When the energy of Agni, O king, was divided into six parts and placed within the channels, the six Krittikas began to nourish the portion that each held in her womb.
तास्तु षट् कृत्तिका गर्भे पुपुषुर्जातवेदसः। षट्सु वर्त्मसु तेजोऽन्गेः सकलं निहितं प्रभो॥