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Bhagavata Purana 6.6.23

Srimad Bhagavatam · 6 · Verse 23

bhagavata-puranaskandha-6adhyaya-6

Sanskrit Original

कृत्तिकादीनि नक्षत्राणीन्दो: पत्न्यस्तु भारत । दक्षशापात् सोऽनपत्यस्तासु यक्ष्मग्रहार्दित: ॥ २३ ॥

kṛttikādīni nakṣatrāṇ- īndoḥ patnyas tu bhārata dakṣa-śāpāt so ’napatyas tāsu yakṣma-grahārditaḥ

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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.