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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
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तेभ्योऽग्नयः समभवन्चत्वारिंशच्च पञ्च च । त एवैकोनपञ्चाशत्साकं पितृपितामहैः ॥६१॥
tebhyo ’gnayaḥ samabhavan catvāriṁśac ca pañca ca ta evaikonapañcāśat sākaṁ pitṛ-pitāmahaiḥ
WORD BY WORD
tebhyaḥ from them; agnayaḥ fire-gods; samabhavan were produced; catvāriṁśat forty; ca and; pañca five; ca and; te they; eva certainly; ekona-pañcāśat forty-nine; sākam along with; pitṛ-pitāmahaiḥ with the fathers and grandfather;
TRANSLATION
| From those three sons another forty-five descendants were generated, who are also fire-gods. The total number of fire-gods is therefore forty-nine, including the fathers and the grandfather.
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PURPORT
| The grandfather is Agni, and the sons are Pāvaka, Pavamāna and Śuci. Counting these four, plus forty-five grandsons, there are altogether forty-nine different fire-gods.
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