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TEXT 23
krttikadini naksatran-
indoh patnyas tu bharata
daksa-sapat so ’napatyas
tasu yaksma-graharditah
SYNONYMS
krttika-adini—headed by Krttika; naksatrani—the constellations; indoh—of the moon-god; patnyah—the wives; tu—but; bharata—O Maharaja Pariksit, descendant of the dynasty of Bharata; daksa-sapat—because of being cursed by Daksa; sah—the moon-god; anapatyah—without children; tasu—in so many wives; yaksma-graha-arditah—being oppressed by a disease that brings about gradual destruction.
TRANSLATION
O Maharaja Pariksit, best of the Bharatas, the constellations named Krttika were all wives of the moon-god. However, because Prajapati Daksa had cursed him to suffer from a disease causing gradual destruction, the moon-god could not beget children in any of his wives.
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