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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 6, Ch. 6
lost during his disease. Nevertheless he could not beget children. The moon loses his shining power during the dark fortnight, and in the bright fortnight it is manifest again. O King Parīkṣit, now please hear from me the names of Kaśyapa's wives, from whose wombs the population of the entire universe has come. They are the mothers of almost all the population of the entire universe, and their names are very auspicious to hear. They are Aditi, Diti, Danu, Kāṣṭhā, Ariṣṭā, Surasā, Ilā, Muni, Krodhavaśā, Tāmrā, Surabhi, Saramā and Timi. From the womb of Timi all the aquatics took birth, and from the womb of Saramā the ferocious animals like the tigers and lions took birth.
TEXT 27
सुरभेर्महिषागावो ये चान्ये द्विशका नृप ।
ताम्रायाः श्येनगृध्राद्या मुनेरप्सरसां गणाः ॥२७॥
surabher mahiṣā gāvo ye cānye dviśaphā nṛpa tāmrāyāḥ śyena-gṛdhrādyā muner apsarasām gaṇāḥ
surabheḥ—from the womb of Surabhi; mahiṣāḥ—buffalo; gāvaḥ—cows; ye—who; ca—also; anye—others; dvi-śaphāḥ—having cloven hooves; nṛpa—O King; tāmrāyāḥ—from Tāmrā; śyena—eagles; gṛdhra-ādyāḥ—vultures and so on; muneḥ—from Muni; apsarasām—of angels; gaṇāḥ—the groups.
TRANSLATION
My dear King Parīkṣit, from the womb of Surabhi the buffalo, cow and other animals with cloven hooves took birth, from the womb of Tāmrā the eagles, vultures and other large birds of prey took birth, and from the womb of Muni the angels took birth.
TEXT 28
दन्दशूकादयः सर्पा राजन् क्रोधवशात्मजाः ।
इलाया भूरुहाः सर्वे यातुधानाश्च सौरसाः ॥२८॥