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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 6.18.1

श्रीशुक उवाच पृश्निस्तु पत्नी सवितु: सावित्रीं व्याहृतिं त्रयीम् । अग्निहोत्रं पशुं सोमं चातुर्मास्यं महामखान् ॥ १ ॥
śrī-śuka uvāca
[shree-shuka uvaacha]
pṛśnis tu patnī savituḥ
[prishnis tu patnee savituh]
sāvitrīṁ vyāhṛtiṁ trayīm
[saavitreem vyaahritim trayeem]
agnihotraṁ paśuṁ somaṁ
[agnihotram pashum somam]
cāturmāsyaṁ mahā-makhān
[chaaturmaasyam mahaa-makhaan]
śrī-śukaḥ uvāca — Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said pṛśniḥ — Pṛśni tu — then patnī — wife savituḥ — of Savitā sāvitrīm — Sāvitrī vyāhṛtim — Vyāhṛti trayīm — Trayī agnihotram — Agnihotra paśum — Paśu somam — Soma cāturmāsyam — Cāturmāsya mahā-makhān — the five Mahāyajñas.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
śrī-śuka uvāca
śrī-śukaḥ uvāca
Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said
pṛśnis tu patnī savituḥ
pṛśniḥ
Pṛśni
tu
then
patnī
wife
savituḥ
of Savitā
sāvitrīṁ vyāhṛtiṁ trayīm
sāvitrīm
Sāvitrī
vyāhṛtim
Vyāhṛti
trayīm
Trayī
agnihotraṁ paśuṁ somaṁ
agnihotram
Agnihotra
paśum
Paśu
somam
Soma
cāturmāsyaṁ mahā-makhān
cāturmāsyam
Cāturmāsya
mahā-makhān
the five Mahāyajñas.
Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: Pṛśni, who was the wife of Savitā, the fifth of the twelve sons of Aditi, gave birth to three daughters — Sāvitrī, Vyāhṛti and Trayī — and the sons named Agnihotra, Paśu, Soma, Cāturmāsya and the five Mahāyajñas.
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: Pṛśni, who was the wife of Savitā, the fifth of the twelve sons of Aditi, gave birth to three daughters—Sāvitrī, Vyāhṛti and Trayī—and the sons named Agnihotra, Paśu, Soma, Cāturmāsya and the five Mahāyajñas. The Eighteenth Chapter describes how Diti, whose sons had been killed by Viṣṇu, performed austerities for a son to kill Indra, and how, after Indra cut the child in Diti’s womb to pieces, the embryo became the Maruts. In relating the descendents of Aditi’s sons, the fourth son was mentioned as Tvaṣṭā. In relation to him, the story of Viśvarūpa’s murder and the curse of Citraketu were described. Now the description of Aditi’s descendents from the fifth and other sons is given. Paśum means animal sacrifice. Mahāmakhān means five sacrifices. The verb is in the following verse.
Pṛśni, wife of Savitā (Aditi's fifth son), bore three daughters and the sons named Agnihotra, Paśu, Soma, Cāturmāsya, and the five Mahāyajñas. Even ritual categories descend through specific mothers.
Reflection Questions
  • Do I see religious categories as abstract or as members of a family?
  • What does it mean that Cāturmāsya itself has a mother?
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