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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 4, Ch. 30]
place in the Svāyambhuva  manvantara  period. As a result, Dakṣa was punished by Lord Śiva, but by virtue of his prayers to Lord Śiva he became eligible to regain his former opulence. According to Viśvanātha Cakravartī Thākura, Dakṣa underwent severe penances up to the fifth  manvantara . Thus at the beginning of the sixth  manvantara , known as the Cākṣuṣa  manvantara , Dakṣa regained his former opulence by the blessings of Lord Śiva.
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यो जायमानः सर्वेषां तेजस्तेजस्विनां रुचा ।
स्वयोपादत्त दाक्ष्याच्च कर्मणां दक्षमब्रुवन् ॥५०॥
तं प्रजासर्गरक्षायामनादिरभिषिच्य च ।
युयोज युयुजेऽन्यांश्च स वै सर्वप्रजापतीन् ॥५१॥
yo jāyamānaḥ sarveṣām tejas tejasvinām rucā svayopādatta dākṣyāc ca karmaṇām dakṣam abruvan
tam prajā-sarga-rakṣāyām anādir abhiṣicya ca yuyoja yuyuje 'nyāmś ca sa vai sarva-prajā-patīn
yaḥ —one who;  jāyamānaḥ —just after his birth;  sarveṣām —of all;  tejaḥ —the brilliance;  tejasvinām —brilliant;  rucā —by effulgence;  svayā —his;  upādatta —covered;  dākṣyāt —from being expert;  ca —and;  karmaṇām —in fruitive activities;  dakṣam —Dakṣa;  abruvan —was called;  tam —him;  prajā —living beings;  sarga —generating;  rakṣāyām —in the matter of maintaining;  anādiḥ —the firstborn, Lord Brahmā;  abhiṣicya —having appointed;  ca —also;  yuyoja —engaged;  yuyuje —engaged;  anyān —others;  ca —and;  saḥ —he;  vai —certainly;  sarva —all;  prajā-patīn —progenitors of living entities.
TRANSLATION
After being born, Dakṣa, 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 Dakṣa, meaning “the