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TEXT 60
svahabhimaninas cagner
atmajams trin ajijanat
pavakam pavamanam ca
sucim ca huta-bhojanam
SYNONYMS
svahaSvaha, the wife of Agni; abhimaninahthe presiding deity of fire; caand; agnehfrom Agni; atmajansons; trinthree; ajijanatproduced; pavakamPavaka; pavamanam caand Pavamana; sucim caand Suci; huta-bhojanameating the oblations of sacrifice.
TRANSLATION
The predominating deity of fire begot in his wife, Svaha, three children, named Pavaka, Pavamana and Suci, who exist by eating the oblations offered to the fire of sacrifice.
PURPORT
After describing the descendants of the thirteen wives of Dharma, who were all daughters of Daksa, Maitreya now describes the fourteenth daughter of Daksa, Svaha, and her three sons. Oblations offered in the sacrificial fire are meant for the demigods, and on behalf of the demigods the three sons of Agni and Svaha, namely Pavaka, Pavamana and Suci, accept the oblations.
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