Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 4.30.39-40

yo jāyamānah sarveshām

tejas tejasvinām rucā

svayopādatta dākshyāc ca

karmanām daksham abruvan

tam prajā-sarga-rakshāyām

anādir abhishicya ca

yuyoja yuyuje 'nyāmś ca

sa vai sarva-prajāpatīn

SYNONYMS

yah — one who; jāyamānah — just after his birth; sarveshām — of all; tejah — the brilliance; tejasvinām — brilliant; rucā — by effulgence; svayā — his; upādatta — covered; dākshyāt — from being expert; ca — and; karmanām — in fruitive activities; daksham — Daksha; abruvan — was called; tam — him; prajā — living beings; sarga — generating; rakshāyām — in the matter of maintaining; anādih — the firstborn, Lord Brahmā; abhishicya — having appointed; ca — also; yuyoja — engaged; yuyuje — engaged; anyān — others; ca — and; sah — he; vai — certainly; sarva — all; prajā-patīn — progenitors of living entities.

TRANSLATION

After being born, Daksha, 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 Daksha, meaning "the very expert." Lord Brahmā therefore engaged Daksha in the work of generating living entities and maintaining them. In due course of time, Daksha also engaged other Prajāpatis [progenitors] in the process of generation and maintenance.

PURPORT

Daksha became almost as powerful as Lord Brahmā. Consequently, Lord Brahmā engaged him in generating population. Daksha was very influential and opulent. In his own turn, Daksha engaged other Prajāpatis, headed by Marīci. In this way the population of the universe increased.

Thus end the Bhaktivedanta purports of the Fourth Canto, Thirtieth Chapter, of the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, entitled "The Activities of the Pracetās."

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