यो जायमान: सर्वेषां तेजस्तेजस्विनां रुचा । स्वयोपादत्त दाक्ष्याच्च कर्मणां दक्षमब्रुवन् ॥ ५० ॥ तं प्रजासर्गरक्षायामनादिरभिषिच्य च । युयोज युयुजेऽन्यांश्च स वै सर्वप्रजापतीन् ॥ ५१ ॥
yo jayamanah sarvesam tejas tejasvinam ruca svayopadatta daksyac ca karmanam daksam abruvan tam praja-sarga-raksayam anadir abhisicya ca yuyoja yuyuje ’nyams ca sa vai sarva-prajapatin
- yah
- one who
- jayamanah
- just after his birth
- sarvesam
- of all
- tejah
- the brilliance
- tejasvinam
- brilliant
- ruca
- by effulgence
- svaya
- his
- upadatta
- covered
- daksyat
- from being expert
- ca
- and
- karmanam
- in fruitive activities
- daksam
- Daksa
- abruvan
- was called
- tam
- him
- praja
- living beings
- sarga
- generating
- raksayam
- in the matter of maintaining
- anadih
- the firstborn, Lord Brahma
- abhisicya
- having appointed
- ca
- also
- yuyoja
- engaged
- yuyuje
- engaged
- anyan
- others
- ca
- and
- sah
- he
- vai
- certainly
- sarva
- all
- praja-patin
- progenitors of living entities
After being born, Daksa, by the superexcellence of his bodily luster, covered all others’ bodily opulence. Because he was very expert in performing fruitive activity, he was called by the name Daksa, meaning “the very expert.” Lord Brahma therefore engaged Daksa in the work of generating living entities and maintaining them. In due course of time, Daksa also engaged other Prajapatis [progenitors] in the process of generation and maintenance.