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Genealogical Table of the Daughters of Manu
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PURPORT
Impersonalists who perform Vedic fruitive sacrifices are attracted to the various fire-gods and offer oblations in their name. The forty-nine fire-gods are described herewith.
TEXT 63
अग्निष्वात्ता बर्हिषदः सौम्याः पितर आज्यपाः । साम्रयोऽनग्रयस्तेषां पत्नी दाक्षायणी स्वधा ॥६३॥
agniṣvāttā barhiṣadaḥ saumyāḥ pitara ājyapāḥ sāgnayo 'nagnayas teṣām patnī dākṣāyaṇī svadhā
agniṣvāttāḥ—the Agniṣvāttas; barhiṣadaḥ—the Barhiṣadas ; saumyāḥ—the Saumyas; pitaraḥ—the forefathers; ājyapāḥ—the Ājyapas; sāgnayaḥ—those whose means is by fire; anagnayaḥ—those whose means is without fire; teṣām—of them; patnī—the wife; dākṣāyaṇī—the daughter of Dakṣa; svadhā—Svadhā.
TRANSLATION
The Agniṣvāttas, the Barhiṣadas, the Saumyas and the Ājyapas are the Pitrṣ. They are either sāgnika or niragnika. The wife of all these Pitrṣ is Svadhā, who is the daughter of King Dakṣa.
TEXT 64
तेम्यो दधार कन्ये द्वे वयुनां धारिणीं स्वधा । उभे ते मध्यवादिन्यौ ज्ञानविज्ञानपारगे ॥६४॥
tebhyo dadhāra kanye dve vayunām dhāriṇīm svadhā ubhe te brahma-vādinyau jñāna-vijñāna-pārage