Srimad Bhagavatam — Shashtha Skandha, Shloka 1
Nārada Instructs Dakṣa’s Sons; Allegory of the World; Dakṣa Curses Nārada
श्रीशुक उवाच तस्यां स पाञ्चजन्यां वै विष्णुमायोपबृंहित: । हर्यश्वसंज्ञानयुतं पुत्रानजनयद्विभु: ॥ १ ॥
śrī-śuka uvāca tasyāṁ sa pāñcajanyāṁ vai viṣṇu-māyopabṛṁhitaḥ haryaśva-saṁjñān ayutaṁ putrān ajanayad vibhuḥ
Śrīla Śukadeva Gosvāmī continued: Impelled by the illusory energy of Lord Viṣṇu, Prajāpati Dakṣa begot ten thousand sons in the womb of Pāñcajanī [Asiknī]. My dear King, these sons were called the Haryaśvas.
FAQs
They are the sons begotten by Dakṣa in his wife Pāñcajanī, introduced here as the group later instructed in the narrative of Canto 6, Chapter 5.
It indicates the Lord’s divine potency that empowers material creation and worldly arrangements—here, enabling Dakṣa to produce progeny.
Even worldly duties like family and productivity operate under higher divine arrangement; remembering this cultivates humility and God-centered responsibility.