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<div class="heading">O Mahārāja Parīkṣit, best of the Bhāratas, the constellations named Kṛttikā were all wives of the moon-god. However, because Prajāpati Dakṣa had cursed him to suffer from a disease causing gradual destruction, the moon-god could not beget children in any of his wives.
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<span class="link">[[Vanisource:SB 6.6.23|SB 6.6.23, Translation and Purport]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="trans text"><p style="display: inline;">O Mahārāja Parīkṣit, best of the Bhāratas, the constellations named Kṛttikā were all wives of the moon-god. However, because Prajāpati Dakṣa had cursed him to suffer from a disease causing gradual destruction, the moon-god could not beget children in any of his wives.</p>
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<div class="purport text"><p>Because the moon-god was very much attached to Rohiṇī, he neglegted all his other wives. Therefore, seeing the bereavement of these daughters, Prajāpati Dakṣa became angry and cursed him.</p>
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