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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.21.5
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 5
- rucir yo bhagavān brahman
- dakṣo vā brahmaṇaḥ sutaḥ
- yathā sasarja bhūtāni
- labdhvā bhāryāṁ ca mānavīm
ruciḥRuci — Ruci; yaḥwho — who; bhagavānworshipful — worshipful; brahmanO holy sage — O holy sage; dakṣaḥDakṣa — Dakṣa; vāand — and; brahmaṇaḥof Lord Brahmā — of Lord Brahmā; sutaḥthe son — the son; yathāin what way — in what way; sasarjagenerated — generated; bhūtānioffspring — offspring; labdhvāafter securing — after securing; bhāryāmas their wives — as their wives; caand — and; mānavīmthe daughters of Svāyambhuva Manu — the daughters of Svāyambhuva Manu.
O holy sage, tell me how the worshipful Ruci and Dakṣa, the son of Brahmā, generated children after securing as their wives the other two daughters of Svāyambhuva Manu.
All the great personalities who increased the population in the beginning of the creation are called Prajāpatis. Brahmā is also known as Prajāpati, as were some of his later sons. Svāyambhuva Manu is also known as Prajāpati, as is Dakṣa, another son of Brahmā. Svāyambhuva had two daughters, Ākūti and Prasūti. The Prajāpati Ruci married Ākūti, and Dakṣa married Prasūti. These couples and their children produced immense numbers of children to populate the entire universe. Vidura's inquiry was, "How did they beget the population in the beginning?"