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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.14.14
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 14
- sa viditvātmajānāṁ no
- bhāvaṁ santāna-bhāvanaḥ
- trayodaśādadāt tāsāṁ
- yās te śīlam anuvratāḥ
saḥDakṣa — Dakṣa; viditvāunderstanding — understanding; ātmaof the daughters-jānāmof the daughters — of the daughters; naḥour — our; bhāvamindication — indication; santānachildren — children; bhāvanaḥwell-wisher — well-wisher; trayodaśathirteen — thirteen; adadāthanded over — handed over; tāsāmof all of them — of all of them; yāḥthose who are — those who are; teyour — your; śīlambehavior — behavior; anuvratāḥall faithful — all faithful.
Our well-wishing father, Dakṣa, after knowing our intentions, handed over thirteen of his daughters unto you, and since then we have all been faithful.
Generally the daughters were too shy to express their opinions before their father, but the father would accept the daughters' intentions through someone else, such as a grandmother to whom the grandchildren had free access. King Dakṣa collected the opinions of his daughters and thus handed over thirteen to Kaśyapa. Every one of Diti's sisters was a mother of children. Therefore, since she was equally faithful to the same husband, why should she remain without children?