Srimad Bhagavatam — Shashtha Skandha, Shloka 11
Dakṣa’s Daughters, Cosmic Lineages, and the Population of the Three Worlds
सङ्कल्पायास्तु सङ्कल्प: काम: सङ्कल्पज: स्मृत: । वसवोऽष्टौ वसो: पुत्रास्तेषां नामानि मे शृणु ॥ १० ॥ द्रोण: प्राणो ध्रुवोऽर्कोऽग्निर्दोषो वास्तुर्विभावसु: । द्रोणस्याभिमते: पत्न्या हर्षशोकभयादय: ॥ ११ ॥
saṅkalpāyās tu saṅkalpaḥ kāmaḥ saṅkalpajaḥ smṛtaḥ vasavo ’ṣṭau vasoḥ putrās teṣāṁ nāmāni me śṛṇu
桑迦尔帕之子名为“桑迦尔帕”，由他生出“迦摩”（欲望）。瓦苏之子共有八位，称为“八瓦苏”：德罗那、普拉那、德鲁瓦、阿尔迦、阿耆尼、多沙、瓦斯图与毗婆婆苏。德罗那之妻阿毗摩提生下哈尔沙、修迦、怖耶等诸子。
FAQs
This verse states that Kāma (desire) is remembered as arising from Saṅkalpa—personified resolve/intention—indicating desire follows mental conception.
In this section he is mapping the cosmic family lines (devatā lineages) to show how universal administration and various beings arise through Dakṣa’s progeny.
Guarding one’s intentions and repeated mental resolves helps regulate desires; purifying saṅkalpa through bhakti reshapes what the heart longs for.