### SB 6.6.23

> कृत्तिकादीनि नक्षत्राणीन्दोः पत्न्यस्तु भारत\
> दक्षशापात्सोऽनपत्यस्तासु यक्ष्मग्रहार्दितः ॥२३॥

> kṛttikādīni nakṣatrāṇ-\
> īndoḥ patnyas tu bhārata\
> dakṣa-śāpāt so 'napatyas\
> tāsu yakṣma-grahārditaḥ

*kṛttikā-ādīni*—headed by Kṛttikā; *nakṣatrāṇi*—the constellations; *indoḥ*—of the moon-god; *patnyaḥ*—the wives; *tu*—but; *bhārata*—O Mahārāja Parīkṣit, descendant of the dynasty of Bharata; *dakṣa-śāpāt*—because of being cursed by Dakṣa; *saḥ*—the moon-god; *anapatyaḥ*—without children; *tāsu*—in so many wives; *yakṣma-graha-arditaḥ*—being oppressed by a disease that brings about gradual destruction.

**O Mahārāja Parīkṣit, best of the Bhāratas, the constellations named Kṛttikā were all wives of the moon-god. However, because Prajāpati Dakṣa had cursed him to suffer from a disease causing gradual destruction, the moon-god could not beget children in any of his wives.**