Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 3 - Chapter 1 - Verse 48


Sanskrit:

अत: सा सुषुवे सद्यो देवहूति: स्त्रिय: प्रजा: ।सर्वास्ताश्चारुसर्वाङ्‍ग्यो लोहितोत्पलगन्धय: ॥ ४८ ॥

ITRANS:

ataḥ sā suṣuve sadyodevahūtiḥ striyaḥ prajāḥsarvās tāś cāru-sarvāṅgyolohitotpala-gandhayaḥ

Translation:

Immediately afterward, on the same day, Devahūti gave birth to nine female children, all charming in every limb and fragrant with the scent of the red lotus flower.

Purport:

Devahūti was too sexually excited, and therefore she discharged more ova, and nine daughters were born. It is said in the smṛti-śāstra as well as in the Āyur-veda that when the discharge of the male is greater, male children are begotten, but when the discharge of the female is greater, female children are begotten. It appears from the circumstances that Devahūti was more sexually excited, and therefore she had nine daughters at once. All the daughters, however, were very beautiful, and their bodies were nicely formed; each resembled a lotus flower and was fragrant like a lotus.