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Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 4.1.11
dakṣāya brahma-putrāya
prasūtiḿ bhagavān manuḥ
prāyacchad yat-kṛtaḥ sargas
tri-lokyāḿ vitato mahān
SYNONYMS
dakṣāya — unto Prajāpati Dakṣa; brahma-putrāya — the son of Lord Brahmā; prasūtim — Prasūti; bhagavān — the great personality; manuḥ — Svāyambhuva Manu; prāyacchat — handed over; yat-kṛtaḥ — done by whom; sargaḥ — creation; tri-lokyām — in the three worlds; vitataḥ — expanded; mahān — greatly.
TRANSLATION
Svāyambhuva Manu handed over his daughter Prasūti to the son of Brahmā named Dakṣa, who was also one of the progenitors of the living entities. The descendants of Dakṣa are spread throughout the three worlds.
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His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda, Founder Ācārya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness