पुन: प्रसाद्य तं सोम: कला लेभे क्षये दिता: । शृणु नामानि लोकानां मातृणां शङ्कराणि च ॥ २४ ॥ अथ कश्यपपत्नीनां यत्प्रसूतमिदं जगत् । अदितिर्दितिर्दनु: काष्ठा अरिष्टा सुरसा इला ॥ २५ ॥ मुनि: क्रोधवशा ताम्रा सुरभि: सरमा तिमि: । तिमेर्यादोगणा आसन् श्वापदा: सरमासुता: ॥ २६ ॥
punah prasadya tam somah kala lebhe ksaye ditah srnu namani lokanam matrnam sankarani ca atha kasyapa-patninam yat-prasutam idam jagat aditir ditir danuh kastha arista surasa ila munih krodhavasa tamra surabhih sarama timih timer yado-gana asan svapadah sarama-sutah
- punah
- again
- prasadya
- pacifying
- tam
- him (Prajapati Daksa)
- somah
- the moon-god
- kalah
- portions of light
- lebhe
- achieved
- ksaye
- in gradual destruction (the dark fortnight)
- ditah
- removed
- srnu
- please hear
- namani
- all the names
- lokanam
- of the planets
- matrnam
- of the mothers
- sankarani
- pleasing
- ca
- also
- atha
- now
- kasyapa-patninam
- of the wives of Kasyapa
- yat-prasutam
- from whom was born
- idam
- this
- jagat
- whole universe
- aditih
- Aditi
- ditih
- Diti
- danuh
- Danu
- kastha
- Kastha
- arista
- Arista
- surasa
- Surasa
- ila
- Ila
- munih
- Muni
- krodhavasa
- Krodhavasa
- tamra
- Tamra
- surabhih
- Surabhi
- sarama
- Sarama
- timih
- Timi
- timeh
- from Timi
- yadah-ganah
- the aquatics
- asan
- appeared
- svapadah
- the ferocious animals like the lions and tigers
- sarama-sutah
- the children of Sarama
Thereafter the King of the moon pacified Prajapati Daksa with courteous words and thus regained the portions of light he had lost during his disease. Nevertheless he could not beget children. The moon loses his shining power during the dark fortnight, and in the bright fortnight it is manifest again. O King Pariksit, now please hear from me the names of Kasyapa’s wives, from whose wombs the population of the entire universe has come. They are the mothers of almost all the population of the entire universe, and their names are very auspicious to hear. They are Aditi, Diti, Danu, Kastha, Arista, Surasa, Ila, Muni, Krodhavasa, Tamra, Surabhi, Sarama and Timi. From the womb of Timi all the aquatics took birth, and from the womb of Sarama the ferocious animals like the tigers and lions took birth.