Shloka 65

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

Devanagari script

कन्या वै मालिका चापि बलायाः प्रसवः स्मृतः इत्येते क्रूरकर्माणः पौलस्त्या राक्षसा नव

Transliteration

kanyā vai mālikā cāpi balāyāḥ prasavaḥ smṛtaḥ ityete krūrakarmāṇaḥ paulastyā rākṣasā nava

Translation

Kanyā dan Mālikā juga diingati sebagai zuriat Balā. Demikianlah sembilan Rākṣasa Paulastya ini—yang beramal perbuatan kejam—dinyatakan.

Word by Word

• कन्या: Kanyā (a named female/person)

• वै: indeed

• मालिका: Mālikā (a named female/person)

• च: and

• अपि: also

• बलायाः: of Balā

• प्रसवः: offspring/progeny

• स्मृतः: remembered/recorded

• इति: thus

• एते: these

• क्रूरकर्माणः: cruel in actions

• पौलस्त्याः: belonging to Pulastya’s line (Paulastya)

• राक्षसाः: Rākṣasas

• नव: nine

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating genealogical tradition to the sages of Naimisharanya)