Shloka 9

Pracetās, Māriṣā, Dakṣa’s Re-manifestation, and the Brahma-parastava; Cyclic Creation and Genealogies

Devanagari script

युष्माकं तेजसो ऽर्धेन मम चार्धेन तेजसः अस्याम् उत्पत्स्यते विद्वान् दक्षो नाम प्रजापतिः

Transliteration

yuṣmākaṃ tejaso 'rdhena mama cārdhena tejasaḥ asyām utpatsyate vidvān dakṣo nāma prajāpatiḥ

Translation

From half of your radiance and from half of my own splendor, there shall be born from her a wise progenitor—Dakṣa by name—who will become a Prajāpati, an ordainer of beings within the cosmic order.

Word by Word

• युष्माकम्: of you (all)
• युष्माकम्: Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• तेजसः: of energy/splendour
• तेजसः: Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तेजस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• अर्धेन: with half
• अर्धेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन

• मम: of me; my
• मम: Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• अर्धेन: with half
• अर्धेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन

• तेजसः: of energy/splendour
• तेजसः: Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तेजस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• अस्याम्: in her; in this (woman)
• अस्याम्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• उत्पत्स्यते: will be born/arise
• उत्पत्स्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उत् + पद् (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (भविष्यत्), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• विद्वान्: learned; wise
• विद्वान्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विद्वस् (प्रातिपदिक; ज्ञा-धातुज कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (विद्वस् = learned)

• दक्षः: Dakṣa
• दक्षः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (कर्ता), एकवचन; नाम (proper noun)

• नाम: named
• नाम: Sambandha (Naming marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम (अव्यय)
• Form: नाम-अव्यय (particle: 'named')

• प्रजापतिः: lord of creatures; Prajāpati
• प्रजापतिः: Apposition (समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रजा + पति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (प्रजानां पतिः)

Speaker

Sage Parāśara (narrating to Maitreya)

Parashara-Maitreya Dialogue

Speaker: Parasara

Topic: How Prajāpatis arise and administer creation within the cosmic order.

Teaching: Cosmological

Quality: revealing

Cosmological Context

Creation Stage: Secondary

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Creation proceeds through delegated intelligences (Prajāpatis) born of combined potencies, yet grounded in the supreme source that apportions power.

Vedantic Theme: Dharma

Application: See leadership and creativity as entrusted power—use it to order, protect, and nurture life rather than for egoic display.

Vishishtadvaita: The supreme Lord remains the ultimate cause (jagat-kāraṇa) while empowering finite agents; plurality functions as His dependent modes, not as independent creators.

Dynasty & Genealogy

Dharma Exemplar: Prajāpati-function: ordering and generating beings according to dharma/ṛta.

Key Kings: Dakṣa

Vaishnava Theology

Vishnu Form: Para-Brahman

Jagat Karana: Yes

Characters & Entities

• Daksha
• Prajapati

FAQs

What is the significance of Dakṣa in the Vishnu Purana?

This verse frames Dakṣa as a divinely empowered Prajāpati born from shared tejas, indicating his role as a key organizer of progeny and social-cosmic order in creation narratives.

How does Sage Parāśara explain creation through “tejas” (radiance)?

Parāśara presents tejas as a transferable creative potency: the birth of a Prajāpati occurs through the apportioned splendor of progenitors, showing creation as structured, not random.

What is the theological importance of Lord Vishnu in this context?

Even when Vishnu is not named in the verse, the Vishnu Purana’s framework treats such ordered creation—through Prajāpatis and regulated lineage—as operating under Vishnu’s supreme sovereignty as the ground of cosmic law and continuity.