140 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 9, Ch. 21
Vyasadeva, is described in great detail in the Brahma-vaivarta Purana.
There it is said that Vyasadeva maintained the daughter of Jabali as his
wife and that after they performed penances together for many years, he
placed his seed in her womb. The child remained in the womb of his
mother for twelve years, and when the father asked the son to come out,
the son replied that he would not come out unless he were completely
liberated from the influence of maya. Vydsadeva then assured the child
that he would not be influenced by mayd, but the child did not believe
his father, for the father was still attached to his wife and children.
Vyasadeva then went to Dvaraka and informed the Personality of God-
head about his problem, and the Personality of Godhead, at Vyasadeva’s
request, went to Vyasadeva’s cottage, where He assured the child in the
womb that he would not be influenced by maya. Thus assured, the child
came out, but he immediately went away as a parivrdjakdcarya. When
the father, very much aggrieved, began to follow his saintly boy,
Sukadeva Gosvami, the boy created a duplicate Sukadeva, who later en-
tered family life. Therefore, the Suka-kanyd, or daughter of Sukadeva,
mentioned in this verse is the daughter of the duplicate or imitation
Sukadeva. The original Sukadeva was a lifelong brahmacari.
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Sea ATA TET |
SAAT ABT TESTA REM
Jaigisavyopadesena
yoga-tantram cakara ha
udaksenas tatas tasmad
bhallato barhadisavah

Jaigisavya —of the great rsi named Jaigisavya; upadesena—by the in-
struction; yoga-tantram—an elaborate description of the mystic
yoga system; cakara—compiled; ha—in the past; udaksenah—Udak-
sena; tatah—from him (Visvaksena); tasmat—from him (Udaksena);
bhallatah—a son named Bhallata; barhadisavah—(all of these are
known as) descendants of Brhadisu.
