।। शौनक उवाच ।। अंगुष्ठाद्ब्रह्मणो जज्ञे दक्षश्चोक्तस्त्वया पुरा।। कथं प्राचेतसत्वं हि पुनर्लेभे महातपाः ।। ५१ ।।
Śaunaka said:— Formerly it was said by you that Dakṣa was born of the thumb of Brahmā. How then did he of great penance become the son of Prācetasa again?
He who knows this mode of creation of Dakṣa of the mobile and immobile beings becomes endowed with progeny and longevity. After death he is honoured in the heavenly region.