1552 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 4, Ch. 30

place in the Svayambhuva manvantara period. As a result, Daksa was

punished by Lord Siva, but by virtue of his prayers to Lord Siva he became

eligible to regain his former opulence. According to Visvanatha Cakravarti

Thakura, Daksa underwent severe penances up to the fifth manvantara.

Thus at the beginning of the sixth manvantara, known as the Caksusa

ea Daksa regained his former opulence by the blessings of Lord
iva.

TEXTS 50-51
Tt ATA: AIT Aaedaaat Tar |
SANT AEM BAT TIAMAT |4ol|

dq sara |
Fis FaNseaA a FT Aaa U4 2Il

yo jayamanah sarvesam
tejas tejasvinam ruca
svayopadatta daksyac ca
karmanam daksam abruvan

tam prajd-sarga-raksayam
anddir abhisicya ca

yuyoja yuyuje ’nyams ca
sa vai sarva-praja-patin

yah—one who; jayamdnah—just after his birth; sarvesam—of all; tejah—
the brilliance; tejasvinam—brilliant; rucd—by effulgence; svayd—his;
upddatta—covered; daksyat—from being expert; ca—and; karmanadm—in
fruitive activities; daksam—Dakga; abruvan—was called; tam—him; praja—
living beings; sarga—generating; raks€yam—in the matter of maintaining;
andadih—the firstborn, Lord Brahma; abhisicya—having appointed; ca—also;
yuyoja—engaged; yuyuje—engaged; anydn—others; ca—and; sah—he; vai—
certainly ; sarva—all; praja-patin— progenitors of living entities.

TRANSLATION

After being born, Daksa, by the superexcellence of his bodily luster,
covered all others’ bodily opulence. Because he was very expert in per-
forming fruitive activity, he was called by the name Daksa, meaning ‘the
