Shloka 24
Nārada Instructs Dakṣa’s Sons; Allegory of the World; Dakṣa Curses Nārada
स भूय: पाञ्चजन्यायामजेन परिसान्त्वित: । पुत्रानजनयद्दक्ष: सवलाश्वान्सहस्रिण: ॥ २४ ॥
sa bhūyaḥ pāñcajanyāyām ajena parisāntvitaḥ putrān ajanayad dakṣaḥ savalāśvān sahasriṇaḥ
स भूयः पाञ्चजन्यायामजेन परिसान्त्वितः । पुत्रानजनयद्दक्षः सवलाश्वान्सहस्रिणः ॥
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.
FAQs
In this verse, the Savalaśvas are described as one thousand sons begotten by Dakṣa in his wife Pāñcajanyā after Dakṣa was consoled by Brahmā.
Dakṣa had suffered disappointment in his efforts to expand progeny; Brahmā (called Aja, “the unborn”) reassured and encouraged him, after which Dakṣa again generated sons.
Even when plans fail, one can regain steadiness by seeking higher guidance and returning to duty with clarity—while remembering that worldly expansion is secondary to spiritual purpose.