SB 6.4.18

TEXT 18

TEXT

यथा ससर्ज भूतानि दक्षो दुहितृवत्सलः ।
रेतसा मनसा चैव तन्ममावहितः शृणु ॥ १८ ॥

yatha sasarja bhutani

dakso duhitr-vatsalah

retasa manasa caiva

tan mamavahitah srnu

yatha-as; sasarja-created; bhutani-the living entities; daksah-Daksa; duhitr-vatsalah-who is very affectionate to his daughters; retasa-by semina; manasa-by the mind; ca-also; eva-indeed; tat-that; mama-from me; avahitah-being attentive; srnu-please hear.

TRANSLATION

Sukadeva Gosvami continued: Please hear from me with great attention how Prajapati Daksa, who was very affectionate to his daughters, created different types of living entities through his semina and through his mind.

PURPORT

The word duhitr-vatsalah indicates that all the prajas were born from Daksa's daughters. Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura says that apparently Daksa had no son.

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