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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 3, Ch. 12]
tisraḥ kanyāś ca bhārata ākūtir devahūtiś ca prasūtir iti sattama
saḥ—he (Manu); ca—also; api—in due course; śatarūpāyām—unto Śatarūpā; pañca—five; apatyāni—children; ajījanat—begot; priyavrata—Priyavrata; uttānapādau—Uttānapāda; tisraḥ—three in number; kanyāḥ—daughters; ca—also; bhārata—O son of Bharata; ākūtiḥ—Ākūti; devahūtiḥ—Devahūti; ca—and; prasūtiḥ—Prasūti; iti—thus; sattama—O best of all.
TRANSLATION
O son of Bharata, in due course of time he [Manu] begot in Śatarūpā five children—two sons, Priyavrata and Uttānapāda, and three daughters, Ākūti, Devahūti and Prasūti.
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आकूतिं रुचये प्रादात्कर्दमाय तु मध्यमाम् । दक्षायादात्प्रवृतिं च यत आपूरितं जगत् ॥५७॥
ākūtim rucaye prādāt kardamāya tu madhyamām dakṣāyādāt prasūtim ca yata āpūritam jagat
ākūtim—the daughter named Ākūti; rucaye—unto the sage Ruci; prādāt—handed over; kardamāya—unto the sage Kardama; tu—but; madhyamām—the middle one (Devahūti); dakṣāya—unto Dakṣa; adāt—handed over; prasūtim—the youngest daughter; ca—also; yataḥ—wherefrom; āpūritam—is fulfilled; jagat—the whole world.
TRANSLATION
The father, Manu, handed over his first daughter, Ākūti, to the sage Ruci, the middle daughter, Devahūti, to the sage Kardama, and the youngest, Prasūti, to Dakṣa. From them, all the world filled with population.