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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.17.18

SB 3.17.18

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Sanskrit

prajāpatir nāma tayor akārṣīd yaḥ prāk sva-dehād yamayor ajāyata taṁ vai hiraṇyakaśipuṁ viduḥ prajā yaṁ taṁ hiraṇyākṣam asūta sāgrataḥ

Translation

Kaśyapa, Prajāpati, the creator of the living entities, gave his twin sons their names; the one who was born first he named Hiraṇyākṣa, and the one who was first conceived by Diti he named Hiraṇyakaśipu.