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Canto 6 · Chapter 6: The Progeny of the Daughters of Dakṣa
6.6.96.6.12

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Texts 6.6.10-11

सङ्कल्पायास्तु सङ्कल्प: काम: सङ्कल्पज: स्मृत: ।

वसवोऽष्टौ वसो: पुत्रास्तेषां नामानि मे श‍ृणु ॥ १० ॥

द्रोण: प्राणो ध्रुवोऽर्कोऽग्निर्दोषो वास्तुर्विभावसु: ।

द्रोणस्याभिमते: पत्‍न्या हर्षशोकभयादय: ॥ ११ ॥

saṅkalpāyās tu saṅkalpaḥ

kāmaḥ saṅkalpajaḥ smṛtaḥ

vasavo ’ṣṭau vasoḥ putrās

teṣāṁ nāmāni me śṛṇu

droṇaḥ prāṇo dhruvo ’rko ’gnir

doṣo vāstur vibhāvasuḥ

droṇasyābhimateḥ patnyā

harṣa-śoka-bhayādayaḥ

Translation

The son of Saṅkalpā was known as Saṅkalpa, and from him lust was born. The sons of Vasu were known as the eight Vasus. Just hear their names from me: Droṇa, Prāṇa, Dhruva, Arka, Agni, Doṣa, Vāstu and Vibhāvasu. From Abhimati, the wife of the Vasu named Droṇa, were generated the sons named Harṣa, Śoka, Bhaya and so on.

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Saṅkalpā's Line and the Eight Vasus

  1. 1

    Saṅkalpā's son was Saṅkalpa, and from him lust was born.

  2. 2

    Vasu's sons were the eight Vasus: Droṇa, Prāṇa, Dhruva, Arka, Agni, Doṣa, Vāstu and Vibhāvasu.

  3. 3

    Droṇa's wife was Abhimati. Their sons included Harṣa, Śoka and Bhaya.

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