Text 17] The Harhnsa-guhya Prayers 205

somo raja yayau dattva
te dharmenopayemire

iti—thus; dmantrya—addressing; vara-Gdrohdm—possessing high,
beautiful hips; kanydém—the girl; dpsarasim—born of an Apsara;
nrpa—O King; somah—Soma, the predominating deity of the moon;
rdja—the king; yayau—returned; dattvd—delivering; te—they; dhar-
mena—according to religious principles; upayemire—married.

TRANSLATION

Sukadeva Gosvami continued: My dear King, after thus pacify-
ing the Pracetas, Soma, the king of the moon, gave them the
beautiful girl born of Pramloca Apsara. The Pracetas all received
Pramloca’s daughter, who had high, very beautiful hips, and mar-
ried her according to the religious system.

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tebhyas tasyam samabhavad
daksah pracetasah kila
yasya praja-visargena
loka apiritas trayah

tebhyah—from all the Pracetds; tasyam—in her; samabhavat—was
generated; daksah—Daksa, the expert in begetting children; prda-
cetasah—the son of the Pracetés; kila—indeed; yasya—of whom;
praja-visargena—by the generation of living entities; lokah—the
worlds; apiritah—filled; trayah—three.

TRANSLATION

In the womb of that girl the Pracetas all begot a son named
Daksa, who filled the three worlds with living entities.
