Shloka 29
Dakṣa’s Daughters, Cosmic Lineages, and the Population of the Three Worlds
अरिष्टायास्तु गन्धर्वा: काष्ठाया द्विशफेतरा: । सुता दनोरेकषष्टिस्तेषां प्राधानिकाञ् शृणु ॥ २९ ॥ द्विमूर्धा शम्बरोऽरिष्टो हयग्रीवो विभावसु: । अयोमुख: शङ्कुशिरा: स्वर्भानु: कपिलोऽरुण: ॥ ३० ॥ पुलोमा वृषपर्वा च एकचक्रोऽनुतापन: । धूम्रकेशो विरूपाक्षो विप्रचित्तिश्च दुर्जय: ॥ ३१ ॥
ariṣṭāyās tu gandharvāḥ kāṣṭhāyā dviśaphetarāḥ sutā danor eka-ṣaṣṭis teṣāṁ prādhānikāñ śṛṇu
Du sein d’Ariṣṭā naquirent les gandharvas, et du sein de Kāṣṭhā naquirent les animaux aux sabots non fendus, tels que le cheval. Ô roi, du sein de Danu naquirent soixante et un fils; parmi eux, ces dix-huit sont les plus importants : Dvimūrdhā, Śambara, Ariṣṭa, Hayagrīva, Vibhāvasu, Ayomukha, Śaṅkuśirā, Svarbhānu, Kapila, Aruṇa, Pulomā, Vṛṣaparvā, Ekacakra, Anutāpana, Dhūmrakeśa, Virūpākṣa, Vipracitti et Durjaya.
FAQs
In Canto 6 Chapter 6, Śukadeva explains that Danu had sixty-one sons and then begins listing the principal Danavas by name.
Śukadeva Gosvāmī narrates these genealogies to Mahārāja Parīkṣit as part of the broader account of various cosmic lineages.
They place Vedic history and ethics in context—showing how tendencies (divine or demoniac) manifest through choices and association, encouraging discernment and devotion.