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Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 6.6.37
vipracittiḥ siḿhikāyāḿ
śataḿ caikam ajījanat
rāhu-jyeṣṭhaḿ ketu-śataḿ
grahatvaḿ ya upāgatāḥ
SYNONYMS
vipracittiḥ — Vipracitti; siḿhikāyām — in the womb of his wife Siḿhikā; śatam — to one hundred; ca — and; ekam — one; ajījanat — gave birth; rāhu-jyeṣṭham — among whom Rāhu is the oldest; ketu-śatam — one hundred Ketus; grahatvam — planethood; ye — all of whom; upāgatāḥ — obtained.
TRANSLATION
In his wife Siḿhikā, Vipracitti begot one hundred and one sons, of whom the eldest is Rāhu and the others are the one hundred Ketus. All of them attained positions in the influential planets.
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