Text 18] The Progeny of the Daughters of Daksa 11

TEXTS 17-18

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saripasiita bhiitasya
bharya rudrams ca kotisah
raivato ‘jo bhavo bhimo
vama ugro vrsdkapih

ajaikapad ahirbradhno
bahuriipo mahan iti

rudrasya parsadas canye
ghorah preta-vinayakah

saripad—Saripa; asita—gave birth; bhiitasya—of Bhita; bharya—
the wife; rudran—Rudras; ca—and; kotisah—ten million; raivatah—
Raivata; ajah—Aja; bhavah—Bhava; bhimah—Bhima; vamah—Vama;
ugrah—Ugra; vrsakapih—Vrsakapi; ajaikapat—Ajaikapat; ahirbradh-
nah—Ahirbradhna; bahuripah—Bahuripa; mahén—Mahan: iti—
thus: rudrasya—of these Rudras; padrsadéh—their associates; ca—and;
anye—other; ghorah—very fearful; preta—ghosts; vindyakah—and
hobgoblins.

TRANSLATION

Saripa, the wife of Bhita, gave birth to the ten million Rudras,
of whom the eleven principal Rudras were Raivata, Aja, Bhava,
Bhima, Vama, Ugra, Vrsakapi, Ajaikapat, Ahirbradhna, Bahuripa
and Mahan. Their associates, the ghosts and goblins, who are very
fearful, were born of the other wife of Bhita.

PURPORT

Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura comments that Bhita had two
wives. One of them, Sariipa, gave birth to the eleven Rudras, and the
