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Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 6.4.18
SYNONYMS
yatha -- as; sasarja -- created; bhutani -- the living entities; dakshah -- Daksha; duhitri-vatsalah -- who is very affectionate to his daughters; retasa -- by semen; manasa -- by the mind; ca -- also; eva -- indeed; tat -- that; mama -- from me; avahitah -- being attentive; srinu -- please hear.
TRANSLATION
Sukadeva Gosvami continued: Please hear from me with great attention how Prajapati Daksha, who was very affectionate to his daughters, created different types of living entities through his semen and through his mind.
PURPORT
The word duhitri-vatsalah indicates that all the prajas were born from Daksha's daughters. Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura says that apparently Daksha had no son.
Copyright (c) The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust International, Inc.
His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Founder Acarya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness