Shloka 15
Yudhiṣṭhira’s Lament and Kṛṣṇa’s Rudra-Cosmogony Explanation (सौप्तिक पर्व, अध्याय १७)
भूतान्यन्वसृजत् सप्त दक्षादींस्तु प्रजापतीन् । यैरिमं व्यकरोत् सर्व भूतग्रामं चतुर्विधम्
bhūtāny anvasṛjat sapta dakṣādīṁs tu prajāpātīn | yair imaṁ vyakarot sarva-bhūta-grāmaṁ catur-vidham ||
毗湿摩耶那言：于是他化生七类众生，又生出以达叉（Dakṣa）为首的诸般生主（Prajāpati）。借由他们，他将此一切生灵之众，依四分之序而广为繁衍。
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Creation is portrayed as a dharmically ordered process: the supreme source establishes progenitors (Prajāpatis) and structured categories, indicating that life and society are meant to function within an intelligible cosmic order and delegated responsibility.
Vaiśampāyana describes a stage of creation in which seven groups of beings and the Prajāpatis (starting with Dakṣa) are produced, and through these agents the full fourfold range of living creatures is spread out and organized.