SB 4.1.60

TEXT 60

TEXT

स्वाहाभिमानिनश्चाग्नेर् आत्मजांस्त्रीनजीजनत् ।
पावकं पवमानं च शुचिं च हुतभोजनम् ॥ ६० ॥

svahabhimaninas cagner

atmajams trin ajijanat

pavakam pavamanam ca

sucim ca huta-bhojanam

svaha-Svaha, the wife of Agni; abhimaninah-the presiding deity of fire; ca-and; agneh-from Agni; atmajan-sons; trin-three; ajijanat-produced; pavakam-Pavaka; pavamanam ca-and Pavamana; sucim ca-and Suci; huta-bhojanam-eating 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.