TEXT 48
atah sa susuve sadyo
devahutih striyah prajah
sarvas tas caru-sarvangyo
lohitotpala-gandhayah
SYNONYMS
atahthen; sashe; susuvegave birth; sadyahon the same day; devahutihDevahuti; striyahfemales; prajahprogeny; sarvahall; tahthey; caru-sarva-angyahcharming in every limb; lohitared; utpalalike the lotus; gandhayahfragrant.
TRANSLATION
Immediately afterward, on the same day, Devahuti gave birth to nine female children, all charming in every limb and fragrant with the scent of the red lotus flower.
PURPORT
Devahuti was too sexually excited, and therefore she discharged more ova, and nine daughters were born. It is said in the smrti-sastra as well as in the Ayur-veda that when the discharge of the male is greater, male children are begotten, but when the discharge of the female is greater, female children are begotten. It appears from the circumstances that Devahuti was more sexually excited, and therefore she had nine daughters at once. All the daughters, however, were very beautiful, and their bodies were nicely formed; each resembled a lotus flower and was fragrant like a lotus.

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