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The Haṁsa-guhya Prayers
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daughters, created different types of living entities through his semina and through his mind.
PURPORT
The word  duhitṛ-vatsalaḥ  indicates that all the  prajās  were born from Dakṣa's daughters. Śrila Viśvanātha Cakravartī Thākura says that apparently Dakṣa had no son.
TEXT 19
मनसैवासृजत्पूर्वं प्रजापतिरिमाः प्रजाः । देवासुरमनुष्यादीन्नमःस्थलजलौकसः ॥१९॥
manasaivāsṛjat pūrvaṁ prajāpatir imāḥ prajāḥ devāsura-manuṣyādīn nabhaḥ-sthala-jalaukasaḥ
manasā —by the mind;  eva —indeed;  asṛjat —created;  pūrvam —in the beginning;  prajāpatiḥ —the  prajāpati  (Dakṣa);  imāḥ —these;  prajāḥ —living entities;  deva —the demigods;  asura —the demons;  manuṣya-ādīn —and other living entities, headed by the human beings;  nabhaḥ —in the skies;  sthala —on the land;  jala —or within the water;  okasaḥ —who have their abodes.
TRANSLATION
With his mind, Prajāpati Dakṣa first created all kinds of demigods, demons, human beings, birds, beasts, aquatics and so on.
TEXT 20
तमन्नंहितमालोक्य प्रजासर्गं प्रजापतिः । विन्ध्यपादानुपव्रज्य सोऽचरद् दुष्करं तपः ॥२०॥
tam abṛṁhitam ālokya prajā-sargaṁ prajāpatiḥ