Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 3.23.48

ataḥ sā suṣuve sadyo

devahūtiḥ striyaḥ prajāḥ

sarvās tāś cāru-sarvāńgyo

lohitotpala-gandhayaḥ

SYNONYMS

ataḥ — then; sā — she; suṣuve — gave birth; sadyaḥ — on the same day; devahūtiḥ — Devahūti; striyaḥ — females; prajāḥ — progeny; sarvāḥ — all; tāḥ — they; cāru-sarva-ańgyaḥ — charming in every limb; lohita — red; utpala — like the lotus; gandhayaḥ — fragrant.

TRANSLATION

Immediately afterward, on the same day, Devahūti gave birth to nine female children, all charming in every limb and fragrant with the scent of the red lotus flower.

PURPORT

Devahūti was too sexually excited, and therefore she discharged more ova, and nine daughters were born. It is said in the smṛti-śāstra as well as in the Āyur-veda that when the discharge of the male is greater, male children are begotten, but when the discharge of the female is greater, female children are begotten. It appears from the circumstances that Devahūti was more sexually excited, and therefore she had nine daughters at once. All the daughters, however, were very beautiful, and their bodies were nicely formed; each resembled a lotus flower and was fragrant like a lotus.

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