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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 8.13.9

तृतीयां वडवामेके तासां संज्ञासुतास्त्रय: । यमो यमी श्राद्धदेवश्छायायाश्च सुताञ्छृणु ॥ ९ ॥
tṛtīyāṁ vaḍavām eke
[triteeyaam vadavaam eke]
tāsāṁ saṁjñā-sutās trayaḥ
[taasaam samjnaa-sutaas trayah]
yamo yamī śrāddhadevaś
[yamo yamee shraaddhadevash]
chāyāyāś ca sutāṣ chṛṇu
[chaayaayaash cha sutaash chrinu]
Word-for-word
tṛtīyām — the third wife vaḍavām — Vaḍavā eke — some people tāsām — of all three wives saṁjñā-sutāḥ trayaḥ — three issues of Saṁjñā yamaḥ — one son named Yama yamī — Yamī, a daughter śrāddhadevaḥ — Śrāddhadeva, another son chāyāyāḥ — of Chāyā ca — and sutān — the sons śṛṇu — just hear about.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
tṛtīyāṁ vaḍavām eke
tṛtīyām
the third wife
vaḍavām
Vaḍavā
eke
some people
tāsāṁ saṁjñā-sutās trayaḥ
tāsām
of all three wives
saṁjñā-sutāḥ trayaḥ
three issues of Saṁjñā
yamaḥ
one son named Yama
yamo yamī śrāddhadevaś
yamī
Yamī, a daughter
śrāddhadevaḥ
Śrāddhadeva, another son
chāyāyāś ca sutāṣ chṛṇu
chāyāyāḥ
of Chāyā
ca
and
sutān
the sons
śṛṇu
just hear about.
It is said that the sun-god had a third wife, named Vaḍavā. Of the three wives, the wife named Saṁjñā had three children — Yama, Yamī and Śrāddhadeva. Now let me describe the children of Chāyā.
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
The sun-god had a third wife, named Vaḍavā. Of the three wives, the wife named Saṁjñā had three children--Yama, Yamī (Yamunā) and Śrāddhadeva. Now hear about the children of Chāyā.
Personal Guidance
The third wife, Vaḍavā; Saṁjñā's children: Yama, Yamī, and Śrāddhadeva. Even cosmic administration runs through ordinary household structures — wives, sons, daughters. The home is not separate from the cosmos.
Reflection Questions
  • Where do I separate domestic life from divine administration in my own thinking?
  • How does seeing Yama as a son of a household reframe my sense of him as a 'cosmic figure'?
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