ŚB 6.4.18
Devanagari
यथा ससर्ज भूतानि दक्षो दुहितृवत्सल: ।
रेतसा मनसा चैव तन्ममावहित: शृणु ॥ १८ ॥
रेतसा मनसा चैव तन्ममावहित: शृणु ॥ १८ ॥
Verse text
yathā sasarja bhūtāni
dakṣo duhitṛ-vatsalaḥ
retasā manasā caiva
tan mamāvahitaḥ śṛṇu
dakṣo duhitṛ-vatsalaḥ
retasā manasā caiva
tan mamāvahitaḥ śṛṇu
Synonyms
Translation
Śukadeva Gosvāmī continued: Please hear from me with great attention how Prajāpati Dakṣa, who was very affectionate to his daughters, created different types of living entities through his semen and through his mind.
Purport
The word duhitṛ-vatsalaḥ indicates that all the prajās were born from Dakṣa’s daughters. Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura says that apparently Dakṣa had no son.