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Library » Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (Bhāgavata Purāṇa) » Canto 12: The Age of Deterioration » CHAPTER TWELVE

ŚB 12.12.17

Devanagari

दक्षजन्म प्रचेतोभ्यस्तत्पुत्रीणां च सन्तति: ।
यतो देवासुरनरास्तिर्यङ्‌नगखगादय: ॥ १७ ॥

Text

dakṣa-janma pracetobhyas
tat-putrīṇāṁ ca santatiḥ
yato devāsura-narās
tiryaṅ-naga-khagādayaḥ

Synonyms

dakṣa-janma — the birth of Dakṣa; pracetobhyaḥ — from the Pracetās; tat-putrīṇām — of his daughters; ca — and; santatiḥ — the progeny; yataḥ — from which; deva-asura-narāḥ — the demigods, demons and human beings; tiryak-naga-khaga-ādayaḥ — the animals, serpents, birds and other species.

Translation

The rebirth of Prajāpati Dakṣa as the son of the Pracetās, and the progeny of Dakṣa’s daughters, who initiated the races of demigods, demons, human beings, animals, serpents, birds and so on — all this is described.