आयतिं नियतिं चैव सुते मेरुस्तयोरदात् ।
ताभ्यां तयोरभवतां मृकण्डः प्राण एव च ॥४४॥

Äyatiá¹ niyatiá¹ caiva
sute merus tayor adÄt
tÄbhyÄá¹ tayor abhavatÄá¹
má¹›kaṇá¸aḥ prÄṇa eva ca

 Äyatim - Ä€yati; niyatim - Niyati; ca eva - also; sute - daughters; meruḥ - the sage Meru; tayoḥ - unto those two; adÄt - gave in marriage; tÄbhyÄm - out of them; tayoḥ - both of them; abhavatÄm - appeared; má¹›kaṇá¸aḥ - Má¹›kaṇá¸a; prÄṇaḥ - PrÄṇa; eva - certainly; ca - and.


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The sage Meru had two daughters, named Ä€yati and Niyati, whom he gave in charity to DhÄtÄ and VidhÄtÄ. Ä€yati and Niyati gave birth to two sons, Má¹›kaṇá¸a and PrÄṇa.

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