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TEXT 18
yatha sasarja bhutani
dakso duhitr-vatsalah
retasa manasa caiva
tan mamavahitah srnu
SYNONYMS
yathaas; sasarjacreated; bhutanithe living entities; daksahDaksa; duhitr-vatsalahwho is very affectionate to his daughters; retasaby semen; manasaby the mind; caalso; evaindeed; tatthat; mamafrom me; avahitahbeing attentive; srnuplease 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 semen and through his mind.
PURPORT
The word duhitr-vatsalah indicates that all the prajas were born from Daksas daughters. Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura says that apparently Daksa had no son.
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