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  1. 1Chant the verse. Say the Sanskrit slowly and carefully.
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Canto 4 · Chapter 30: The Activities of the Pracetās
4.30.494.31.1

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Texts 4.30.50-51

Visarga· Brahmā's creation

यो जायमान: सर्वेषां तेजस्तेजस्विनां रुचा ।

स्वयोपादत्त दाक्ष्याच्च कर्मणां दक्षमब्रुवन् ॥ ५० ॥

तं प्रजासर्गरक्षायामनादिरभिषिच्य च ।

युयोज युयुजेऽन्यांश्च स वै सर्वप्रजापतीन् ॥ ५१ ॥

yo jāyamānaḥ sarveṣāṁ

tejas tejasvināṁ rucā

svayopādatta dākṣyāc ca

karmaṇāṁ dakṣam abruvan

taṁ prajā-sarga-rakṣāyām

anādir abhiṣicya ca

yuyoja yuyuje ’nyāṁś ca

sa vai sarva-prajāpatīn

Translation

After being born, Dakṣa, by the superexcellence of his bodily luster, covered all others’ bodily opulence. Because he was very expert in performing fruitive activity, he was called by the name Dakṣa, meaning “the very expert.” Lord Brahmā therefore engaged Dakṣa in the work of generating living entities and maintaining them. In due course of time, Dakṣa also engaged other Prajāpatis [progenitors] in the process of generation and maintenance.

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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Dakṣa’s Expertise in Generation and Maintenance

  1. 1

    Dakṣa’s bodily luster surpassed that of others. His name means “the very expert,” because he was expert in fruitive activity.

  2. 2

    Dakṣa became almost as powerful as Lord Brahmā and was very influential and opulent. Lord Brahmā engaged him in generating and maintaining living entities.

  3. 3

    Dakṣa in turn engaged other Prajāpatis, headed by Marīci, in this work. In this way, the population of the universe increased.

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