अदितिर्ह्यजनिष्ट दक्ष या दुहिता तव। तां देवा अन्वजायन्त भद्रा अमृतबन्धवः ॥ १३ ॥
aditirhyajaniṣṭa dakṣa yā duhitā tava | tāṁ dēvā anvajāyanta bhadrā amṛtabandhavaḥ || 13 ||
Translation
O Dakṣa, Aditi, who is your daughter, was born; after her the gods were born, blessed, the kin of immortality.
Word by word
- aditiḥ
- Aditi
- hi
- indeed
- ajaniṣṭa
- was born
- dakṣa
- O Dakṣa
- yā
- who
- duhitā tava
- your daughter
- tām
- her
- dēvāḥ
- the gods
- anvajāyanta
- were born after
- bhadrāḥ
- blessed
- amṛtabandhavaḥ
- kin of immortality
Meaning
The Goddess as Aditi is the mother of all the gods. She is born as Dakṣa’s daughter, yet the gods, who are immortal, are born only after her.