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Chapter 1: Genealogical Table of the Daughters of Manu

Verse 61 of 60
SB 4.1.61

तेभ्यो ऽग्नयः समभवन्चत्वारिंशच्च पंच च त एवैकोनपंचाशत्साकं पितृपितामहैः

tebhyo 'gnayaḥ samabhavan catvāriṁśac ca pañca ca ta evaikonapañcāśat sākaṁ pitṛ-pitāmahaiḥ

Synonyms

tebhyaḥfrom them; agnayaḥfire-gods; samabhavanwere produced; catvāriṁśatforty; caand; pañcafive; caand; tethey; evacertainly; ekonapañcāśatforty-nine; sākamalong with; pitṛ-pitāmahaiḥwith the fathers and grandfather..

Translation

From those three sons another forty-five descendants were generated, who are also fire-gods. The total number of fire-gods is therefore forty-nine, including the fathers and the grandfather.

Purport

The grandfather is Agni, and the sons are Pāvaka, Pavamāna and Śuci. Counting these four plus forty-five grandsons, there are altogether forty-nine different fire-gods.

Verse 61 of 60
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