आकूतिं रुचये प्रादात्कर्दमाय तु मध्यमाम् । दक्षायादात्प्रसूतिं च यत आपूरितं जगत् ॥ ५७ ॥
akutim rucaye pradat kardamaya tu madhyamam daksayadat prasutim ca yata apuritam jagat
- akutim
- the daughter named Akuti
- rucaye
- unto the sage Ruci
- pradat
- handed over
- kardamaya
- unto the sage Kardama
- tu
- but
- madhyamam
- the middle one (Devahuti)
- daksaya
- unto Daksa
- adat
- handed over
- prasutim
- the youngest daughter
- ca
- also
- yatah
- wherefrom
- apuritam
- is fulfilled
- jagat
- the whole world.
The father, Manu, handed over his first daughter, Akuti, to the sage Ruci, the middle daughter, Devahuti, to the sage Kardama, and the youngest, Prasuti, to Daksa. From them, all the world filled with population.