Yami’s Family Tree

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Family

• Sanjna(parent),Surya(parent),Ashvins(sibling),Manu(sibling),Yama(sibling)— Marriage · Miraculous

  Surya and Sanjna are the parents of Yama, the first mortal to die and become lord of the dead, his twin Yami, and Manu Vaivasvata, ancestor of humanity. When Sanjna fled Surya's radiance and took the form of a mare, Surya pursued her as a stallion, and their equine union produced the Ashvins, the twin divine physicians.

Allied with

• Yama

  Yami, twin sister of Yama, mourned his death as the first mortal. In a famous Rigvedic hymn, she proposed union with her brother, but Yama refused on moral grounds. The festival Yama Dvitiya celebrates their bond.

Associated with

• Balarama

  When the Yamuna refused to come to Balarama as he lounged on her banks, he hooked the river with his plough Hala and dragged her from her course, scarring the landscape until she begged forgiveness in human form.