Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 4.1.12
యా: కర్దమసుతా: ప్రోక్తా నవ బ్రహ్మర్షిపత్నయ: ।
తాసాం ప్రసూతిప్రసవం ప్రోచ్యమానం నిబోధ మే ॥ ౧౨ ॥
yāḥ kardama-sutāḥ proktā
[yaah kardama-sutaah proktaa]
nava brahmarṣi-patnayaḥ
[nava brahmarshi-patnayah]
tāsāṁ prasūti-prasavaṁ
[taasaam prasooti-prasavam]
procyamānaṁ nibodha me
[prochyamaanam nibodha me]
Word-for-word
yāḥ
—
those who
kardama-sutāḥ
—
the daughters of Kardama
proktāḥ
—
were mentioned
nava
—
nine
brahma-ṛṣi
—
great sages of spiritual knowledge
patnayaḥ
—
wives
tāsām
—
their
prasūti-prasavam
—
generations of sons and grandsons
procyamānam
—
describing
nibodha
—
try to understand
me
—
from me.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
yāḥ kardama-sutāḥ proktā
yāḥ
those who
kardama-sutāḥ
the daughters of Kardama
proktāḥ
were mentioned
nava brahmarṣi-patnayaḥ
nava
nine
brahma-ṛṣi
great sages of spiritual knowledge
patnayaḥ
wives
tāsāṁ prasūti-prasavaṁ
tāsām
their
prasūti-prasavam
generations of sons and grandsons
procyamānam
describing
procyamānaṁ nibodha me
nibodha
try to understand
me
from me.
You have already been informed about the nine daughters of Kardama Muni, who were handed over to nine different sages. I shall now describe the descendants of those nine daughters. Please hear from me.
Purport
The Third Canto has already described how Kardama Muni begot nine daughters in Devahūti and how all the daughters were later handed over to great sages like Marīci, Atri and Vasiṣṭha.
— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura
Gauḍīya
Translation
Kardama’s nine daughters mentioned previously became the wives of nine great sages. Please understand the sons and grandsons which I will now describe.
Another version has kṣattar-brahmarṣi. Prasūti-prasavam means “the spreading of sons and grandsons.”
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