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
Kemudian Soma, raja bulan, menenangkan Prajāpati Dakṣa dengan kata-kata yang lembut dan memperoleh kembali bagian-bagian cahayanya yang hilang karena sakit; namun ia tetap tidak dapat berketurunan. Pada paruh gelap, sinar bulan menyusut, dan pada paruh terang ia tampak kembali. Wahai Raja Parīkṣit, dengarkanlah nama-nama istri Kaśyapa, dari rahim merekalah lahir penduduk seluruh jagat. Mereka: Aditi, Diti, Danu, Kāṣṭhā, Ariṣṭā, Surasā, Ilā, Muni, Krodhavaśā, Tāmrā, Surabhi, Saramā, dan Timi. Dari Timi lahir para makhluk air, dan dari Saramā lahir binatang buas seperti singa dan harimau.
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.