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Chapter 6: The Progeny of the Daughters of Dakṣa

Verse 40 of 34
SB 6.6.40

विवस्वतः श्राद्धदेवं संज्ञासूयत वै मनुम् मिथुनं च महाभागा यमं देवं यमीं तथा सैव भूत्वाथ वडवा नासत्यौ सुषुवे भुवि

vivasvataḥ śrāddhadevaṁ saṁjñāsūyata vai manum mithunaṁ ca mahā-bhāgā yamaṁ devaṁ yamīṁ tathā saiva bhūtvātha vaḍavā nāsatyau suṣuve bhuvi

Synonyms

vivasvataḥof the sun-god; śrāddhadevamnamed Śrāddhadeva; saṁjñāSaṁjñā; asūyatagave birth; vaiindeed; manumto Manu; mithunamtwins; caand; mahā-bhāgāthe fortunate Saṁjñā; yamamto Yamarāja; devamthe demigod; yamīmto his sister named Yamī; tathāas well as; she; evaalso; bhūtvābecoming; athathen; vaḍavāa mare; nāsatyauto the Aśvinī-kumāras; suṣuvegave birth; bhuvion this earth..

Translation

Saṁjñā, the wife of Vivasvān, the sun-god, gave birth to the Manu named Śrāddhadeva, and the same fortunate wife also gave birth to the twins Yamarāja and the River Yamunā. Then Yamī, while wandering on the earth in the form of a mare, gave birth to the Aśvinī-kumāras.

Verse 40 of 34