Now when their father Daksha came to know about all this, he became angry. But
the creator Brahma, the father of Narad as well as of Daksha, intervened to pacify
him. Brahma requested Daksha to try all over again.
Hence, Daksha once again produced another batch of a thousand sons named
‘Sablaashva’ from his wife, the daughter of Panchajanya. Like his earlier sons,
Daksha advised these sons to go and do Tapa to get themselves empowered to
populate the earth. These sons were also preached by Narad in the same way as he
had done to the first batch of Daksha’s sons. The ‘Sablaashva’ sons too renounced the
world and became mendicants.
This time Daksha was furious. He cursed Narad that he would never be able to
marry and settle down to raise a family and enjoy its comforts and pleasures, and that
he would always remain wondering from place to place in the 3 Lokas (worlds) like a
friar or mendicant or hermit. {Refer: Srimad Bhagwat Maha-Puran, Skandha 6, Canto
5, verse no. 43.}
The second part of the story is narrated in Srimad Bhagwat Maha-Puran, Skandha
6, Canto 6. In its verse nos. 1-3 it is narrated that Daksha Prajapati begot sixty
daughters from his wife named ‘Asikni’. These daughters were married off to
different Rishis (ancient sages), and their children then populated the world.
Out of the sixty daughters, ten were married to Dharma, thirteen to sage Kashyap,
twenty-seven to the Moon God, two each to Bhut, Angiraa and Krishaashva, and the
remaining four daughters to Taaksharya (serpent).
The rest of this Canto no. 6, verse nos. 4-45 then goes on to describe in detail the
names of these sixty daughters of Daksha Prajapati and the huge families they
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citrakētu kara gharu una ghālā. kanakakasipu kara puni asa hālā. 2.
Similarly, Narad had ruined the household of Chitraketu^1 , and the fate of
Kanakakshipu was no better^2. (2)
[Note—The Sapt-rishis cite two more instances to persuade Parvati to not follow
Narad’s advice. One was related to the story of king ‘Chitraketu’, and the other to
Prahalad, the son of Hiranayakashipu who was also known as ‘Kanakakshipu’.
(^1) The story of “Chitraketu” appears in Srimad Bhagwat Maha-Puran, Skandha 6,
Canto nos. 15-17. The relevant part of this story is as follows—
Chitraketu was the soverign of the country called Shursen. It is believed that he
had 1 crore [1 crore = 10 million] queens, but no children. One day sage Angiraa
came to his court. The king reverentially welcomed the sage. After formalities were
over, the sage asked the king why he looked so worried and gloomy. The king replied
that he has no sons (heirs) and it is causing him immense distress. He asked the sage
if there is a solution for it.
Sage Angiraa organised a son-begetting fire sacrifice, and at the end of the rituals
he told the eldest and the best queen of Chitraketu, named Krit-duti, to eat the
remaining part of the sacrificial pudding as sanctified food that was especially
empowered by relevant Mantras of the deity known as ‘Twastaa’, the deity which
fulfils all desires and gives contentedness to the worshipper. The sage told the king
that with this empowered food, he will beget a son, but this son will be the cause of
his happiness as well as sorrows. Then the sage went away.
When the son was born, the king donated liberally. Since Krit-duti, his eldest
queen, had borne a son, the king began to give her preferential treatment which
created jealously among his other queens. Once when the child was asleep and the
mother was engaged in some household affair, the jealous step-mothers put some
kind of poison on his lips because of which the boy died.