Shloka 29

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

Devanagari script

ताम्रा च जनयामास षट् कन्या द्विजपुङ्गवाः शुकीं श्येनीं च भासीं च सुग्रीवीं गृध्रिकां शुचिम्

Transliteration

tāmrā ca janayāmāsa ṣaṭ kanyā dvijapuṅgavāḥ śukīṃ śyenīṃ ca bhāsīṃ ca sugrīvīṃ gṛdhrikāṃ śucim

Translation

हे द्विजपुंगव, ताम्रा ने छह कन्याओं को जन्म दिया—शुकी, श्येनी, भासी, सुग्रीवी, गृध्रिका और शुचि।

Word by Word

• ताम्रा (tāmrā): Tāmra (a progenitress)

• च (ca): and

• जनयामास (janayāmāsa): gave birth to/produced

• षट् (ṣaṭ): six

• कन्या (kanyāḥ): daughters

• द्विजपुङ्गवाः (dvijapuṅgavāḥ): O best among the twice-born (address to the sages/brāhmaṇas)

• शुकीम् (śukīm): Śukī (name)

• श्येनीम् (śyenīm): Śyenī (name)

• भासीम् (bhāsīm): Bhāsī (name)

• सुग्रीवीम् (sugrīvīm): Sugrīvī (name)

• गृध्रिकाम् (gṛdhrikām): Gṛdhrikā (name)

• शुचिम् (śucim): Śuci (name)

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya)