Shloka 14
Kapila’s Advent: Brahmā’s Confirmation, the Marriage of the Nine Daughters, and Kardama’s Renunciation
इमा दुहितर: सत्यस्तव वत्स सुमध्यमा: । सर्गमेतं प्रभावै: स्वैर्बृंहयिष्यन्त्यनेकधा ॥ १४ ॥
imā duhitaraḥ satyas tava vatsa sumadhyamāḥ sargam etaṁ prabhāvaiḥ svair bṛṁhayiṣyanty anekadhā
My dear son, your thin-waisted daughters are certainly chaste and virtuous. By their own descendants they will expand this creation in many ways.
In the beginning of creation, Brahmā was concerned more or less with increasing the population, and when he saw that Kardama Muni had already begotten nine nice daughters, he was hopeful that through the daughters many children would come who would take charge of the creative principle of the material world. He was therefore happy to see them. The word sumadhyamā means “a good daughter of a beautiful woman.” If she has a thin waist, a woman is considered very beautiful. All the daughters of Kardama Muni were of the same beautiful feature.
FAQs
This verse states that Kardama Muni’s daughters will expand the creation in many ways, each acting through her own divinely endowed potency—showing how population and social lineages grow as part of cosmic order.
Brahmā reassures Kardama that his daughters are destined to further the work of creation; this fits the narrative where Kardama’s family life serves the Lord’s plan for populating and sustaining the universe.
It highlights responsibility and purpose in family life: one’s abilities and roles can be offered in service to a higher order (dharma), using personal strengths ethically for the welfare and continuity of society.