Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 6.5.24
स भूय: पाञ्चजन्यायामजेन परिसान्त्वित: ।
पुत्रानजनयद्दक्ष: सवलाश्वान्सहस्रिण: ॥ २४ ॥
sa bhūyaḥ pāñcajanyāyām
[sa bhooyah paanchajanyaayaam]
ajena parisāntvitaḥ
[ajena parisaantvitah]
putrān ajanayad dakṣaḥ
[putraan ajanayad dakshah]
savalāśvān sahasriṇaḥ
[savalaashvaan sahasrinah]
Word-for-word
saḥ
—
Prajāpati Dakṣa
bhūyaḥ
—
again
pāñcajanyāyām
—
in the womb of his wife Asiknī, or Pāñcajanī
ajena
—
by Lord Brahmā
parisāntvitaḥ
—
being pacified
putrān
—
sons
ajanayat
—
begot
dakṣaḥ
—
Prajāpati Dakṣa
savalāśvān
—
named the Savalāśvas
sahasriṇaḥ
—
numbering one thousand.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
sa bhūyaḥ pāñcajanyāyām
saḥ
Prajāpati Dakṣa
bhūyaḥ
again
pāñcajanyāyām
in the womb of his wife Asiknī, or Pāñcajanī
ajena parisāntvitaḥ
ajena
by Lord Brahmā
parisāntvitaḥ
being pacified
putrān ajanayad dakṣaḥ
putrān
sons
ajanayat
begot
dakṣaḥ
Prajāpati Dakṣa
savalāśvān sahasriṇaḥ
savalāśvān
named the Savalāśvas
sahasriṇaḥ
numbering one thousand.
When Prajāpati Dakṣa was lamenting for his lost children, Lord Brahmā pacified him with instructions, and thereafter Dakṣa begot one thousand more children in the womb of his wife, Pāñcajanī. This time his sons were known as the Savalāśvas.
Purport
Prajāpati Dakṣa was so named because he was very expert in begetting children. (The word dakṣa means “expert.”) First he begot ten thousand children in the womb of his wife, and when the children were lost — when they returned home, back to Godhead — he begot another set of children, known as the Savalāśvas. Prajāpati Dakṣa is very expert in begetting children, and Nārada Muni is very expert in delivering all the conditioned souls back home, back to Godhead. Therefore the materialistic experts do not agree with the spiritual expert Nārada Muni, but this does not mean that Nārada Muni will give up his engagement of chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra.
— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura
Gauḍīya
Translation
Pacified by Brahmā, Dakṣa begot one thousand more sons named Śavalāśvas in the womb of his wife, Pāñcajanī.
They were known as Śavalāśvas and numbered one thousand.
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Personal Guidance
Pacified by Brahmā, Dakṣa begot a thousand more sons — the Savalāśvas. Loss in one direction does not stop the cosmic plan; it simply re-routes.
Reflection Questions
- Where have I tried to stop a plan that the Lord simply moved around me?
- What 'second cohort' is being born from my lament?
My note
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