Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 4.1.48
तस्यां ससर्ज दुहितृ: षोडशामललोचना: ।
त्रयोदशादाद्धर्माय तथैकामग्नये विभु: ॥ ४८ ॥
tasyāṁ sasarja duhitṝḥ
[tasyaam sasarja duhitreeh]
ṣoḍaśāmala-locanāḥ
[shodashaamala-lochanaah]
trayodaśādād dharmāya
[trayodashaadaad dharmaaya]
tathaikām agnaye vibhuḥ
[tathaikaam agnaye vibhuh]
Word-for-word
tasyām
—
unto her
sasarja
—
created
duhitṝḥ
—
daughters
ṣoḍaśa
—
sixteen
amala-locanāḥ
—
with lotuslike eyes
trayodaśa
—
thirteen
adāt
—
gave
dharmāya
—
to Dharma
tathā
—
so
ekām
—
one daughter
agnaye
—
to Agni
vibhuḥ
—
Dakṣa.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
tasyāṁ sasarja duhitṝḥ
tasyām
unto her
sasarja
created
duhitṝḥ
daughters
ṣoḍaśāmala-locanāḥ
ṣoḍaśa
sixteen
amala-locanāḥ
with lotuslike eyes
trayodaśādād dharmāya
trayodaśa
thirteen
adāt
gave
dharmāya
to Dharma
tathaikām agnaye vibhuḥ
tathā
so
ekām
one daughter
agnaye
to Agni
vibhuḥ
Dakṣa.
Dakṣa begot sixteen very beautiful daughters with lotuslike eyes in his wife Prasūti. Of these sixteen daughters, thirteen were given in marriage to Dharma, and one daughter was given to Agni.
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura
Gauḍīya
Translation
Dakṣa begot sixteen daughters with beautiful eyes in his wife Prasūti. He gave thirteen in marriage to Dharma, and one to Agni.
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Personal Guidance
Dakṣa's sixteen daughters had 'lotuslike eyes' — beauty in scripture often signals inner devotion, not just appearance. Don't mistake outer charm for true beauty; cultivate the kind that points to the lotus.
Reflection Questions
- What beauty am I cultivating in myself — outer or the lotus-eyed inner kind?
- How do I see beauty in others — by surface or by depth?
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