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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
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याः कर्दमसुताः प्रोक्ता नव ब्रह्मर्षिपत्नयः । तासां प्रसूतिप्रसवं प्रोच्यमानं निबोध मे ॥१२॥
yāḥ kardama-sutāḥ proktā nava brahmarṣi-patnayaḥ tāsāṁ prasūti-prasavaṁ procyamānaṁ nibodha me
WORD BY WORD
yāḥ those who; kardamasutāḥ the daughters of Kardama; proktāḥ were mentioned; nava nine; brahmaṛṣi great sages of spiritual knowledge; patnayaḥ wives; tāsām their; prasūtiprasavam generations of sons and grandsons; procyamānam describing; nibodha try to understand; me from me;
TRANSLATION
| 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.
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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.
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