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  "name":"SB 4.7.58",
  "h1":"SB 4.7.58",
  "label":"Text 58",
  "title":"Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 4.7.58",
  "description":"Maitreya said: I have heard that after giving up the body she had received from Dakṣa, Dākṣāyaṇī (his daughter) took her birth in the kingdom of the Himalayas. She was born as the daughter of Menā. I heard this from authoritative sources."

} —

SB 4.7.58

एवं दाक्षायणी हित्वा सती पूर्वकलेवरम् ।
जज्ञे हिमवतः क्षेत्रे मेनायामिति शुश्रुम ॥५८॥

Text

evaṁ dākṣāyaṇī hitvā
satī pūrva-kalevaram
jajñe himavataḥ kṣetre
menāyām iti śuśruma

Synonyms

evam—thus; dākṣāyaṇī—the daughter of Dakṣa; hitvā—after giving up; satī—Satī; pūrva-kalevaram—her former body; jajñe—was born; himavataḥ—of the Himalayas; kṣetre—in the wife; menāyām—in Menā; iti—thus; śuśruma—I have heard.

Translation

Maitreya said: I have heard that after giving up the body she had received from Dakṣa, Dākṣāyaṇī (his daughter) took her birth in the kingdom of the Himalayas. She was born as the daughter of Menā. I heard this from authoritative sources.

Purport

Menā is also known as Menakā and is the wife of the king of the Himalayas.