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Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 6.18.1

Visarga· Brahmā's creation

The Children of Savitā and Pṛśni

“Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: Pṛśni, who was the wife of Savitā, the fifth of the twelve sons of Aditi, gave birth to three daughters — Sāvitrī, Vyāhṛti and Trayī — and the sons named Agnihotra, Paśu, Soma, Cāturmāsya and the five Mahāyajñas.”

Śrīla Prabhupāda · Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 6.18.1, translation

What the purport teaches

  • Savitā was the fifth of Aditi’s twelve sons, and Pṛśni was his wife.
  • Pṛśni gave birth to three daughters: Sāvitrī, Vyāhṛti and Trayī.
  • Their sons were Agnihotra, Paśu, Soma, Cāturmāsya and the five Mahāyajñas.

Try this today

Read the three daughters’ names aloud slowly.

Ask yourself

Which names can I remember from Savitā and Pṛśni’s family?

Carry the question through the day, then answer it in your own words before sleep.

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