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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 4.13.14

प्रदोषो निशिथो व्युष्ट इति दोषासुतास्त्रय: । व्युष्ट: सुतं पुष्करिण्यां सर्वतेजसमादधे ॥ १४ ॥
pradoṣo niśitho vyuṣṭa
[pradosho nishitho vyushta]
iti doṣā-sutās trayaḥ
[iti doshaa-sutaas trayah]
vyuṣṭaḥ sutaṁ puṣkariṇyāṁ
[vyushtah sutam pushkarinyaam]
sarvatejasam ādadhe
[sarvatejasam aadadhe]
pradoṣaḥ — Pradoṣa niśithaḥ — Niśitha vyuṣṭaḥ — Vyuṣṭa iti — thus doṣā — of Doṣā sutāḥ — sons trayaḥ — three vyuṣṭaḥ — Vyuṣṭa sutam — son puṣkariṇyām — in Puṣkariṇī sarva-tejasam — named Sarvatejā (all-powerful) ādadhe — begot.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
pradoṣo niśitho vyuṣṭa
pradoṣaḥ
Pradoṣa
niśithaḥ
Niśitha
vyuṣṭaḥ
Vyuṣṭa
iti doṣā-sutās trayaḥ
iti
thus
doṣā
of Doṣā
sutāḥ
sons
trayaḥ
three
vyuṣṭaḥ sutaṁ puṣkariṇyāṁ
vyuṣṭaḥ
Vyuṣṭa
sutam
son
puṣkariṇyām
in Puṣkariṇī
sarvatejasam ādadhe
sarva-tejasam
named Sarvatejā (all-powerful)
ādadhe
begot.
Doṣā had three sons — Pradoṣa, Niśitha and Vyuṣṭa. Vyuṣṭa’s wife was named Puṣkariṇī, and she gave birth to a very powerful son named Sarvatejā.
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Doṣa had three sons, Pradoṣa, Niśitha, and Vyuṣṭa. Vyuṣṭa begot a son named Sarvatejā in his wife Puṣkariṇī.
Doṣā's sons Pradoṣa, Niśitha, Vyuṣṭa — phases of night; Vyuṣṭa with Puṣkariṇī had Sarvatejā. Even the night has its own sequence of children, ending in dawn-light ('all-effulgent'). Darkness has structure too.
Reflection Questions
  • What 'children' has a dark phase of my own life produced that lead toward dawn?
  • Where am I dismissing the night as wasted when it has its own progressive structure?
📝 My note

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