दक्षजन्म प्रचेतोभ्यस्तत्पुत्रीणां च सन्तति: । यतो देवासुरनरास्तिर्यङ्नगखगादय: ॥ १७ ॥
dakṣa-janma pracetobhyas tat-putrīṇāṁ ca santatiḥ yato devāsura-narās tiryaṅ-naga-khagādayaḥ
- 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
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.