गते शतधृतौ क्षत्तः कर्दमस्तेन चोदितः ।
यथोदितं स्वदुहितॄः प्रादाद्विश्वसृजां ततः ॥ २१ ॥
gate-after he departed; sata-dhrtau-Lord Brahma; ksattah-O Vidura; kardamah-Kardama Muni; tena-by him; coditah-ordered; yatha-uditam-as told; sva-duhitrh-his own daughters; pradat-handed over; visva-srjam-to the creators of the world's population; tatah-thereafter.
O Vidura, after the departure of Brahma, Kardama Muni, having been ordered by Brahma, handed over his nine daughters, as instructed, to the nine great sages who created the population of the world.