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
manvantara, Daksa regained his former opulence by the blessings of Lord
Siva.
TEXTS 50-51
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FAT FAASAT FF AIT (48
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
