Shloka 41

Adhyaya 63: Daksha’s Progeny, Kashyapa’s Offspring, and the Rishi-Vamshas that Sustain the Worlds

Devanagari script

त्विषा तु यक्षरक्षांसि जनयामास कोटिशः एते तु काश्यपेयाश् च संक्षेपात्परिकीर्तिताः

Transliteration

tviṣā tu yakṣarakṣāṃsi janayāmāsa koṭiśaḥ ete tu kāśyapeyāś ca saṃkṣepātparikīrtitāḥ

Translation

De Tviṣā naquirent des Yakṣas et des Rākṣasas par millions innombrables. Ceux-ci, en bref, sont déclarés être la descendance de Kaśyapa.

Word by Word

• त्विषा: from Tviṣā (a progenitress)

• तु: indeed/and

• यक्ष-रक्षांसि: Yakṣas and Rākṣasas

• जनयामास: begot/produced

• कोटिशः: in crores, in vast multitudes

• एते: these

• तु: indeed

• काश्यपेयाः: descendants/children of Kaśyapa

• च: and

• संक्षेपात्: briefly/in summary

• परिकीर्तिताः: have been recounted/declared

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Purana to the sages of Naimisharanya)