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The Haṅsa-guhya Prayers
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more we engage in austerities, the more we become powerful by the grace of the Lord. Therefore Rṣabhadeva advised His sons,  tapo divyaṁ putrakā yena sattvaṁ śuddhyed : “One should engage in penance and austerity to attain the divine position of devotional service. By such activity, one’s heart is purified.” ( Bhāg.  5.5.1) In our material existence we are impure, and therefore we cannot do anything wonderful, but if we purify our existence by  tapasya , we can do wonderful things by the grace of the Lord. Therefore  tapasya  is very important, as stressed in this verse.
TEXT 51
एषा पञ्चजनस्याङ्ग दुहिता वै प्रजापतेः । असिक्री नाम पत्नीत्वे प्रजेश प्रतिगृह्यताम् ॥५१॥
eṣā pañcajanasyāṅga duhitā vai prajāpateḥ asiknī nāma patnītve prajeśa pratigṛhyatām
eṣā—this; pañcajanasya—of Pañcajana; aṅga—O My dear son; duhitā—the daughter; vai—indeed; prajāpateḥ—another prajāpati; asiknī nāma—of the name Asiknī; patnītve—as your wife; prajeśa—O prajāpati; pratigṛhyatām—let her be accepted.
TRANSLATION
O My dear son Dakṣa, Prajāpati Pañcajana has a daughter named Asiknī, whom I offer to you so that you may accept her as your wife.
TEXT 52
मिथुनव्यवायधर्मस्त्वं प्रजासर्गमिमं पुनः । मिथुनव्यवायधर्मिष्यां भूरिशो भावयिष्यसि ॥५२॥
mithuna-vyavāya-dharmas tvaṁ prajā-sargam imaṁ punaḥ mithuna-vyavāya-dharmiṇyāṁ bhūriśo bhāvayiṣyasi