CHAPTER SIX

The Progeny of the Daughters of Daksa

As described in this chapter, Prajapati Daksa begot sixty daughters in the
womb of his wife Asikni. These daughters were given in charity to
various persons to increase the population. Since these offspring of Daksa
were women, Narada Muni did not try to lead them toward the
renounced order of life. Thus the daughters were saved from Narada
Muni. Ten of the daughters were given in marriage to Dharmaraja,
thirteen to Kasyapa Muni, and twenty-seven to the moon-god, Candra. In
this way fifty daughters were distributed, and of the other ten daughters,
four were given to Kasyapa and two each to Bhita, Angira and Krsasva.
One should know that it is because of the union of these sixty daughters
with various exalted personalities that the entire universe was filled with
various kinds of living entities, such as human beings, demigods,
demons, beasts, birds and serpents.

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HT TAF

TA? MAAASAEHAASANA: STATA |

ate aNaaaa gfeq: frgacaen: Il 2H

Sri-Suka uvdca
tatah pracetaso ’siknyam
anunitah svayambhuva
sastim sanjanayam asa

duhitrh pitr-vatsalah

Sri-Sukah uvdca—Sri Sukadeva Gosvami said; tatah—after that
incident; prdcetasah—Daksa; asiknyam—in his wife named Asikni:
anunitah—pacified: svayambhuva—by Lord Brahma: sastim—sixty:
