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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 5.1.34

दुहितरं चोर्जस्वतीं नामोशनसे प्रायच्छद्यस्यामासीद् देवयानी नाम काव्यसुता ॥ ३४ ॥
duhitaraṁ corjasvatīṁ nāmośanase prāyacchad yasyām āsīd devayānī nāma kāvya-sutā.
[duhitaram chorjasvateem naamoshanase praayachchad yasyaam aaseed devayaanee naama kaavya-sutaa.]
duhitaram — the daughter ca — also ūrjasvatīm — Ūrjasvatī nāma — named uśanase — unto the great sage Uśanā (Śukrācārya) prāyacchat — he gave yasyām — unto whom āsīt — there was devayānī — Devayānī nāma — named kāvya-sutā — the daughter of Śukrācārya.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
duhitaraṁ corjasvatīṁ nāmośanase prāyacchad yasyām āsīd devayānī nāma kāvya-sutā.
duhitaram
the daughter
ca
also
ūrjasvatīm
Ūrjasvatī
nāma
named
uśanase
unto the great sage Uśanā (Śukrācārya)
prāyacchat
he gave
yasyām
unto whom
āsīt
there was
devayānī
Devayānī
nāma
named
kāvya-sutā
the daughter of Śukrācārya.
King Priyavrata then gave his daughter, Ūrjasvatī, in marriage to Śukrācārya, who begot in her a daughter named Devayānī.
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
King Priyavrata then gave his daughter, Ūrjasvatī, in marriage to Śukrācārya. The daughter of Śukrācārya and Ūrjasvatī was named Devayānī.
Even ordinary family decisions like marriage are woven into a vast spiritual lineage. The seemingly small choices of one generation become the inheritance of many to come.
Reflection Questions
  • What small choice are you treating as private that may actually be shaping a lineage?
  • Whom are you knitting your life to, and is that bond directed toward Kṛṣṇa or away from Him?
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