SB 6.4.19

Srimad-Bhagavatam, Sixth Canto, Chapter 4: The Haḿsa-guhya Prayers

SB 6.4.18

SB 6.4.20

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 19

manasaivāsṛjat pūrvaṁ
prajāpatir imāḥ prajāḥ
devāsura-manuṣyādīn
nabhaḥ-sthala-jalaukasaḥ

SYNONYMS

manasā—by the mind; eva—indeed; asṛjat—created; pūrvam—in the beginning; prajāpatiḥ—the prajāpati (Dakṣa); imāḥ—these; prajāḥ—living entities; deva—the demigods; asura—the demons; manuṣya-ādīn—and other living entities, headed by the human beings; nabhaḥ—in the skies; sthala—on the land; jala—or within the water; okasaḥ—who have their abodes.

TRANSLATION

With his mind, Prajāpati Dakṣa first created all kinds of demigods, demons, human beings, birds, beasts, aquatics and so on.