14 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 6, Ch. 6

kinds of birds, and Yamini gave birth to locusts. Vinata [Suparna]
gave birth to Garuda, the carrier of Lord Visnu, and to Aniru, or
Aruna, the chariot driver of the sun-god. Kadri gave birth to
different varieties of serpents.

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krttikadini naksatran-
indoh patnyas tu bharata

daksa-sapat so ‘napatyas
tasu yaksma-graharditah

krttika-Gdini—headed by Krttika; naksatrdni—the constellations;
indoh—of the moon-god; patnyah—the wives; tu—but; bharata—O
Maharaja Pariksit, descendant of the dynasty of Bharata; daksa-sapat—
because of being cursed by Daksa; sah—the moon-god: anapatyah—
without children; tasu—in so many wives; yaksma-graha-arditah—
being oppressed by a disease that brings about gradual destruction.

TRANSLATION

O Maharaja Pariksit, best of the Bharatas, the constellations
named Krttika were all wives of the moon-god. However, because
Prajapati Daksa had cursed him to suffer from a disease causing
gradual destruction, the moon-god could not beget children in any
of his wives.

PURPORT

Because the moon-god was very much attached to Rohini, he neglected
all his other wives. Therefore, seeing the bereavement of these
daughters, Prajapati Daksa became angry and cursed him.

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