Srimad Bhagavatam — Shashtha Skandha, Shloka 26
Dakṣa’s Daughters, Cosmic Lineages, and the Population of the Three Worlds
Devanagari script
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 ॥
Transliteration
punaḥ prasādya taṁ somaḥ kalā lebhe kṣaye ditāḥ śṛṇu nāmāni lokānāṁ mātṝṇāṁ śaṅkarāṇi ca
Translation
その後、月の王ソーマは丁重な言葉でプラジャーパティ・ダクシャをなだめ、病により失っていた光の分を再び得た。されど子をもうけることはできなかった。暗半月には月の輝きは減じ、明半月には再び現れる。おおパリークシット王よ、今こそカश्यパの妃たちの名を聞きなさい。彼女らの胎より宇宙の民は生まれ、その名を聞くことは吉祥である。すなわち、アディティ、ディティ、ダヌ、カーシュター、アリシュター、スラサー、イラー、ムニ、クローダヴァシャー、タームラー、スラビー、サラマー、ティミである。ティミからは水の生類が、サラマーからは獅子や虎のごとき猛獣が生まれた。
Synonyms
punaḥagain
punaḥ:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootpunaḥ (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya (अव्यय), adverb (क्रियाविशेषण)
prasādyahaving propitiated
prasādya:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootpra√sad (धातु) + lyap (क्त्वान्त/ल्यप्)
FormKṛdanta, absolutive (ल्यप्/क्त्वान्त), ‘having pleased/propitiated’
tamhim
tam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Roottad (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPronoun (सर्वनाम), Masculine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)
somaḥSoma (the Moon)
somaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootsoma (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular
kalāḥphases (digits)
kalāḥ:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootkalā (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Plural (बहुवचन)
lebheobtained
lebhe:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√labh (धातु)
FormPerfect (लिट्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन), Parasmaipada
kṣayein the waning
kṣaye:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootkṣaya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular; ‘at the waning/decline’
ditāḥfrom Diti
ditāḥ:
Apādāna (अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootditā (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Ablative (5th/पञ्चमी), Singular; ‘from Diti’
śṛṇuhear
śṛṇu:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√śru (धातु)
FormImperative (लोट्), 2nd person (मध्यमपुरुष), Singular, Parasmaipada
nāmāninames
nāmāni:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootnāman (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Plural
lokānāmof the worlds / of people
lokānām:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootloka (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Plural
mātṝṇāmof the mothers
mātṝṇām:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootmātṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Plural
śaṅkarāṇiauspicious
śaṅkarāṇi:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootśaṅkara (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Plural; adjective qualifying ‘nāmāni’
caand
ca:
Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya, conjunction (समुच्चयबोधक)
athathen/now
atha:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootatha (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya, discourse particle (अनन्तर/प्रस्ताव)
kaśyapa-patnīnāmof Kaśyapa’s wives
kaśyapa-patnīnām:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootkaśyapa (प्रातिपदिक) + patnī (प्रातिपदिक)
FormTatpuruṣa (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष) ‘Kaśyapa’s wives’; Feminine, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Plural
yatwhich
yat:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootyad (प्रातिपदिक)
FormRelative pronoun, Neuter, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; correlates with ‘idam jagat’
prasūtamproduced
prasūtam:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootpra√sū (धातु) + kta (क्त)
FormPast passive participle (क्त), Neuter, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; ‘born/produced’
idamthis
idam:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootidam (प्रातिपदिक)
FormDemonstrative pronoun, Neuter, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular
jagatworld
jagat:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootjagat (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular
aditiḥAditi
aditiḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootaditi (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular
ditiḥDiti
ditiḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootditi (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular
danuḥDanu
danuḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootdanu (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular
kāṣṭhāKāṣṭhā
kāṣṭhā:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootkāṣṭhā (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular
ariṣṭāAriṣṭā
ariṣṭā:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootariṣṭā (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular
surasāSurasā
surasā:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootsurasā (प्रातिपदik)
FormFeminine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular
ilāIlā
ilā:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootilā (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular
muniḥMuni (a wife named Muni)
muniḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootmuni (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular
krodhavaśāKrodhavaśā
krodhavaśā:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootkrodha (प्रातिपदिक) + vaśā (प्रातिपदिक)
FormTatpuruṣa (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष) ‘(wife) of Krodha’; Feminine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular
tām्रāTām्रā
tām्रā:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottām्रā (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular
surabhiḥSurabhi
surabhiḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootsurabhi (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular
saramāSaramā
saramā:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootsaramā (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular
timiḥTimi
timiḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottimi (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular
timeḥof Timi
timeḥ:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Roottimi (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular; ‘of Timi’
yādogaṇāḥgroups of aquatic creatures
yādogaṇāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootyādas (प्रातिपदिक) + gaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormTatpuruṣa (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष) ‘groups of aquatic beings’; Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural
āsanwere
āsan:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√as (धातु)
FormImperfect (लङ्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Plural (बहुवचन), Parasmaipada
śvāpadāḥbeasts of prey
śvāpadāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootśvā-pada (प्रातिपदिक)
FormKarmadhāraya ‘dog-like beasts’; Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural
saramā-sutāḥoffspring of Saramā
saramā-sutāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootsaramā (प्रातिपदिक) + suta (प्रातिपदिक)
FormTatpuruṣa (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष) ‘sons/offspring of Saramā’; Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural
Characters & Entities
S
SomaD
DitiFAQs
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.