Daksha

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MAHABHARATA NOUN

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Mbh.1.1.26 Then appeared the twenty-one Prajapatis, viz, Manu, Vasishtha and Parameshthi; ten Prachetas, Daksha, and the seven sons of Daksha.
Mbh.1.22.1481 And having laid the wager, O best of Brahmanas, the two sisters Kadru and Vinata, the daughters of Daksha, proceeded in great delight along the sky to see the other side of the Ocean.
Mbh.1.23.1506 Thou art the destroyer of all, the creator of all; thou art the very Hiranyagarbha; thou art the progenitor of creation in the form of Daksha and the other Prajapatis; thou art Indra the king of the gods, thou art Hayagriva the steed necked incarnation of Vishnu; thou art the arrow Vishnu himself, as he became such in the hands of Mahadeva at the burning of Tripura; thou art the lord of the universe; thou art the mouth of Vishnu; thou art the four-faced Padmaja; thou art the Brahmana ie, wise, thou art Agni, Pavana, etc.
Mbh.1.31.1830 Sauti continued, Meanwhile, moved by the desire of offspring, the good daughter of Daksha, the vow-observing, amiable, and fortunate Vinata, her ascetic penances over, having purified herself with a bath in that season when connubial companionship might prove fruitful, approached her lord.
Mbh.1.65.3261 Unto Daksha one of the Prajapatis were born thirteen daughters of great good fortune.
Mbh.1.65.3262 The daughters of Daksha are, O tiger among men and prince of the Bharata race, Aditi, Diti, Danu, Kala, Danayu, Sinhika, Krodha, Pradha, Viswa, Vinata, Kapila, Muni, and Kadru.
Mbh.1.66.3320 And, O protector of the Earth, the illustrious Rishi Daksha, of soul in complete peace, and of great asceticism, sprung from the right toe of Brahman.
Mbh.1.66.3321 And from the left toe of Brahman sprang the wife of the high-souled Daksha.
Mbh.1.66.3323 And the lord Daksha, not having any sons, made those daughters his Putrikas so that their sons might belong both to himself and to their husbands.
Mbh.1.66.3324 And Daksha bestowed, according to the sacred ordinance, ten of his daughters on Dharma, twenty-seven on Chandra the Moon, and thirteen on Kasyapa.
Mbh.1.75.4108 SECTION LXXV Sambhava Parva continued Vaisampayana said, Hear now, as I recite the recorded genealogy, that is sacred and subservient to religion, profit and pleasure, of these royal sages, Daksha, the lord of creation, Manu, the son of Surya, Bharata, Ruru, Puru, and Ajamidha.
Mbh.1.75.4115 After these ten, was born another named Daksha.
Mbh.1.75.4116 It is from Daksha that all creatures have sprung.
Mbh.1.75.4118 Born of Prachetas the Muni Daksha, uniting himself with Virini, begat a thousand sons of rigid vows, all like himself.
Mbh.1.75.4119 And Narada taught these thousand sons of Daksha the excellent philosophy of Sankhya as a means of salvation.
Mbh.1.75.4120 And, O Janamejaya, the lord of creation, Daksha, then, from the desire of making creatures, begat fifty daughters.
Mbh.1.95.5226 Daksha begat Aditi, and Aditi begat Vivaswat, and Vivaswat begat Manu, and Manu begat Ha and Ha begat Pururavas.
Mbh.1.99.5506 Daksha had a daughter known by the name of Surabhi, who, O bull of Bharata's race, for benefiting the world, brought forth, by her connection with Kasyapa, a daughter Nandini in the form of a cow.
Mbh.1.123.6649 And Marichi, Angiras, Pulastya, Pulaha, Kratu, Daksha the lord of creation, the Gandharvas, and Apsaras, came there also.
Mbh.2.11.435 And Daksha, Prachetas, Pulaha, Marichi, the master Kasyapa, Bhrigu, Atri, and Vasistha and Gautama, and also Angiras, and Pulastya, Kraut, Prahlada, and Kardama, these Prajapatis, and Angirasa of the Atharvan Veda, the Valikhilyas, the Marichipas; Intelligence, Space, Knowledge, Air, Heat, Water, Earth, Sound, Touch, Form, Taste, Scent; Nature, and the Modes of Nature, and the elemental and prime causes of the world, all stay in that mansion beside the lord Brahma.
Mbh.3.39.2123 Thou destroyedest of old the great sacrifice of Daksha.
Mbh.3.130.6619 A blessing was pronounced on this spot by Daksha, when he was engaged in sacrifice here, in these words, Those men that shall die at this spot shall win a place in heaven'
Mbh.3.162.8224 And the Mahameru is the auspicious and healthy abode even of the seven mind-born sons of Brahma, of whom Daksha was the seventh.
Mbh.3.223.11311 A little while before, Swaha, the daughter of Daksha, had bestowed her love on him.
Mbh.3.230.11580 Swaha replied, O mighty being, I am the favourite daughter of Daksha, by name Swaha; and from my youthful days I have been in love with Hutasana the Fire-god; but that god, my son, does not understand my feelings.
Mbh.3.230.11718 Thou art Daksha.
Mbh.5.101.4738 These then are their names, Suvarnachuda, Nagasin Daruna, Chandatundaka, Anala, Vaisalaksha, Kundalin, Pankajit, Vajraviskambha, Vainateya, Vamana, Vatavega, Disachakshu, Nimisha, Animisha, Trirava, Saptarava, Valmiki, Dipaka, Daityadwipa, Saridwipa, Sarasa, Padmaketana, Sumukha, Chitraketu, Chitravara, Anagha, Meshahrit, Kumuda, Daksha, Sarpanta, Somabhojana, Gurubhara, Kapota, Suryanetra, Chirantaka, Vishnudharman, Kumara, Parivarha, Hari, Suswara, Madhuparka, Hemavarna, Malaya, Matariswan, Nisakara and Divakara.
Mbh.5.105.4853 Like thee, I also have a daughter of Daksha for my mother and Kasyapa for my father.
Mbh.5.108.4981 There the daughters of Daksha, in primeval times, gave birth to their children.
Mbh.6.68.3710 In days of old on the occasion of procreating creatures, the sages spoke of thee as Daksha, the Father of creation.
Mbh.7.199.11391 In the days of yore, Daksha, for performing a sacrifice, had collected the necessary articles.
Mbh.8.33.1609 Salutations to thee that hadst destroyed the sacrifice of that lord of creatures viz, Daksha to thee that art adored by all the lords of creatures.
Mbh.9.33.2420 Vaishampayana said, Daksha had seven and twenty daughters, O king!
Mbh.9.33.2429 Repairing speedily to their sire Daksha, that Lord of creation, they said unto him, Soma doth not live with us!
Mbh.9.33.2432 Hearing these words of theirs, Daksha saw Soma and said unto him, Behave equally towards all thy wives!
Mbh.9.33.2434 And Daksha then said unto those daughters of his, Go, all of you, to the presence of Sasin.
Mbh.9.33.2440 Hearing these words of theirs, Daksha once more said unto Soma, Behave equally towards all thy wives!
Mbh.9.33.2442 Disregarding, however, these words of Daksha, the adorable Soma continued to live with Rohini alone.
Mbh.9.33.2449 Hearing these words, the adorable Daksha, O king, became angry and in consequence thereof hurled the curse of phthisis upon Soma.
Mbh.9.33.2463 The gods then, having heard those words, repaired to Daksha and said, Be gratified, O adorable one, with Soma!
Mbh.9.33.2472 Thus addressed Daksha, that Lord of creatures, said these words unto the celestials, It is impossible to make my words become otherwise!
Mbh.9.33.2481 At this command of the celestial Rishi Daksha, Soma then proceeded to the Sarasvati.
Mbh.9.33.2484 All the creatures also, O monarch, having repaired to Prabhasa, returned with Soma amongst them to the place where Daksha was.
Mbh.9.33.2486 Pleased with Soma, the adorable Daksha once more addressed him, saying, Do not, O son, disregard women, and never disregard Brahmanas!
Mbh.9.36.2692 Daksha at one time performed a sacrifice at the source of Ganga.
Mbh.9.43.3095 The diverse gods, Indra and Vishnu, both of great energy, and Surya and Candramas, and Dhatri, and Vidhatri, and Vayu, and Agni, and Pushan, and Bhaga, and Aryaman, and Ansa, and Vivaswat, and Rudra of great intelligence, and Mitra, and the eleven Rudras, the eight Vasus, the twelve Adityas, the twin Ashvinis, the Viswedevas, the Maruts, the Saddhyas, the Pitris, the Gandharvas, the Apsaras, the Yakshas, the Rakshasas, the Pannagas, innumerable celestial Rishis, the Vaikhanasas, the Valakhilyas, those others among Rishis that subsist only on air and those that subsist on the rays of the Sun, the descendants of Bhrigu and Angiras, many high-souled Yatis, all the Vidyadharas, all those that were crowned with ascetic success, the Grandsire, Pulastya, Pulaha of great ascetic merits, Angiras, Kasyapa, Atri, Marichi, Bhrigu, Kratu, Hara, Prachetas, Manu, Daksha, the Seasons, the Planets, and all the luminaries; O monarch, all the rivers in their embodied forms, the eternal Vedas, the Seas, the diverse tirthas, the Earth, the Sky, the Cardinal and Subsidiary points of the compass, and all the Trees, O king, Aditi the mother of the gods, Hri, Sri, Swaha, Sarasvati, Uma, Sachi, Sinivali, Anumati, Kuhu, the Day of the new moon, the Day of the full Moon, the wives of the denizens of heaven, Himavat, Vindhya, Meru of many summits, Airavat with all his followers, the Divisions of time called Kala, Kashtha, Fortnight, the Seasons, Night, and Day, O king, the prince of steeds, Ucchaisravas, Vasuki the king of the Snakes, Aruna, Garuda, the Trees, the deciduous herbs, and the adorable god Dharma, all came there together.
Mbh.10.7.365 And he said, I seek the protection of Him called Ugra, Sthanu, Shiva, Rudra, Sharva, Ishana, Ishvara, Girisha; and of that boon-giving god who is the Creator and Lord of the universe; of Him whose throat is blue, who is without birth, who is called Shakra, who destroyed the sacrifice of Daksha, and who is called Hara; of Him whose form is the universe, who hath three eyes, who is possessed of multifarious forms, and who is the lord of Uma; of Him who resides in crematoriums, who swells with energy, who is the lord of diverse tribes of ghostly beings, and who is the possessor of undecaying prosperity and power; of Him who wields the skull-topped club, who is called Rudra, who bears matted locks on his head, and who is a brahmacari.
Mbh.10.17.1052 That being then created many living creatures, having Daksha for their first, who created all these creatures of four kinds.
Mbh.12.23.977 It is heard again that the royal sage Sudyumna, only by wielding the rod of chastisement, obtained the highest success, like Daksha himself, the son of Prachetas'
Mbh.12.23.1024 Vyasa continued, That king, O eldest son of Pandu, became eminent by this act and obtained the highest success like the lord Daksha himself!
Mbh.12.47.2294 Surrounded by Vyasa conversant with the Vedas by the celestial Rishi Narada, by Devasthana, by Asmaka Sumantu, by Jaimini, by the high-souled Paila, by Sandilya, by Devarata, by Maitreya of great intelligence, by Asita and Vasishtha and the high-souled Kausika, by Harita and Lomasa and Atri's son of great intelligence, by Vrihaspati and Sukra and the great sage Chyavana, by Sanatkumara and Kapila and Valmiki and Tumvuru and Kuru, by Maudgalya and Rama of Bhrigu's race, and the great sage Trinavindu, by Pippalada and Vayu and Samvarta and Pulaha and Katha, by Kasyapa and Pulastya and Kratu and Daksha and Parasara, by Marichi and Angiras and Kasmya and Gautama and the sage Galava, by Dhaumya and Vibhanda and Mandavya and Dhaumra and Krishnanubhautika, by Uluka, that foremost of Brahmanas and the great sage Markandeya, by Bhaskari and Purana and Krishna and Suta, that foremost of virtuous persons, surrounded by these and many other highly-blessed sages of great souls and possessed of faith and self-restraint and tranquillity of mind, the Kuru hero looked like the Moon in the midst of the planets and the stars.
Mbh.12.165.9823 The last begat Daksha, who in his turn, begat sixty daughters.
Mbh.12.169.10147 Rajadharman said, O Brahmana, I am the son of Kasyapa by one of the daughters of the sage Daksha.
Mbh.12.172.10297 At that time, the auspicious goddess Surabhi, the daughter of Daksha, appeared in the sky above the place where the pyre had been set up.
Mbh.12.206.12483 After this, Brahman created, by a flat of his will, seven sons with Daksha completing the tale.
Mbh.12.206.12484 They were Marichi, Atri, Angiras, Pulastya, Pulaha, Kratu, and the already mentioned Daksha.
Mbh.12.206.12487 That son, O chief of Bharata's race, was Daksha, the progenitor of creatures
Mbh.12.206.12488 Unto Daksha were first born three and ten daughters, O Bharata, the eldest of whom was called Diti.
Mbh.12.206.12490 The highly-blessed Daksha besides the three and ten already spoken of next begat ten other daughters.
Mbh.12.206.12491 The progenitor of creatures, viz, the righteous Daksha, bestowed these upon Dharma.
Mbh.12.206.12493 Daksha next begat seven and twenty other younger daughters.
Mbh.12.207.12554 The ten Prachetasas had one son between them, viz, the Prajapati called by the name of Daksha.
Mbh.12.207.12555 This last has two names in the world, viz, Daksha and Kasyapa.
Mbh.12.226.13849 Prithu, Aila, Maya, Bhima, Naraka, Samvara, Aswagriva, Puloman, Swarbhanu, whose standard was of immeasurable height, Prahlada, Namuchi, Daksha, Vipprachitti, Virochana, Hrinisheva, Suhotra, Bhurihan, Pushavat, Vrisha, Satyepsu, Rishava, Vahu, Kapilaswa, Virupaka, Vana, Kartaswara, Vahni, Viswadanshtra, Nairiti, Sankocha, Varitaksha, Varaha, Aswa, Ruchiprabha, Viswajit, Pratirupa, Vrishanda, Vishkara, Madhu, Hiranyakasipu, the Danava Kaitabha, and many others that were Daityas and Danavas and Rakshasas, these and many more unnamed, belonging to remote and remoter ages, great Daityas and foremost of Danavas, whose names we have heard, indeed, many foremost of Daityas of former times, having gone away, leaving the Earth.
Mbh.12.282.17395 After some time had passed away, the Prajapati Daksha commenced to perform a Sacrifice according to the ancient rites laid down in the Vedas.
Mbh.12.282.17396 Unto the Sacrifice of Daksha, all the deities headed by Sakra, assembling together, resolved to repair.
Mbh.12.282.17400 Maheswara said, O lady that art highly blessed, the excellent Prajapati Daksha is adoring the gods in a Horse-sacrifice.
Mbh.12.282.17411 Summoning all his Yoga force, that Lord of all lords of Yoga, that god of gods, that wielder of Pinaka, possessed of mighty energy, quickly proceeded to the place where Daksha was sacrificing accompanied by all his terrible followers and destroyed that Sacrifice.
Mbh.12.283.17454 SECTION CCLXXXIV Janamejaya said, How O Brahmana, was the Horse-sacrifice of the Prajapati Daksha, the son of Prachetas, destroyed during the age of Vaivaswata Manu?
Mbh.12.283.17456 How, again, through his grace, was Daksha enable to reunite the divided limbs of that Sacrifice?
Mbh.12.283.17459 Vaisampayana said, In days of yore Daksha made arrangements for performing a Sacrifice on the breast of Himavat in that sacred region inhabited by Rishis and Siddhas where the Ganges issues out of the mountains.
Mbh.12.283.17461 Surrounded by crowds of Rishis, Daksha, that foremost of virtuous men, that progenitor of creatures, was waited upon by the denizens of the earth, the firmament, and the heavens, with their hands joined together in reverence.
Mbh.12.283.17480 Daksha said, We have many Rudras armed with lances and bearing matted locks on their heads.
Mbh.12.283.17485 I am sure that this proposed Sacrifice of Daksha will certainly be overtaken by destruction'
Mbh.12.283.17486 Daksha said, Here, in this vessel of gold, intended for the Lord of all Sacrifices, is the sacrificial offering sanctified by mantras and rites according to the ordinance.
Mbh.12.283.17508 Maheswara answered him, saying, Go and destroy the Sacrifice of Daksha'
Mbh.12.283.17509 Thus ordered, that Being of leonine prowess who had issued from the mouth of Mahadeva, desired to destroy the Sacrifice of Daksha, without putting forth all his energy and without the assistance of any one else, for dispelling the wrath of Uma.
Mbh.12.283.17516 Those fierce bands of spirits, endued with terrible energy and prowess and resembling Rudra himself on that account, rushed with the force of thunder to that place where Daksha was making preparations for his sacrifice, impelled by the desire of destroying it.
Mbh.12.283.17547 Then the gods headed by Brahman, and that progenitor of creatures, viz, Daksha, joining their hands in reverence, addressed that mighty Being, saying, Tell us, who thou art'
Mbh.12.283.17559 Hearing the words of Virabhadra, Daksha, that foremost of all righteous persons, bowed down unto Maheswara and sought to gratify him by uttering the following hymn, I throw myself at the feet of the effulgent Isana, who is Eternal, Immutable, and Indestructible; who is the foremost of all gods, who is endued with high soul, who is the Lord of all the universe'
Mbh.12.283.17563 Possessed of the effulgence of a thousand Suns, and looking like another Samvartaka, the great god smiled gently at Daksha and addressing him, said, What, O Brahmana, shall I do for you'
Mbh.12.283.17565 Then that progenitor of all creatures, viz, Daksha, joining his hands in reverence, filled with dread and fear, exceedingly agitated, and with face and eyes bathed in tears, addressed the great god in the following words'
Mbh.12.283.17566 Daksha said, If the great god has been gratified with me, if indeed, I have become an object of favour with him, if I have deserved his kindness, if the great Lord of all creatures is disposed to grant me boons, then let all these articles of mine that have been burnt, eaten, drunk, swallowed, destroyed, broken, and polluted, let all these articles, collected in course of these articles be of use to me.
Mbh.12.283.17571 Having obtained that boon from Bhava, Daksha knelt down to him and adored that deity having the bull for his mark, by uttering his thousand and eight names'
Mbh.12.284.17572 SECTION CCLXXXV Yudhishthira said, It behoveth thee, O sire, to tell me those names by which Daksha, that progenitor of creatures, adored the great deity.
Mbh.12.284.17575 Daksha said, I bow to thee, O lord of all the gods to the destroyer of the forces of the Asuras.
Mbh.12.284.17818 Hearing these adorations, that Lord of all creatures, viz, Mahadeva, ceased to think of inflicting further injuries on Daksha.
Mbh.12.284.17819 Indeed, highly gratified, the illustrious deity addressed Daksha, saying, O Daksha of excellent vows, pleased have I been with these adorations of thine.
Mbh.12.284.17823 Once more, Mahadeva, that thorough master of words, addressed Daksha and said unto him these words fraught with high consolation, Be thou the foremost of all creatures in the world.
Mbh.12.284.17824 Thou shouldst not, O Daksha, entertain any feelings of grief for these injuries inflicted on thy Sacrifice.
Mbh.12.284.17838 In days of yore, O Daksha, this auspicious religion called Pasupata had been extracted by me.
Mbh.12.284.17842 Having said these words, Mahadeva, with his spouse Uma and with all his attendants disappeared from the view of Daksha of immeasurable prowess.
Mbh.12.284.17843 He who would recite this hymn that was first uttered by Daksha or who would listen to it when recited by another, would never meet with the smallest evil and would attain to a long life.
Mbh.12.328.20937 That wind which takes away the life of all living creatures when the proper hour comes, whose track is followed by Death and Surya's son Yama, which becomes the source of that immortality which is attained by Yogins of subtile sight who are always engaged in Yoga meditation, by whose aid the thousands of grandsons of Daksha, that lord of creatures, by his ten sons, succeeded in days of old in attaining to the ends of the universe, whose touch enables one to attain to Emancipation by freeing oneself from the obligation of returning so the world, that wind is called by the name of Paravaha.
Mbh.12.334.21394 Brahman, Sthanu, Manu, Daksha, Bhrigu, Dharma, Yama, Marichi, Angiras, Atri, Pulastya, Pulaha, Kratu, Vasishtha, Parameshthi, Vivaswat, Shoma, he that has been called Karddama, Krodha, Avak, and Krita, these one and twenty persons, called Prajapatis, were first born.
Mbh.12.338.21695 Thou art he who is divested of all attributes, who is the Witness of all the worlds, who is called Kshetrajna, who is the foremost of all Beings, who is Infinite, who is called Purusha, who is the great Purusha, who is the foremost of all Purushas, who is the soul of the three attributes, who is called the Foremost, who is Amrita nectar, who is called Immortal, who is called Ananta Sesha, who is Space who is without beginning, who is both Manifest and Unmanifest as existent and not-existent things, who is said to have his home in Truth who is the first of gods Narayana, who is the giver of wealth or of the fruits of acts, identified with Daksha and other Lords of the Creation, who is the Aswattha and other big trees, who is the four-headed Brahman, who is the Lord of all created Beings, who is the Lord of Speech who is the Lord of the universe or Indra, who is the all-pervading Soul, who is the Sun, who is the breath called Prana, who is the Lord of the waters viz, Varuna, who is identifiable with the Emperor or the King, who is identifiable with the Regents of the several points of the compass, who is the refuge of the universe when it is dissolved in the final destruction who is Undisplayed unrevealed, who is the giver of the Vedas unto Brahman, who is identifiable with the sacrifices and Vedic studies achieved by Brahmanas with the aid of their bodies, who is identifiable with the four principal orders of the deities, who is every one of those four orders, who is possessed of effulgence, who is possessed of great effulgence, who is he unto whom the seven largest offerings in sacrifices are presented with the Gayatri and other sacred mantras, who is Yama, who is Chitragupta and the other attendants of Yama, who is called the wife of Yama, who is that order of the deities called Tushita, who is that other order called Mahatushita, who is the universal grinder Death, who is desire and all diseases that have been created for aiding the advent of Death, who is health and freedom from disease, who is subject to desire and passions, who is free from the influence of desire and passions, who is Infinite as exhibited in species and forms, who is he that is chastised, who is he that is the chastiser, who is all the lesser sacrifices like Agnihotra and others, who is all the larger sacrifices like those called Brahma, etc,
Mbh.12.342.22403 Incensed at the destruction of his sacrifice by Rudra, Daksha once more set himself to the practice of severe austerities and attaining to high puissance caused something like a third eye to appear on the forehead of Rudra for the destruction of Tripurasura
Mbh.12.342.22548 The Prajapati Daksha became the father of sixty daughters.
Mbh.12.342.22552 Incensed at this representation of his daughters, the celestial Rishi Daksha cursed Shoma, saying, that thenceforth the disease phthisis should assail his son-in-law and dwell in him.
Mbh.12.342.22553 Through this curse of Daksha, phthisis assailed the puissant Shoma and entered into his body.
Mbh.12.342.22554 Assailed by phthisis in this way, Shoma came to Daksha.
Mbh.12.342.22563 In consequence, however, of the curse denounced upon him in days of old by Daksha, Shoma, to this day, begins to wane from the night of the full moon till his total disappearance on the night of the new moon whence he once more begins to wax till the night of full moon.
Mbh.12.342.22669 Riding on the vehicle that helps towards the performance of scriptural and other duties, I practised, in those two forms, undying austerities on the breast of Gandhamadana At that time the great sacrifice of Daksha took place.
Mbh.12.342.22670 Daksha, however, in that sacrifice of his, refused to give a share unto Rudra, O Bharata, of the sacrificial offerings.
Mbh.12.345.22881 That Brahma, otherwise called Prameshthi, filled with cheerfulness, caused my sire Daksha to start into being.
Mbh.12.345.22882 I was the son of Brahma, created before all others, by a fiat of his will although I had to take birth afterwards as the son of Daksha through a curse of that Rishi.
Mbh.12.348.23261 The Grandsire gave it in days of yore to Daksha one of his sons created by a fiat of his will.
Mbh.12.348.23262 Daksha, in his turn, imparted it to the eldest of all the sons of his daughters, O monarch, viz, Aditya who is senior in age to Savitri.
Mbh.13.5.346 Assuming then the shape of a Brahmana, Sakra descended on the Earth and addressing the bird, said, O Suka, O best of birds, the grand-daughter Suki of Daksha has become blessed by having thee as her offspring.
Mbh.13.14.1513 Sanatkumara, the Vedas, the Histories, Marichi, Angiras, Atri, Pulastya, Pulaha, Kratu, the seven Manus, Soma, the Atharvans, and Vrihaspati, Bhrigu, Daksha, Kasyapa, Vasishtha, Kasya, the Schandas, Diksha, the Sacrifices, Dakshina, the Sacrificial Fires, the Havis clarified butter poured in sacrifices, and all the requisites of the sacrifices, were beheld by me, O Yudhishthira, standing there in their embodied forms.
Mbh.13.46.4777 SECTION XLVI Bhishma said, They that are conversant with ancient history recite the following verse of Daksha, the son of Prachetas: That maiden, in respect of whom nothing is taken by her kinsmen in the form of dowry cannot be said to be sold
Mbh.13.57.5667 The Brahmana, who bathes every day and recites sacred Mantras in the twilights, becomes possessed of the status of Daksha himself.
Mbh.13.77.7013 In days of yore, the Self-born Brahman commanded the Rishi Daksha, saying, Do thou create living creatures!
Mbh.13.77.7014 From desire of doing good to creatures, Daksha, in the first instance, created food.
Mbh.13.77.7015 Even as the deities exist, depending upon nectar, all living creatures, O puissant one, live depending upon the sustenance assigned by Daksha.
Mbh.13.77.7025 Knowing the intention which moved all his creatures, the holy lord of all creatures, viz, Daksha, for the sake of the beings he had created, himself drank a quantity of nectar.
Mbh.13.77.7028 Daksha saw that it gave birth to a cow which he named Surabhi.
Mbh.13.77.7039 Seeing that Mahadeva had become exceedingly angry; Daksha, the lord of all creatures, addressed him, saying, Thou hast, O great deity, been drenched with nectar.
Mbh.13.77.7052 Having said these words, the lord of creatures, Daksha, made a present unto Mahadeva of a bull with certain kine.
Mbh.13.77.7053 Daksha gratified the heart of Rudra, O Bharata, with that present, Mahadeva, thus gratified, made that bull his vehicle.
Mbh.13.83.7412 Beholding the great goddess Aditi thus undergoing the severest austerities, the daughter of Daksha, viz, the illustrious Surabhi, herself devoted to righteousness, similarly underwent very severe austerities upon the breast of the delightful mountains of Kailasa that are resorted to by both the deities and the Gandharvas.
Mbh.13.91.8186 Others also are numbered amongst them, viz, Somapa, Suryasavitra, Dattatman, Pundariyaka, Ushninabha, Nabhoda, Viswayu, Dipti, Chamuhara, Suresa, Vyomari, Sankara Bhava, Isa, Kartri, Kriti, Daksha, Bhuvana, Divya, Karmakrit, Ganita Panchavirya, Aditya, Rasmimat, Saptakrit, Somavachas, Viswakrit, Kavi, Anugoptri, Sugoptri, Naptri, and Iswara, these highly blessed ones are numbered as the Viswedevas.
Mbh.13.143.11880 SECTION CXLIII Uma said, O holy one, O thou that didst tear off the eyes of Bhaga and the teeth of Pushan, O destroyer of the sacrifice of Daksha, O three-eyed deity, I have a great doubt.
Mbh.13.147.12303 Prachetas will have a son named Daksha who will be regarded as a Prajapati.
Mbh.13.147.12304 Daksha will beget a daughter who will be named Dakshayani.
Mbh.13.160.13359 When that lord of all creatures, viz, Daksha, desirous of performing a sacrifice, spread his sacrifice out, the dauntless Bhava, giving way to wrath at Daksha's slight of him, pierced the embodied sacrifice, shooting his shaft from his terrible bow, he roared aloud.
Mbh.13.165.13710 Bhagiratha, Harischandra, Marutta, Dridharatha, the highly fortunate Alarka, Aila, Karandhama, that foremost of men, Kasmira, Daksha, Amvarisha, Kukura, Raivata of great fame, Kuru, Samvarana, Mandhatri of unbaffled prowess, the royal sage Muchukunda, Jahnu who was much favoured by Janhavi Ganga, the first in point of time of all kings, viz, Prithu the son of Vena, Mitrabhanu, Priyankara, Trasadasyu, Sweta that foremost of royal sages, the celebrated Mahabhisha, Nimi Ashtaka, Ayu, the royal sage Kshupa, Kaksheyu, Pratardana, Devodasa, Sudasa, Kosaleswara, Aila, Nala, the royal sage Manu, that lord of all creatures, Havidhara, Prishadhara, Pratipa, Santanu, Aja, the senior Varhi, Ikshwaku of great fame, Anaranya, Janujangha, the royal sage Kakshasena, and many others not named in history.
Mbh.14.5.125 Vyasa thereupon said, As the numerous offspring of the Prajapati Daksha, the Asuras and the Celestials challenged each other to encounter, so in the same way Angira's sons, the exceedingly energetic Vrihaspati and the ascetic, Samvarta, of equal vows, challenged each other, O king.
Mbh.14.88.3944 The Chayana made resembled in beauty that which had been made for Daksha, the lord of creatures on the occasion of his great sacrifice.
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