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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 4, Ch. 1]
svāyambhuvo mudā yukto rucir jagrāha dakṣiṇām
āninye —brought to;  sva-gṛham —home;  putryāḥ —born of the daughter;  putram —the son;  vitatarociṣam —very powerful;  svāyambhuvaḥ —the Manu named Svāyambhuva;  mudā —being very pleased;  yuktaḥ —with;  ruciḥ —the great sage Ruci;  jagrāha —kept;  dakṣiṇām —the daughter named Dakṣiṇā.
TRANSLATION
Svāyambhuva Manu very gladly brought home the boy named Yajña, who was so beautiful, and Ruci, his son-in-law, kept with him the daughter, Dakṣiṇā.
PURPORT
Svāyambhuva Manu was very glad to see that his daughter, Ākūti, had given birth to both a boy and girl. He was afraid that he would take one son and that because of this his son-in-law, Ruci, might be sorry. Thus when he heard that a daughter was born along with the boy, he was very glad. Ruci, according to his promise, returned his male child to Svāyambhuva Manu and decided to keep the daughter, whose name was Dakṣiṇā. One of Lord Viṣṇu's names is Yajña because He is the master of the  Vedas . The name Yajña comes from  yajuṣām patiḥ ; in the  Yajur-veda  there are different ritualistic prescriptions for performing  yajñas , and the beneficiary of all such  yajñas  is the Supreme Lord, Viṣṇu. Therefore it is stated in  Bhagavad-gītā ,  yajñārthāt karmaṇaḥ : one should act, but one should perform his prescribed duties only for the sake of Yajña or Viṣṇu. If one does not act for the satisfaction of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, or if one does not perform devotional service, then there will be reactions to all his activities. It does not matter if the reaction is good or bad; if our activities are not dovetailed with the desire of the Supreme Lord, or if we do not act in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, then we shall be responsible for the results of all our activities. There is always a reaction to every kind of action, but if actions are performed for Yajña, there is no reaction. Thus if one acts for Yajña, or the Supreme Personality of Godhead, one is not entangled in the material condition, for it is mentioned in the  Vedas  and also in  Bhagavad-gītā  that the  Vedas  and the Vedic rituals are all meant for understanding the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Kṛṣṇa. From the very beginning one should try to act in Kṛṣṇa consciousness; that will free one from the reactions of material activities.