Shloka 68

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

Devanagari script

अनपत्यः क्रतुस्तस्मिन् स्मृतो वैवस्वते ऽन्तरे अत्रेः पत्न्यो दशैवासन् सुंदर्यश् च पतिव्रताः

Transliteration

anapatyaḥ kratustasmin smṛto vaivasvate 'ntare atreḥ patnyo daśaivāsan suṃdaryaś ca pativratāḥ

Translation

Dans ce Manvantara de Vaivasvata, Kratu est rappelé comme sans descendance. Le sage Atri eut dix épouses, toutes renommées pour leur beauté et leur pativratā, fermes dans le dharma d’épouse.

Word by Word

• अनपत्यः: without offspring

• क्रतुः: (the sage) Kratu

• तस्मिन्: in that (period/context)

• स्मृतः: remembered/recorded

• वैवस्वते अन्तरे: in the Vaivasvata Manvantara

• अत्रेः: of Atri

• पत्न्यः: wives

• दश एव: ten indeed

• आसन्: were

• सुंदर्यः: beautiful/lovely women

• च: and

• पतिव्रताः: devoted to their husbands, firm in marital vows

Speaker

Suta Goswami