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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[ Canto 4, Ch. 30 ]
PURPORT
In this connection the word  mahad-avajñānāt  is significant. King Dakṣa was the son of Lord Brahmā; therefore in a previous birth he was a  brāhmaṇa , but because of his behaving like a non- brāhmaṇa  ( abrāhmaṇa ) by insulting or disrespecting Lord Mahādeva, he had to take birth within the semen of a  kṣatriya . That is to say, he became the son of the Pracetās. Not only that, but because of his disrespecting Lord Śiva, he had to undergo the tribulation of taking birth within the womb of a woman. In the Dakṣa-yajña arena, he was once killed by Lord Śiva's servant, Vīrabhadra. Because that was not sufficient, he again took birth in the womb of Māriṣā. At the end of the Dakṣa-yajña and the disastrous incidents there, Dakṣa offered his prayer to Lord Śiva. Although he had to give up his body and take birth in the womb of a woman impregnated by the semen of a  kṣatriya , he nonetheless received all opulence by the grace of Lord Śiva. These are the subtle laws of material nature. Unfortunately, people in this modern age do not know how these laws are working. Having no knowledge of the eternity of the spirit soul and its transmigration, the population of the present age is in the greatest ignorance. Because of this, it is said in  Bhāgavatam: mandāḥ sumanda-matayo manda-bhāgyā hy upadrutāḥ  ( Bhāg.  1.1.10). The total population in this age of Kali-yuga is very bad, lazy, unfortunate and disturbed by material conditions.
TEXT 49
चाक्षुषे त्वन्तरे प्राप्ते प्राक्सर्गे कालविद्रुते ।
यः ससर्ज प्रजा इष्टाः स दक्षो दैवचोदितः ॥४९॥
cākṣuṣe tv antare prāpte prāk-sarge kāla-vidrute yaḥ sasarja prajā iṣṭāḥ sa dakṣo daiva-coditaḥ
cākṣuṣe—named Cākṣuṣa; tu—but; antare—the manvantara; prāpte—when it happened; prāk—previous; sarge—creation; kāla-vidrute—destroyed in due course of time; yaḥ—one who; sasarja—created; prajāḥ—living entities; iṣṭāḥ—desirable; saḥ—he; dakṣaḥ—Dakṣa; daiva—by the Supreme Personality of Godhead; coditaḥ—inspired.