At the request of Lord Brahma, Prajapati Daksa begot sixty daughters in the womb of his wife Asikni

Expressions researched:
"sixty daughters in the womb of his wife Asikni" |"Prajapati Daksa" |"Ten daughters given to Yamaraja" |"Bhuta had two wives" |"The prajapati Angira had two wives" |"Krsasva had two wives" |"Kasyapa" |"had four wives" |"twenty-seven to the moon-god" |"thirteen to Kasyapa Muni"

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Srimad-Bhagavatam

SB Canto 6

One should know that it is because of the union of these sixty daughters with various exalted personalities that the entire universe was filled with various kinds of living entities, such as human beings, demigods, demons, beasts, birds and serpents.

SB 6.6 Summary: As described in this chapter, Prajāpati Dakṣa begot sixty daughters in the womb of his wife Asiknī. These daughters were given in charity to various persons to increase the population. Since these offspring of Dakṣa were women, Nārada Muni did not try to lead them toward the renounced order of life. Thus the daughters were saved from Nārada Muni. Ten of the daughters were given in marriage to Dharmarāja, thirteen to Kaśyapa Muni, and twenty-seven to the moon-god, Candra. In this way fifty daughters were distributed, and of the other ten daughters, four were given to Kaśyapa and two each to Bhūta, Aṅgirā and Kṛśāśva. One should know that it is because of the union of these sixty daughters with various exalted personalities that the entire universe was filled with various kinds of living entities, such as human beings, demigods, demons, beasts, birds and serpents.

After the incidents concerning the loss of his many sons, Dakṣa repented his misunderstanding with Nārada Muni. Lord Brahmā then saw Dakṣa and instructed him to beget children again.

SB 6.6.1, Translation and Purport: Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: My dear King, thereafter, at the request of Lord Brahmā, Prajāpati Dakṣa, who is known as Prācetasa, begot sixty daughters in the womb of his wife Asiknī. All the daughters were very affectionate toward their father.

After the incidents concerning the loss of his many sons, Dakṣa repented his misunderstanding with Nārada Muni. Lord Brahmā then saw Dakṣa and instructed him to beget children again. This time Dakṣa was very cautious to beget female children instead of male children so that Nārada Muni would not disturb them by urging them to accept the renounced order. Females are not meant for the renounced order of life; they should be faithful to their good husbands, for if a husband is competent for liberation, his wife will also achieve liberation with him. As stated in the śāstra, the results of a husband's pious activities are shared by his wife. Therefore a woman's duty is to be very chaste and faithful to her husband. Then without separate endeavor she will share in all the profit the husband earns.

SB 6.6.3, Translation: Now please hear from me the names of all these daughters and their descendants, who filled all the three worlds.

Ten daughters given to Yamarāja.

SB 6.6.4, Translation: The ten daughters given to Yamarāja were named:

1. Bhānu;
2. Lambā;
3. Kakud;
4. Yāmi;
5. Viśvā;
6. Sādhyā;
7. Marutvatī;
8. Vasu;
9. Muhūrtā and
10. Saṅkalpā.

Bhūta had two wives.

SB 6.6.17-18, Translation and Purport: Sarūpā, the wife of Bhūta, gave birth to the ten million Rudras, of whom the eleven principle Rudras were Raivata, Aja, Bhava, Bhīma, Vāma, Ugra, Vṛṣākapi, Ajaikapāt, Ahirbradhna, Bahurūpa and Mahān. Their associates, the ghosts and goblins, who are very fearful, were born of the other wife of Bhūta.

Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura comments that Bhūta had two wives. One of them, Sarūpā, gave birth to the eleven Rudras, and the other wife gave birth to the associates of the Rudras known as the ghosts and hobgoblins.

The prajāpati Aṅgirā had two wives, named Svadhā and Satī.

SB 6.6.19, Translation: The prajāpati Aṅgirā had two wives, named Svadhā and Satī. The wife named Svadhā accepted all the Pitās as her sons, and Satī accepted the Atharvāṅgirasa Veda as her son.

Kṛśāśva had two wives, named Arcis and Dhiṣaṇā.

SB 6.6.20, Translation: Kṛśāśva had two wives, named Arcis and Dhiṣaṇā. In the wife named Arcis he begot Dhūmaketu and in Dhiṣaṇā he begot four sons, named Vedaśirā, Devala, Vayuna and Manu.

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

SB 6.6.21-22, Translation: Kaśyapa, who is also named Tārkṣya, had four wives—Vinatā [Suparṇā], Kadrū, Pataṅgī and Yāminī. Pataṅgī 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.

Prajāpati Dakṣa had cursed the moon-god to suffer from a disease causing gradual destruction, thus he could not beget children in any of his wives.

SB 6.6.23, Translation: O Mahārāja Parīkṣit, best of the Bhāratas, the constellations named Kṛttikā were all wives of the moon-god. However, because Prajāpati Dakṣa had cursed him to suffer from a disease causing gradual destruction, the moon-god could not beget children in any of his wives.

Now please hear from me the names of Kaśyapa's wives, from whose wombs the population of the entire universe has come.

SB 6.6.24-26, Translation: Thereafter the King of the moon pacified Prajāpati Dakṣa with courteous words and thus regained the portions of light he had lost during his disease. Nevertheless he could not beget children. The moon loses his shining power during the dark fortnight, and in the bright fortnight it is manifest again.

O King Parīkṣit, now please hear from me the names of Kaśyapa's wives, from whose wombs the population of the entire universe has come. They are the mothers of almost all the population of the entire universe, and their names are very auspicious to hear. They are:

1. Aditi;
2. Diti;
3. Danu;
4. Kāṣṭhā;
5. Ariṣṭā;
6. Surasā;
7. Ilā;
8. Muni;
9. Krodhavaśā;
10. Tāmrā;
11. Surabhi;
12. Saramā;
13. Timi.

From the womb of Timi all the aquatics took birth, and from the womb of Saramā the ferocious animals like the tigers and lions took birth.