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

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 6.6.37

vipracittiḥ siḿhikāyāḿ

śataḿ caikam ajījanat

rāhu-jyeṣṭhaḿ ketu-śataḿ

grahatvaḿ ya upāgatāḥ

SYNONYMS

vipracittiḥ — Vipracitti; siḿhikāyāmin the womb of his wife Siḿhikā; śatamto one hundred; ca — and; ekam — one; ajījanat — gave birth; rāhu-jyeṣṭham — among whom Rāhu is the oldest; ketu-śatam — one hundred Ketus; grahatvam — planethood; ye — all of whom; upāgatāḥ — obtained.

TRANSLATION

In his wife Siḿhikā, Vipracitti begot one hundred and one sons, of whom the eldest is Rāhu and the others are the one hundred Ketus. All of them attained positions in the influential planets.

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