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

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 6.6.28

dandaśūkādayaḥ sarpā

rājan krodhavaśātmajāḥ

ilāyā bhūruhāḥ sarve

yātudhānāś ca saurasāḥ

SYNONYMS

dandaśūka-ādayaḥ — headed by the dandaśūka snakes; sarpāḥ — reptiles; rājanO King; krodhavaśā-ātma-jāḥ — born from Krodhavaśā; ilāyāḥ — from the womb of Ilā; bhūruhāḥ — the creepers and trees; sarve — all; yātudhānāḥ — the cannibals (Rākṣasas); ca — also; saurasāḥ — from the womb of Surasā.

TRANSLATION

The sons born of Krodhavaśā were the serpents known as dandaśūka, as well as other serpents and the mosquitoes. All the various creepers and trees were born from the womb of Ilā. The Rākṣasas, bad spirits, were born from the womb of Surasā.

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