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Srimad Bhagavatam — Shashtha Skandha, Shloka 29

Dakṣa’s Daughters, Cosmic Lineages, and the Population of the Three Worlds

अरिष्टायास्तु गन्धर्वा: काष्ठाया द्विशफेतरा: । सुता दनोरेकषष्टिस्तेषां प्राधानिकाञ् श‍ृणु ॥ २९ ॥ द्विमूर्धा शम्बरोऽरिष्टो हयग्रीवो विभावसु: । अयोमुख: शङ्कुशिरा: स्वर्भानु: कपिलोऽरुण: ॥ ३० ॥ पुलोमा वृषपर्वा च एकचक्रोऽनुतापन: । धूम्रकेशो विरूपाक्षो विप्रचित्तिश्च दुर्जय: ॥ ३१ ॥

ariṣṭāyās tu gandharvāḥ kāṣṭhāyā dviśaphetarāḥ sutā danor eka-ṣaṣṭis teṣāṁ prādhānikāñ śṛṇu

阿里什塔之胎生出乾闼婆;卡什塔之胎生出马等不分蹄之兽。大王啊,达努之胎生出六十一子;其中这十八位最为重要:双首(Dvimūrdhā)、商婆罗(Śambara)、阿里什塔(Ariṣṭa)、海耶格里瓦(Hayagrīva)、毗婆婆苏(Vibhāvasu)、阿约穆卡(Ayomukha)、商库希拉(Śaṅkuśirā)、斯瓦尔婆奴(Svarbhānu)、迦毗罗(Kapila)、阿鲁那(Aruṇa)、普罗摩(Pulomā)、弗里沙帕尔瓦(Vṛṣaparvā)、独轮(Ekacakra)、阿努塔帕那(Anutāpana)、烟发(Dhūmrakeśa)、异眼(Virūpākṣa)、毗普罗奇提(Vipracitti)与难胜(Durjaya)。

ariṣṭāyāḥof Ariṣṭā
ariṣṭāyāḥ:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootariṣṭā (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular
tubut/indeed
tu:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya, particle (निपात) indicating contrast/emphasis
gandharvāḥGandharvas
gandharvāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootgandharva (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural
kāṣṭhāyāḥof Kāṣṭhā
kāṣṭhāyāḥ:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootkāṣṭhā (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular
dviśapha-itarāḥother (hoofed animals)
dviśapha-itarāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootdviśapha (प्रातिपदिक) + itara (प्रातिपदिक)
FormTatpuruṣa ‘others than the two-hoofed’ (i.e., one-hoofed etc.); Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural
sutāḥsons/offspring
sutāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootsuta (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural
danoḥof Danu
danoḥ:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootdanu (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular
eka-ṣaṣṭiḥsixty-one
eka-ṣaṣṭiḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rooteka (संख्या) + ṣaṣṭi (प्रातिपदिक)
FormDvigu numeral compound ‘sixty-one’; Feminine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (as a number-word)
teṣāmof them
teṣām:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Roottad (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPronoun, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Plural
prādhānikānthe chief (ones)
prādhānikān:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootprādhānika (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Plural; adjective used substantively ‘the principal ones’
śṛṇuhear
śṛṇu:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√śru (धातु)
FormImperative (लोट्), 2nd person (मध्यमपुरुष), Singular, Parasmaipada
A
Ariṣṭā
K
Kāṣṭhā
D
Danu
G
Gandharvas
D
Dviśapha

FAQs

In Canto 6 Chapter 6, Śukadeva explains that Danu had sixty-one sons and then begins listing the principal Danavas by name.

Śukadeva Gosvāmī narrates these genealogies to Mahārāja Parīkṣit as part of the broader account of various cosmic lineages.

They place Vedic history and ethics in context—showing how tendencies (divine or demoniac) manifest through choices and association, encouraging discernment and devotion.