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kṛttikādīni nakṣatrāṇ-
īndoḥ patnyas tu bhārata
dakṣa-śāpāt so ‘napatyas
tāsu yakṣma-grahārditaḥ
Synonyms
kṛttikā-ādīni—headed by Kṛttikā; nakṣatrāṇi—the constellations; indoḥ—of the moon-god; patnyah—the wives; tu—but; bharata—O Mahārāja Parīkṣit, descendant of the dynasty of Bharata; daksa-śāpāt—because of being cursed by Dakṣa; saḥ—the moon-god; anapatyaḥ—without children; tāsu—in so many wives; yakṣma-graha-arditah—being oppressed by a disease that brings about gradual destruction. ¶
Translation
O Mahārāja Parīkṣit, best of the Bhāratas, the constellations named Kṛttikā were all wives of the moon-god. However, because Prajāpati Dakṣa had cursed him to suffer from a disease causing gradual destruction, the moon-god could not beget children in any of his wives. ¶