Chapter 5
श्रीशुक उवाच तस्यां स पाञ्चजन्यां वै विष्णुमायोपबृंहित: । हर्यश्वसंज्ञानयुतं पुत्रानजनयद्विभु: ॥ १ ॥
Transliteration
śrī-śuka uvāca tasyāṁ sa pāñcajanyāṁ vai viṣṇu-māyopabṛṁhitaḥ haryaśva-saṁjñān ayutaṁ putrān ajanayad vibhuḥ
Synonyms (Word-for-Word)
śrī-śukaḥ uvāca — Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said; tasyām — in her; saḥ — Prajāpati Dakṣa; pāñcajanyām — his wife named Pāñcajanī; vai — indeed; viṣṇu-māyā-upabṛṁhitaḥ — being made capable by the illusory energy of Lord Viṣṇu; haryaśva-saṁjñān — named the Haryaśvas; ayutam — ten thousand; putrān — sons; ajanayat — begot; vibhuḥ — being powerful.
Translation
“Śrīla Śukadeva Gosvāmī continued: Impelled by the illusory energy of Lord Viṣṇu, Prajāpati Dakṣa begot ten thousand sons in the womb of Pāñcajanī [Asiknī]. My dear King, these sons were called the Haryaśvas.”