Canto 6: Prescribed Duties for MankindChapter 6: The Progeny of the Daughters of Dakṣa

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 6.6.21-22

tārkṣyasya vinatā kadrūḥ

patańgī yāminīti ca

patańgy asūta patagān

yāminī śalabhān atha

suparṇāsūta garuḍaḿ

sākṣād yajñeśa-vāhanam

sūrya-sūtam anūruḿ ca

kadrūr nāgān anekaśaḥ

SYNONYMS

tārkṣyasya — of Kaśyapa, whose other name is Tārkṣya; vinatāVinatā; kadrūḥKadrū; patańgīPatańgī; yāminīYāminī; iti — thus; ca — and; patańgīPatańgī; asūta — gave birth; patagānto birds of different varieties; yāminīYāminī; śalabhān — (gave birth to) locusts; atha — thereafter; suparṇā — the wife named Vinatā; asūta — gave birth; garuḍamto 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; kadrūḥKadrū; nāgān — serpents; anekaśaḥin varieties.

TRANSLATION

Kaśyapa, who is also named Tārkṣya, had four wives — Vinatā [Suparṇā], Kadrū, Patańgī and Yāminī. Patańgī 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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