Planet Venus, also a Hindu deity.
1Kavi or Kavya is another name of Sukra, the preceptor of the Daityas.
2Usanas became Sukra by having gratified the god of gods.
3Tandi communicated it to Sukra, and Sukra of Bhrigu's race communicated it to Gautama.
4Then Sukra, that vast receptacle of Brahma, became his priest.
5In Hindu mythology, Sukra is a male person, the preceptor of the Daityas and Asuras.
6Their names are Chyavana, Vajrasirsha, Suchi, Urva, Sukra, that giver of boons, Vibhu, and Savana.
7The high-souled Kavi (Sukra) had performed his ascetic penances there.
8If ajnabhih be taken as the reading it would mean 'at the repeated commands of Sukra.'
9By Sukra is meant that which helps that seed to grow or put forth its rudiments.
10Beyond these, are three others, named Vidhi, Sukra, and Vala, that make the tale reach thirty.
11Possessed of the splendour of an immortal, for what reason did Usanas obtain the name of Sukra?
12Sukra then, with joined hands, approached Vrihaspati.
13Bhrigu's son (Sukra) first acquired the science of morality that is so beneficial for the universe.
14Indeed, the chief of the Daityas put this high question to Sukra, that most learned of all ascetics.
15Sukra, the descendant of Bhrigu, obtained a knowledge of it by means of spiritual sight acquired through penances.
16While residing there, Sukra meditated upon the war of the Daityas and the Danavas (with the gods).