyābhimateḥ patnyā harṣaśokabhayādayaḥ //

Droṇa, Prāṇa, Dhruva, Arka, Agni, Doṣa, Vāstu, and Vibhāvasu [were the eight Vasus]. / From Droṇa and his wife Abhimati were born Joy, Grief, Fear, and others.

11. (They are) Drona, Prana, Dhruva, Arka, Agni, Dosha, Vasu, (Vasthu) and Vibhavasu; and of Abhimati the wife of Drona are born Harsha, Soka, Bhaya and others.

6.6.12

prāṇasyorjasvatī bhāryā saha āyuḥ purojavaḥ /
dhruvasya bhāryā dharaṇirasūta vividhāḥ puraḥ //

Prāṇa's wife was Ūrjasvatī; [their sons were] Saha, Āyus, and Purojava. / Dhruva's wife Dharaṇī gave birth to various cities.

12. Prana's wife is Urjjasvati and their sons are Saha, Ayu and Purojava; Dhruva's wife Dharani produced various cities.

6.6.13

arkasya vāsanā bhāryā putrāstarṣādayaḥ smṛtāḥ /
agnerbhāryā vasordhārā putrā draviṇakādayaḥ //

Arka's wife was Vāsanā; their sons are remembered as Thirst and others. / Agni's wife was Vasordhārā; their sons were Draviṇaka and others,

13. Vasana (Asana) was Arka's wife and their sons Tarsha and others are (all) well-known; Dhara was the wife of Agni, the son of Vasu; and their sons are Dravinaka and others.

6.6.14

skandaśca kṛttikāputro ye viśākhādayastataḥ /
doṣasya śarvarīputraḥ śiśumāro hareḥ kalā //

and Skanda, the son of the Kṛttikās, and then Viśākha and the rest. / Doṣa's son by Śarvarī was Śiśumāra, a portion of Hari.

14. And Skanda the son of Krithikas, i. e., of Agni; and of him were born Visakha and others; the son of Dosha and Sarvari is Sim-

sumara who is an amsa of Hari.

6.6.15

vāsorāṅgirasīputro viśvakarmākṛtīpatiḥ /
tato manuścākṣuṣo 'bhūdviśve sādhyā manoḥ sutāḥ //

By Vāstu, [his wife] Āṅgirasī bore the son Viśvakarman, the lord of Ākṛti. / From him was born the Manu Cākṣuṣa; the Viśvedevas and the Sādhyas were the sons of that Manu.

15. Vasu's (Vasthu's) wife was Angirasi and their son Viswakarma, husband of Kritee, became the first preceptor in sculpture and of this latter was born Chakshusha Manu; and this Manu's sons are Viswas and Saddhyas.

6.6.16

vibhāvasorasūtoṣā vyuṣṭaṃ rociṣamātapam /
pañcayāmo 'tha bhūtāni yena jāgrati karmasu //

Uṣā gave birth from Vibhāvasu to Vyuṣṭa, Rociṣ, and Ātapa. / From Ātapa came Pañcayāma, by whom living beings awake to their activities.

16. The wife of Vibhavasu is Usha who bore him three sons, viz., Vyushta, Rochish and Atapa; of the last was born Panchayama (the Deity presiding over the day) by whom creatures are kept waking and alive to their duties.

6.6.17

sarūpāsūta bhūtasya bhāryā rudrāṃśca koṭiśaḥ /
raivato 'jo bhavo bhīmo vāma ugro vṛṣākapiḥ //

Sarūpā, the wife of Bhūta, gave birth to millions of Rudras: / Raivata, Aja, Bhava, Bhīma, Vāma, Ugra, Vṛṣākapi,

17. Sarupa (Surupa) the wife (another wife) of Bhuta brought forth Rudras in crores; viz., Raivata, Aja, Bhava, Bhima, Vama, Uggra and Vrishakapi;

6.6.18

ajaikapādahirbradhno bahurūpo mahān iti /
rudrasya pārṣadāścānye ghorāḥ pretavināyakāḥ //

Ajaikapād, Ahirbradhna, Bahurūpa, and Mahān. / And the other fierce attendants of Rudra were the pretas and vināyakas.

18. Ajaikapath, Ahirbhudnya, Bahurupa and Mahan; (by another wife were born) other sons who became the terrific followers of Rudra and the leaders of Bhutas. [D. Reading. Surupa also bore those who are attendants of Rudra, and also terrific Pretas and Vinayakas.]

6.6.19

prajāpateraṅgirasaḥ svadhā patnī pitṝn atha /
atharvāṅgirasaṃ vedaṃ putratve cākarot satī //

Next, Svadhā, the virtuous wife of the Prajāpati Aṅgiras, / accepted the ancestors and the Atharvāṅgirasa Veda as her sons.

19. Angiras the progenitor had two wives Swadha and Sati; the former had Pitris for her sons and the latter bore the Veda called Atharwangirasamas as son.

6.6.20

kṛśāśvo 'rciṣi bhāryāyāṃ dhūmaketumajījanat /
dhiṣaṇāyāṃ vedaśiro devalaṃ vayunaṃ manum //

Kṛśāśva begot Dhūmaketu upon his wife Arcis, / and upon Dhiṣaṇā: Vedaśiras, Devala, Vayuna, and Manu.

20. Krisaswa had by his wife Archis a son called Dhumrakesa (Dhumakesa) and by another wife Dhishana (Bhishana) had sons named Vedasiras, Devala, Vayuna and Manu.

6.6.21

tārkṣyasya vinatā kadrūḥ pataṅgī yāminīti ca /
pataṅgy asūta patagān yāminī śalabhān atha //

Vinatā, Kadrū, Pataṅgī, and Yāminī were the wives of Tārkṣya. / Pataṅgī gave birth to birds, and Yāminī to locusts.

21. Kasyapa as Tharkshya had (four) wives named Vinatha, Kadru, Pathangi and Yamini. Pathangi begot birds and Yamini locusts.

6.6.22

suparṇāsūta garuḍaṃ sākṣādyajñeśavāhanam /
sūryasūtamanūruṃ ca kadrūrnāgān anekaśaḥ //

Suparṇā gave birth to Garuḍa, the very vehicle of the Lord of sacrifice, / and to Anūru, the charioteer of the sun; and Kadrū gave birth to numerous serpents.

22. Suparna (Vinatha) brought forth Garuda who became the chief vehicle of Vishnu the Lord of sacrifices and also another son called Aruna who had no lower limbs and became the charioteer of Surya (the Sun); and Kadru bore various species of serpents or Nagas.

6.6.23

kṛttikādīni nakṣatrāṇ īndoḥ patnyastu bhārata /
dakṣaśāpāt so 'napatyastāsu yakṣmagrahārditaḥ //

The lunar mansions beginning with Kṛttikā were the wives of the Moon, O descendant of Bharata. / Because of Dakṣa's curse he had no offspring by them, afflicted as he was by the disease of consumption.

23. Krithika and other stars (constellations) became Soma's wives, O Bharata!; owing to the curse of Daksha he had no issue by them, but became afflicted with the disease of Phthisis.

6.6.24

punaḥ prasādya taṃ somaḥ kalā lebhe kṣaye ditāḥ /
śṛṇu nāmāni lokānāṃ mātṝṇāṃ śaṅkarāṇi ca //

Having appeased him again, Soma regained the digits that had been consumed in his waning. / Hear the auspicious names of the mothers of the worlds:

24. But Soma again propitiated Daksha and recovered his digits though they are to be cut off in the waning fortnight (and waxing thereafter); now listen to the auspicious names of the mother of the worlds who are all Kasyapa’s wives and whose progeny fills this world; to wit, Aditi, Diti, Danu, Kashta, Arishta, Surasa.

6.6.25

atha kaśyapapatnīnāṃ yatprasūtamidaṃ jagat /
aditirditirdanuḥ kāṣṭhā ariṣṭā surasā ilā //

Now the wives of Kaśyapa, from whom this world was born: / Aditi, Diti, Danu, Kāṣṭhā, Ariṣṭā, Surasā, Ilā,

6.6.26

muniḥ krodhavaśā tāmrā surabhiḥ saramā timiḥ /
timeryādogaṇā āsan śvāpadāḥ saramāsutāḥ //

Muni, Krodhavaśā, Tāmrā, Surabhi, Saramā, and Timi. / From Timi came the aquatic creatures, and wild beasts were the offspring of Saramā.

25. & 26. Ila, Muni, Krodhavasa, Tamra, Surabhi, Sarama and Timi; of Timi the acquatic animals (species) are born; and wild beasts are Sarama’s offspring.

6.6.27

surabhermahiṣā gāvo ye cānye dviśaphā nṛpa /
tāmrāyāḥ śyenagṛdhrādyā munerapsarasāṃ gaṇāḥ //

From Surabhi came the buffaloes, cows, and other cloven-hoofed animals, O king. / From Tāmrā came hawks, vultures, and the like; from Muni, the hosts of apsarases.

27. Of Surabhi were born the buffalloe, the cow and other beasts having cloven hoofs, O king!; of Tamra hawks, vultures and other birds; of Muni the families of Apsaras women.

6.6.28

dandaśūkādayaḥ sarpā rājan krodhavaśātmajāḥ /
ilāyā bhūruhāḥ sarve yātudhānāśca saurasāḥ //

Biting serpents and the like, O king, were the offspring of Krodhavaśā. / From Ilā came all plants, and the Yātudhānas were the sons of Surasā.

28. Dandasuka and other serpents, O king, are offspring of Krodhavasa; Ila gave birth to the vegetable kingdom; and all the Yatudhanas (Rakshas) are the descendants of Surasa.

6.6.29

ariṣṭāyāstu gandharvāḥ kāṣṭhāyā dviśaphetarāḥ /
sutā danorekaṣaṣṭisteṣāṃ prādhānikāñ śṛṇu //

From Ariṣṭā came the gandharvas, and from Kāṣṭhā came the animals other than cloven-hoofed. / The sons of Danu were sixty-one; hear of the chief among them:

29. Of Arishta were born the Gandharwas, and of Kashta beasts that have no cloven hoofs; the sons of Danu are sixty-one; know the names of the chief among them.

6.6.30

dvimūrdhā śambaro 'riṣṭo hayagrīvo vibhāvasuḥ /
ayomukhaḥ śaṅkuśirāḥ svarbhānuḥ kapilo 'ruṇaḥ //

Dvimūrdhan, Śambara, Ariṣṭa, Hayagrīva, Vibhāvasu, / Ayomukha, Śaṅkuśiras, Svarbhānu, Kapila, Aruṇa,

30. & 31. They are; Dwimurddha, Sambara, Arishta, Hayagriva, Vibhavasu, Ayomukha, Sankusiras, Svarbhanu, Kapila, Aruna, Puloma, Vrishaparvan, Ekachakra, Anutapana, Dhumakesh, Virupaksha, Viprachitti, and Durjaya.

6.6.31

pulomā vṛṣaparvā ca ekacakro 'nutāpanaḥ /
dhūmrakeśo virūpākṣo vipracittiśca durjayaḥ //

Puloman, Vṛṣaparvan, Ekacakra, Anutāpana, / Dhūmrakeśa, Virūpākṣa, and the invincible Vipracitti.

6.6.32

svarbhānoḥ suprabhāṃ kanyāmuvāha namuciḥ kila /
vṛṣaparvaṇastu śarmiṣṭhāṃ yayātirnāhuṣo balī //

Namuci married Suprabhā, the daughter of Svarbhānu; / and the mighty Yayāti, the son of Nahuṣa, married Śarmiṣṭhā, the daughter of Vṛṣaparvan.

32. It is said that Namuchi married Suprabha the daughter of Svarbhanu and Yayati the powerful son of Nahusha married Sarmishta the daughter of Vrishaparvan.

6.6.33

vaiśvānarasutā yāśca catasraścārudarśanāḥ /
upadānavī hayaśirā pulomā kālakā tathā //

And the four daughters of Vaiśvānara, who were fair of appearance: / Upadānavī, Hayaśiras, Pulomā, and Kālakā.

33. Vaisvanara (son of Danu) had four daughters all very beautiful, viz., Upadanavi, Hayasira, Puloma and Kalaka.

6.6.34

upadānavīṃ hiraṇyākṣaḥ kraturhayaśirāṃ nṛpa /
pulomāṃ kālakāṃ ca dve vaiśvānarasute tu kaḥ //

Hiraṇyākṣa married Upadānavī, and Kratu married Hayaśiras, O king. / As for the two daughters of Vaiśvānara, Pulomā and Kālakā, Brahmā [asked Kaśyapa to marry them].

34. & 35. Hiranyaksha married Upadanavi; Krathu Hayashira; and, O king, the worshipful Kasyapa *prajapati* the other two Puloma and Kalaka, under the instruction of Brahma; the son of Puloma and Kala are Danavas distinguished for war-like qualities.

6.6.35

upayeme 'tha bhagavān kaśyapo brahmacoditaḥ /
paulomāḥ kālakeyāśca dānavā yuddhaśālinaḥ //

Then the venerable Kaśyapa married them, urged by Brahmā. / The Paulomas and Kālakeyas were Dānavas skilled in battle.

6.6.36

tayoḥ ṣaṣṭisahasrāṇi yajñaghnāṃste pituḥ pitā /
jaghāna svargato rājanneka indrapriyaṅkaraḥ //

Sixty thousand of these destroyers of sacrifices born of those two, your father's father [Arjuna] / slew when he went to heaven, O king, all alone, pleasing Indra.

36. While he was in Swarga trying to please Indra, thy grand-father Arjuna, O king, single-handed, slew sixty thousand sons of these two who were spoiling the sacrificial observances.

6.6.37

vipracittiḥ siṃhikāyāṃ śataṃ caikamajījanat /
rāhujyeṣṭhaṃ ketuśataṃ grahatvaṃ ya upāgatāḥ //

Vipracitti begot one hundred and one sons upon Siṃhikā: / the eldest was Rāhu, and the other hundred were the Ketus, who attained the status of planets.

37. Viprachitti begot one hundred and one children on Simhika, of whom Rahu was the eldest and the remaining hundred were Ketus and Rahu attained to the position of a planet.

6.6.38

athātaḥ śrūyatāṃ vaṃśo yo 'diteranupūrvaśaḥ /
yatra nārāyaṇo devaḥ svāṃśenāvātaradvibhuḥ //

Hear now in proper order the lineage of Aditi, / wherein the Lord Nārāyaṇa, the all-pervading one, descended by his own plenary portion.

38. Now do you usefully listen to the description of the race in due order that originated from Aditi, — in which race the Supreme Lord Narayana appeared in his direct Amsa.

6.6.39

vivasvān aryamā pūṣā tvaṣṭātha savitā bhagaḥ /
dhātā vidhātā varuṇo mitraḥ śatru urukramaḥ //

Vivasvat, Aryaman, Pūṣan, Tvaṣṭṛ, Savitṛ, Bhaga, / Dhātṛ, Vidhātṛ, Varuṇa, Mitra, Śatru, and Urukrama.

39. Aditi's sons are:— Vivaswan, Aryama, Pushan, Twashta, Savit, Bhaga, Dhata, Vidhata, Varuna, Mitra, Sakra, and Urukarma.

6.6.40

vivasvataḥ śrāddhadevaṃ saṃjñāsūyata vai manum /
mithunaṃ ca mahābhāgā yamaṃ devaṃ yamīṃ tathā /
saiva bhūtvātha vaḍavā nāsatyau suṣuve bhuvi //

From Vivasvat, Saṃjñā gave birth to the Manu Śrāddhadeva, / and that most fortunate woman bore twins: the god Yama and Yamī. / She also became a mare and gave birth to the two Nāsatyas on earth.

40. To Vivasvat Sajna bore a son who is a Manu known as Sradhadeva; and the same fortunate wife again bore him a son and a daughter, God Yama and Yami; and on the earth herself becoming a mare, brought forth the twin sons Nasathyas.

6.6.41

chāyā śanaiścaraṃ lebhe sāvarṇiṃ ca manuṃ tataḥ /
kanyāṃ ca tapatīṃ yā vai vavre saṃvaraṇaṃ patim //

From him Chāyā bore Śanaiścara, and then the Manu Sāvarṇi, / and a daughter, Tapatī, who chose Saṃvaraṇa as her husband.

41. Chaya bore to Vivasvat Sanaischara and also a Manu known as Savarni; as also a daughter called Tapati who chose Samvarana for her husband.

6.6.42

aryamṇo mātṛkā patnī tayoścarṣaṇayaḥ sutāḥ /
yatra vai mānuṣī jātirbrahmaṇā copakalpitā //

Aryaman's wife was Mātṛkā; their sons were the Carṣaṇis, / through whom the human race was fashioned by Brahmā.

42. Aryama's wife is Matrika and their sons are called Charshinis (who can understand what is done and what is not done) from whom the human race was originated by Brahma.

6.6.43

pūṣānapatyaḥ piṣṭādo bhagnadanto 'bhavat purā /
yo 'sau dakṣāya kupitaṃ jahāsa vivṛtadvijaḥ //

Pūṣan remained childless, an eater of ground meal, with broken teeth, / for formerly he laughed with bared teeth at [Rudra who was] angry at Dakṣa.

43. Pushan had in the past been without issue, ate flour and lost his teath; for he laughed showing his teeth at God Siva who was enraged at Daksha.

6.6.44

tvaṣṭurdaityātmajā bhāryā racanā nāma kanyakā /
sanniveśastayorjajñe viśvarūpaśca vīryavān //

Tvaṣṭṛ had a wife named Racanā, a daughter of the Daityas; / to them was born Sanniveśa, and the mighty Viśvarūpa.

44. A maid called Rachana the sister of a Daitya was the wife of Twashta; of both these were born two sons Sannivesa and the powerful Visvarupa.

6.6.45

taṃ vavrire suragaṇā svasrīyaṃ dviṣatāmapi /
vimatena parityaktā guruṇāṅgirasena yat //

The hosts of gods chose him, although he was the nephew of their enemies, / when they were abandoned by their guru, the son of Aṅgiras, who was slighted.

45. When the gods were forsaken by their preceptor Bhrihaspati who was treated with contempt, the gods requested Viswarupa to be their priest though he was the grandson (V. D. nephew) of their enemies (grandson—daughter's son).