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ŚB 6.6.40

Devanagari

विवस्वत: श्राद्धदेवं संज्ञासूयत वै मनुम् ।
मिथुनं च महाभागा यमं देवं यमीं तथा ।
सैव भूत्वाथ वडवा नासत्यौ सुषुवे भुवि ॥ ४० ॥

Text

vivasvataḥ śrāddhadevaṁ
saṁjñāsūyata vai manum
mithunaṁ ca mahā-bhāgā
yamaṁ devaṁ yamīṁ tathā
saiva bhūtvātha vaḍavā
nāsatyau suṣuve bhuvi

Synonyms

vivasvataḥ — of the sun-god; śrāddhadevam — named Śrāddhadeva; saṁjñā — Saṁjñā; asūyata — gave birth; vai — indeed; manum — to Manu; mithunam — twins; ca — and; mahā-bhāgā — the fortunate Saṁjñā; yamam — to Yamarāja; devam — the demigod; yamīm — to his sister named Yamī; tathā — as well as; — she; eva — also; bhūtvā — becoming; atha — then; vaḍavā — a mare; nāsatyau — to the Aśvinī-kumāras; suṣuve — gave birth; bhuvi — on this earth.

Translation

Saṁjñā, the wife of Vivasvān, the sun-god, gave birth to the Manu named Śrāddhadeva, and the same fortunate wife also gave birth to the twins Yamarāja and the river Yamunā. Then Yamī, while wandering on the earth in the form of a mare, gave birth to the Aśvinī-kumāras.