Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.21.29
या त आत्मभृतं वीर्यं नवधा प्रसविष्यति ।
वीर्ये त्वदीये ऋषय आधास्यन्त्यञ्जसात्मन: ॥ २९ ॥
yā ta ātma-bhṛtaṁ vīryaṁ
[yaa ta aatma-bhritam veeryam]
navadhā prasaviṣyati
[navadhaa prasavishyati]
vīrye tvadīye ṛṣaya
[veerye tvadeeye rishaya]
ādhāsyanty añjasātmanaḥ
[aadhaasyanty anjasaatmanah]
Word-for-word
yā
—
she
te
—
by you
ātma-bhṛtam
—
sown in her
vīryam
—
the seed
nava-dhā
—
nine daughters
prasaviṣyati
—
will bring forth
vīrye tvadīye
—
in the daughters begotten by you
ṛṣayaḥ
—
the sages
ādhāsyanti
—
will beget
añjasā
—
in total
ātmanaḥ
—
children.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
yā ta ātma-bhṛtaṁ vīryaṁ
yā
she
te
by you
ātma-bhṛtam
sown in her
vīryam
the seed
navadhā prasaviṣyati
nava-dhā
nine daughters
prasaviṣyati
will bring forth
vīrye tvadīye ṛṣaya
vīrye tvadīye
in the daughters begotten by you
ṛṣayaḥ
the sages
ādhāsyanty añjasātmanaḥ
ādhāsyanti
will beget
añjasā
in total
ātmanaḥ
children.
She will bring forth nine daughters from the seed sown in her by you, and through the daughters you beget, the sages will duly beget children.
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura
Gauḍīya
Translation
She will produce nine daughters from your semen, and sages will impregnate those daughters.
The semen held within you will flourish the form of nine offspring. Sages will impregnate with their semen those daughters born from your semen.
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Personal Guidance
Nine daughters will come from Kardama's seed, and through them the sages will continue to beget. One vow of generation cascades through whole lineages. Our well-chosen partnerships seed entire future communities.
Reflection Questions
- What 'nine daughters' might my present commitments seed across generations?
- Whose lineage am I helping to begin, knowingly or not?
My note
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