Text 18] |The Progeny of the Daughters of Daksa 11
TEXTS 17-18
ARMA YTS Al aia Flea: |
facisat wat ait aT sat TATA: 112 911
TABULA Teen arate |
CHA TATA TR: RATATAT: 112 <i
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 Vigvanatha Cakravarti Thakura comments that Bhita had two
wives. One of them, Sariipa, gave birth to the eleven Rudras, and the
