Srimad Bhagavatam — Shashtha Skandha, Shloka 26
Dakṣa’s Daughters, Cosmic Lineages, and the Population of the Three Worlds
पुन: प्रसाद्य तं सोम: कला लेभे क्षये दिता: । शृणु नामानि लोकानां मातृणां शङ्कराणि च ॥ २४ ॥ अथ कश्यपपत्नीनां यत्प्रसूतमिदं जगत् । अदितिर्दितिर्दनु: काष्ठा अरिष्टा सुरसा इला ॥ २५ ॥ मुनि: क्रोधवशा ताम्रा सुरभि: सरमा तिमि: । तिमेर्यादोगणा आसन् श्वापदा: सरमासुता: ॥ २६ ॥
punaḥ prasādya taṁ somaḥ kalā lebhe kṣaye ditāḥ śṛṇu nāmāni lokānāṁ mātṝṇāṁ śaṅkarāṇi ca
Después, Soma, el rey de la luna, apaciguó a Prajāpati Dakṣa con palabras corteses y recuperó las porciones de luz que había perdido por la enfermedad; sin embargo, no pudo engendrar hijos. En la quincena oscura el brillo lunar mengua, y en la quincena luminosa vuelve a manifestarse. Oh rey Parīkṣit, escucha ahora los nombres de las esposas de Kaśyapa, de cuyos vientres surgió la población del universo entero. Ellas son: Aditi, Diti, Danu, Kāṣṭhā, Ariṣṭā, Surasā, Ilā, Muni, Krodhavaśā, Tāmrā, Surabhi, Saramā y Timi. De Timi nacieron los seres acuáticos, y de Saramā nacieron las fieras como leones y tigres.
FAQs
This verse indicates Soma’s phases were diminished due to the curse connected with Diti’s line, and that he later regained them after pacifying the offended party.
Śukadeva Gosvāmī is narrating these accounts to Mahārāja Parīkṣit as part of the description of cosmic lineages.
Even powerful beings must restore harmony through humility and reconciliation when conflict or offense causes decline.