Devanagari
या: कर्दमसुता: प्रोक्ता नव ब्रह्मर्षिपत्नय: ।
तासां प्रसूतिप्रसवं प्रोच्यमानं निबोध मे ॥ १२ ॥
Verse text
yāḥ kardama-sutāḥ proktā
nava brahmarṣi-patnayaḥ
tāsāṁ prasūti-prasavaṁ
procyamānaṁ nibodha me
Synonyms
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 .
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.
Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
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.”
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.