prajā

  • a son — SB 10.5.23plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.5.23

    My dear brother Nanda Mahārāja, at an advanced age you had no son at all and were hopeless of having one. Therefore, that you now have a son is a sign of great fortune.
  • citizens — SB 4.21.50plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 4.21.50

    Our dear lord, it is your occupational duty to rule over your citizens. That is not a very wonderful task for a personality like you, who are so affectionate in seeing to the interests of the citizens, because you are full of mercy. That is the greatness of your character.    , SB 6.14.19plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 6.14.19

    O King, are your wives, citizens, secretaries and servants and the merchants who sell spices and oil under your control? Are you also in full control of ministers, the inhabitants of your palace, your provincial governors, your sons and your other dependents?
  • living beings — SB 1.6.24plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 1.6.24

    Intelligence engaged in My devotion cannot be thwarted at any time. Even at the time of creation, as well as at the time of annihilation, your remembrance will continue by My mercy.    , SB 4.30.50-51plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 4.30.39-40

    After being born, Dakṣa, by the superexcellence of his bodily luster, covered all others' bodily opulence. Because he was very expert in performing fruitive activity, he was called by the name Dakṣa, meaning "the very expert." Lord Brahmā therefore engaged Dakṣa in the work of generating living entities and maintaining them. In due course of time, Dakṣa also engaged other Prajāpatis [progenitors] in the process of generation and maintenance.
  • living entities — SB 2.9.19plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 2.9.19

    And seeing Brahmā present before Him, the Lord accepted him as worthy to create living beings, to be controlled as He desired, and thus being much satisfied with him, the Lord shook hands with Brahmā and, slightly smiling, addressed him thus.
  • of the living entities — SB 3.21.24plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 3.21.24

    The Lord continued: My dear ṛṣi, O leader of the living entities, for those who serve Me in devotion by worshiping Me, especially persons like you who have given up everything unto Me, there is never any question of frustration.
  • one who is born — SB 3.5.20plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 3.5.20

    I know that you are now Vidura due to the cursing of Māṇḍavya Muni and that formerly you were King Yamarāja, the great controller of living entities after their death. You were begotten by the son of Satyavatī, Vyāsadeva, in the kept wife of his brother.
  • progeny — SB 1.2.27plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 1.2.27

    Those who are in the modes of passion and ignorance worship the forefathers, other living beings and the demigods who are in charge of cosmic activities, for they are urged by a desire to be materially benefited with women, wealth, power and progeny.
  • son — SB 4.13.21plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 4.13.21

    Vidura inquired from the sage Maitreya: My dear brāhmaṇa, King Aṅga was very gentle. He had high character and was a saintly personality and lover of brahminical culture. How is it that such a great soul got a bad son like Vena, because of whom he became indifferent to his kingdom and left it?
  • sons and daughters — SB 5.4.14plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 5.4.14

    Being an incarnation of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Ṛṣabhadeva was fully independent because His form was spiritual, eternal and full of transcendental bliss. He eternally had nothing to do with the four principles of material misery [birth, death, old age and disease]. Nor was He materially attached. He was always equipoised, and He saw everyone on the same level. He was unhappy to see others unhappy, and He was the well-wisher of all living entities. Although He was a perfect personality, the Supreme Lord and controller of all, He nonetheless acted as if He were an ordinary conditioned soul. Therefore He strictly followed the principles of varṇāśrama-dharma and acted accordingly. In due course of time, the principles of varṇāśrama-dharma had become neglected; therefore through His personal characteristics and behavior, He taught the ignorant public how to perform duties within the varṇāśrama-dharma. In this way He regulated the general populace in householder life, enabling them to develop religion and economic well-being and to attain reputations, sons and daughters, material pleasure and finally eternal life. By His instructions, He showed how people could remain householders and at the same time become perfect by following the principles of varṇāśrama-dharma.
  • the living entities — SB 2.9.30plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 2.9.30

    O my Lord, the unborn, You have shaken hands with me just as a friend does with a friend [as if equal in position]. I shall be engaged in the creation of different types of living entities, and I shall be occupied in Your service. I shall have no perturbation, but I pray that all this may not give rise to pride, as if I were the Supreme.
  • the living entities born in the material world — SB 3.13.12plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 3.13.12

    O King, if you can give proper protection to the living beings in the material world, that will be the best service for me. When the Supreme Lord sees you to be a good protector of the conditioned souls, certainly the master of the senses will be very pleased with you.
  • the people in general — SB 1.7.32plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 1.7.32

    Thus seeing the disturbance of the general populace and the imminent destruction of the planets, Arjuna at once retracted both brahmāstra weapons, as Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa desired.
  • those who are born — SB 1.12.19plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 1.12.19

    The learned brāhmaṇas said: O son of Pṛthā, this child shall be exactly like King Ikṣvāku, son of Manu, in maintaining all those who are born. And as for following the brahminical principles, especially in being true to his promise, he shall be exactly like Rāma, the Personality of Godhead, the son of Mahārāja Daśaratha.

prajā-adhyakṣaḥ

  • Prajāpati — SB 8.16.13plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 8.16.13

    O my lord, since you are a Prajāpati and are personally my instructor in the principles of religion, where is the possibility that all my desires will not be fulfilled?

prajā-adhyakṣāḥ

  • the rulers of humankind — SB 4.29.42-44plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 4.29.42-44

    The most powerful Lord Brahmā, the father of all progenitors; Lord Śiva; Manu, Dakṣa and the other rulers of humankind; the four saintly first-class brahmacārīs headed by Sanaka and Sanātana; the great sages Marīci, Atri, Aṅgirā, Pulastya, Pulaha, Kratu, Bhṛgu and Vasiṣṭha; and my humble self [Nārada] are all stalwart brāhmaṇas who can speak authoritatively on Vedic literature. We are very powerful because of austerities, meditation and education. Nonetheless, even after inquiring about the Supreme Personality of Godhead, whom we always see, we do not know perfectly about Him.

prajā-ānanda

  • sex pleasure — SB 2.10.26plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 2.10.26

    Thereupon, for sexual pleasure, begetting offspring and tasting heavenly nectar, the Lord developed the genitals, and thus there is the genital organ and its controlling deity, the Prajāpati. The object of sexual pleasure and the controlling deity are under the control of the genitals of the Lord.

prajā-ānandaḥ

  • the pleasure of generations — SB 4.25.39plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 4.25.39

    The woman continued: In this material world, a householder's life brings all kinds of happiness in religion, economic development, sense gratification and the begetting of children, sons and grandsons. After that, one may desire liberation as well as material reputation. The householder can appreciate the results of sacrifices, which enable him to gain promotion to superior planetary systems. All this material happiness is practically unknown to the transcendentalists. They cannot even imagine such happiness.

prajā-anugraha

  • doing good to the living being — SB 1.19.19plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 1.19.19

    All the great sages who were assembled there also praised the decision of Mahārāja Parīkṣit and they expressed their approval by saying, "Very good." Naturally the sages are inclined to do good to common men, for they have all the qualitative powers of the Supreme Lord. Therefore they were very much pleased to see Mahārāja Parīkṣit, a devotee of the Lord, and they spoke as follows.

prajā-apadeśam

  • son in name only — SB 4.13.45plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 4.13.45

    Who, if he is considerate and intelligent, would desire such a worthless son? Such a son is nothing but a bond of illusion for the living entity, and he makes one's home miserable.

prajā-artham

  • for the sake of getting sons — SB 9.1.13plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 9.1.13

    Manu at first had no sons. Therefore, in order to get a son for him, the great saint Vasiṣṭha, who was very powerful in spiritual knowledge, performed a sacrifice to satisfy the demigods Mitra and Varuṇa.

prajā-asavaḥ

  • those whose love for their children is the same as their love for their own life — SB 10.12.15plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.12.15

    Aghāsura thought: If somehow or other I can make Kṛṣṇa and His associates serve as the last offering of sesame and water for the departed souls of my brother and sister, then the inhabitants of Vrajabhūmi, for whom these boys are the life and soul, will automatically die. If there is no life, there is no need for the body; consequently, when their sons are dead, naturally all the inhabitants of Vraja will die.

prajā-āśāyāḥ nivṛttasya

  • of one who was almost hopeless of getting a son at this age — SB 10.5.23plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.5.23

    My dear brother Nanda Mahārāja, at an advanced age you had no son at all and were hopeless of having one. Therefore, that you now have a son is a sign of great fortune.

prajā-atyaye

  • when there was killing of the people in general — SB 8.11.34plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 8.11.34

    Indra thought: Formerly, when many mountains flying in the sky with wings would fall to the ground and kill people, I cut their wings with this same thunderbolt.

prajā-bhartuḥ

  • of one who is engaged in the maintenance of the citizens — SB 1.8.50plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 1.8.50

    There is no sin for a king who kills for the right cause, who is engaged in maintaining his citizens. But this injunction is not applicable to me.
  • with the protector of the living beings — SB 3.13.12plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 3.13.12

    O King, if you can give proper protection to the living beings in the material world, that will be the best service for me. When the Supreme Lord sees you to be a good protector of the conditioned souls, certainly the master of the senses will be very pleased with you.

prajā-drohāt

  • because of killing the subjects — SB 1.9.1plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 1.9.1

    Sūta Gosvāmī said: Being afraid for having killed so many subjects on the Battlefield of Kurukṣetra, Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira went to the scene of the massacre. There, Bhīṣmadeva was lying on a bed of arrows, about to pass away.

prajā-gaṇa

  • the citizens — Antya 14.48plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Antya-līlā 14.48

    "In Vṛndāvana, he goes from door to door begging alms with all his disciples. He begs from both the moving and the inert inhabitants—the citizens, the trees and the creepers. In this way he lives on fruits, roots and leaves.

prajā-goptuḥ

  • who maintain the subjects — SB 7.11.14plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 7.11.14

    For a brāhmaṇa there are six occupational duties. A kṣatriya should not accept charity, but he may perform the other five of these duties. A king or kṣatriya is not allowed to levy taxes on brāhmaṇas, but he may make his livelihood by levying minimal taxes, customs duties, and penalty fines upon his other subjects.

prajā-īśa

  • O lord of created beings — SB 4.7.2plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 4.7.2

    Lord Śiva said: My dear father, Brahmā, I do not mind the offenses created by the demigods. Because these demigods are childish and less intelligent, I do not take a serious view of their offenses, and I have punished them only in order to right them.
  • the controllers of the prajās — SB 9.4.53-54plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 9.4.53-54

    Lord Brahmā said: At the end of the dvi-parārdha, when the pastimes of the Lord come to an end, Lord Viṣṇu, by a flick of His eyebrows, vanquishes the entire universe, including our places of residence. Such personalities as me and Lord Śiva, as well as Dakṣa, Bhṛgu and similar great saints of which they are the head, and also the rulers of the living entities, the rulers of human society and the rulers of the demigods—all of us surrender to that Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Viṣṇu, bowing our heads, to carry out His orders for the benefit of all living entities.

prajā-īśa-ādīn

  • headed by Lord Brahmā — SB 9.16.31plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 9.16.31

    Śunaḥśepha's father sold Śunaḥśepha to be sacrificed as a man-animal in the yajña of King Hariścandra. When Śunaḥśepha was brought into the sacrificial arena, he prayed to the demigods for release and was released by their mercy.

prajā-īśa-rūpeṇa

  • in the form of the Prajāpati Marīci and others — SB 8.14.9plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 8.14.9

    In the form of Prajāpati Marīci, the Supreme Personality of Godhead creates progeny; becoming the king, He kills the thieves and rogues; and in the form of time, He annihilates everything. All the different qualities of material existence should be understood to be qualities of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

prajā-īśāḥ

  • the prajāpatis created by Lord Brahmā, who have created generations of living entities — SB 7.8.49plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 7.8.49

    The prajāpatis offered their prayers as follows: O Supreme Lord, Lord of even Brahmā and Śiva, we, the prajāpatis, were created by You to execute Your orders, but we were forbidden by Hiraṇyakaśipu to create any more good progeny. Now the demon is lying dead before us, his chest pierced by You. Let us therefore offer our respectful obeisances unto You, whose incarnation in this form of pure goodness is meant for the welfare of the entire universe.
  • the father of the living beings — SB 2.6.43-45plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 2.6.43-45

    I myself [Brahmā], Lord Śiva, Lord Viṣṇu, great generators of living beings like Dakṣa and Prajāpati, yourselves [Nārada and the Kumāras], heavenly demigods like Indra and Candra, the leaders of the Bhūrloka planets, the leaders of the earthly planets, the leaders of the lower planets, the leaders of the Gandharva planets, the leaders of the Vidyādhara planets, the leaders of the Cāraṇaloka planets, the leaders of the Yakṣas, Rakṣas and Uragas, the great sages, the great demons, the great atheists and the great spacemen, as well as the dead bodies, evil spirits, satans, jinn, kūṣmāṇḍas, great aquatics, great beasts and great birds, etc.—in other words, anything and everything which is exceptionally possessed of power, opulence, mental and perceptual dexterity, strength, forgiveness, beauty, modesty, opulence, and breeding, whether in form or formless—may appear to be the specific truth and the form of the Lord, but actually they are not so. They are only a fragment of the transcendental potency of the Lord.
  • the Prajāpatis — SB 9.10.14plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 9.10.14

    O all-pervading Supreme Person, we are dull-minded and did not understand who You are, but now we understand that You are the Supreme Person, the master of the entire universe, the unchanging and original Personality of Godhead. The demigods are infatuated with the mode of goodness, the Prajāpatis with the mode of passion, and the lord of ghosts with the mode of ignorance, but You are the master of all these qualities.

prajā-īśvarāḥ

  • the controllers of all living entities — SB 4.24.73plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 4.24.73

    When all the Prajāpatis were ordered to create by Lord Brahmā, we chanted these prayers in praise of the Supreme Personality of Godhead and became completely free from all ignorance. Thus we were able to create different types of living entities.

prajā-īśvaraiḥ

  • by many demigods, the masters of different regions — SB 7.4.3plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 7.4.3

    Then Lord Brahmā, who awards infallible benedictions, departed, being worshiped by the best of the demons, Hiraṇyakaśipu, and being praised by great sages and saintly persons.

prajā-kāma

  • of a desire to have sons — SB 6.14.37plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 6.14.37

    The mother's attraction and attention to the son, like that of the child's father, excessively increased. The other wives, seeing Kṛtadyuti's son, were very much agitated, as if by high fevers, with a desire to have sons.

prajā-kāmaḥ

  • desiring offspring — SB 6.14.22plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 6.14.22

    Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: O King Parīkṣit, although the great sage Aṅgirā knew everything, he inquired from the King in this way. Thus King Citraketu, desiring a son, bent low in great humility and spoke to the great sage as follows.
  • one who desires many offspring — SB 2.3.2-7plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 2.3.2-7

    One who desires to be absorbed in the impersonal brahmajyoti effulgence should worship the master of the Vedas [Lord Brahmā or Bṛhaspati, the learned priest], one who desires powerful sex should worship the heavenly King, Indra, and one who desires good progeny should worship the great progenitors called the Prajāpatis. One who desires good fortune should worship Durgādevī, the superintendent of the material world. One desiring to be very powerful should worship fire, and one who aspires only after money should worship the Vasus. One should worship the Rudra incarnations of Lord Śiva if he wants to be a great hero. One who wants a large stock of grains should worship Aditi. One who desires to attain the heavenly planets should worship the sons of Aditi. One who desires a worldly kingdom should worship Viśvadeva, and one who wants to be popular with the general mass of population should worship the Sādhya demigod. One who desires a long span of life should worship the demigods known as the Aśvinī-kumāras, and a person desiring a strongly built body should worship the earth. One who desires stability in his post should worship the horizon and the earth combined. One who desires to be beautiful should worship the beautiful residents of the Gandharva planet, and one who desires a good wife should worship the Apsarās and the Urvaśī society girls of the heavenly kingdom. One who desires domination over others should worship Lord Brahmā, the head of the universe. One who desires tangible fame should worship the Personality of Godhead, and one who desires a good bank balance should worship the demigod Varuṇa. If one desires to be a greatly learned man he should worship Lord Śiva, and if one desires a good marital relation he should worship the chaste goddess Umā, the wife of Lord Śiva.

prajā-kāmam

  • desiring to increase the population — SB 6.4.42plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 6.4.42

    Although Prajāpati Dakṣa could not say anything, when the Lord, who knows everyone's heart, saw His devotee prostrate in that manner and desiring to increase the population, He addressed him as follows.

prajā-kāmasya

  • desiring offspring — SB 8.16.24plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 8.16.24

    Śrī Kaśyapa Muni said: When I desired offspring, I placed inquiries before Lord Brahmā, who is born from a lotus flower. Now I shall explain to you the same process Lord Brahmā instructed me, by which Keśava, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is satisfied.

prajā-nāśam

  • annihilation of the living entities — SB 4.27.29plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 4.27.29

    This world is a product of fruitive activities. Therefore you may imperceptibly attack people in general. Helped by my soldiers, you can kill them without opposition.

prajā-nātha

  • O king of population — SB 6.4.44plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 6.4.44

    My dear Prajāpati Dakṣa, you have performed extreme austerities for the welfare and growth of the world. My desire also is that everyone within this world be happy. I am therefore very pleased with you because you are endeavoring to fulfill My desire for the welfare of the entire world.

prajā-pālaḥ

  • the king — SB 4.13.23plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 4.13.23

    It is the duty of all citizens in a state never to insult the king, even though he sometimes appears to have done something very sinful. Because of his prowess, the king is always more influential than all other ruling chiefs.    , SB 4.14.11plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 4.14.11

    We appointed this Vena king of the state in order to give protection to the citizens, but now he has become the enemy of the citizens. Despite all these discrepancies, we should at once try to pacify him. By doing so, we may not be touched by the sinful results caused by him.

prajā-pālāḥ

  • the rulers of the world, namely the sons and grandsons of Manu — SB 8.14.6plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 8.14.6

    To enjoy the results of sacrifices [yajñas], the rulers of the world, namely the sons and grandsons of Manu, discharge the orders of the Supreme Personality of Godhead until the end of Manu's reign. The demigods also share the results of these sacrifices.

prajā-pālana

  • of protecting the subjects — SB 5.15.7plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 5.15.7

    King Gaya gave full protection and security to the citizens so that their personal property would not be disturbed by undesirable elements. He also saw that there was sufficient food to feed all the citizens. [This is called poṣaṇa.] He would sometimes distribute gifts to the citizens to satisfy them. [This is called prīṇana.] He would sometimes call meetings and satisfy the citizens with sweet words. [This is called upalālana.] He would also give them good instructions on how to become first-class citizens. [This is called anuśāsana.] Such were the characteristics of King Gaya's royal order. Besides all this, King Gaya was a householder who strictly observed the rules and regulations of household life. He performed sacrifices and was an unalloyed pure devotee of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. He was called Mahāpuruṣa because as a king he gave the citizens all facilities, and as a householder he executed all his duties so that at the end he became a strict devotee of the Supreme Lord. As a devotee, he was always ready to give respect to other devotees and to engage in the devotional service of the Lord. This is the bhakti-yoga process. Due to all these transcendental activities, King Gaya was always free from the bodily conception. He was full in Brahman realization, and consequently he was always jubilant. He did not experience material lamentation. Although he was perfect in all respects, he was not proud, nor was he anxious to rule the kingdom.

prajā-pālanam

  • ruling over the general mass of people — SB 4.20.14plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 4.20.14

    To give protection to the general mass of people who are citizens of the state is the prescribed occupational duty for a king. By acting in that way, the king in his next life shares one sixth of the result of the pious activities of the citizens. But a king or executive head of state who simply collects taxes from the citizens but does not give them proper protection as human beings has the results of his own pious activities taken away by the citizens, and in exchange for his not giving protection he becomes liable to punishment for the impious activities of his subjects.

prajā-pate

  • O master of the citizens — SB 4.20.33plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 4.20.33

    My dear King, O protector of the citizens, henceforward be very careful to execute My orders and not be misled by anything. Anyone who lives in that way, simply carrying out My orders faithfully, will always find good fortune all over the world.
  • O Prajāpati — SB 4.27.7plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 4.27.7

    O Prajāpati, King Prācīnabarhiṣat, in this way King Purañjana also begot 110 daughters. All of these were equally glorified like the father and mother. Their behavior was gentle, and they possessed magnanimity and other good qualities.
  • O protector of the people — SB 4.19.38plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 4.19.38

    O protector of the people in general, please consider the purpose of your being incarnated by Lord Viṣṇu. The irreligious principles created by Indra are but mothers of so many unwanted religions. Please therefore stop these imitations immediately.
  • O ruler of the citizens — SB 4.25.7plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 4.25.7

    The great saint Nārada said: O ruler of the citizens, my dear King, please see in the sky those animals which you have sacrificed without compassion and without mercy in the sacrificial arena.

prajā-pateḥ

  • of the progenitor of mankind — SB 3.33.15plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 3.33.15

    The home and household paraphernalia of Kardama, who was one of the Prajāpatis, was developed in such a way, by dint of his mystic powers of austerity and yoga, that his opulence was sometimes envied by those who travel in outer space in airplanes.

prajā-patiḥ

  • a protector of citizens — SB 4.23.1-3plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 4.23.1-3

    At the last stage of his life, when Mahārāja Pṛthu saw himself getting old, that great soul, who was king of the world, divided whatever opulence he had accumulated amongst all kinds of living entities, moving and nonmoving. He arranged pensions for everyone according to religious principles, and after executing the orders of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, in complete coordination with Him, he dedicated his sons unto the earth, which was considered to be his daughter. Then Mahārāja Pṛthu left the presence of his citizens, who were almost lamenting and crying from feeling separation from the King, and went to the forest alone with his wife to perform austerities.
  • Lord Brahmā — SB 3.31.36plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 3.31.36

    At the sight of his own daughter, Brahmā was bewildered by her charms and shamelessly ran up to her in the form of a stag when she took the form of a hind.
  • progenitor of mankind — SB 4.16.22plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 4.16.22

    This King, this protector of the citizens, is an extraordinary king and is equal to the Prajāpati demigods. For the living facility of all citizens, he will milk the earth, which is like a cow. Not only that, but he will level the surface of the earth with the pointed ends of his bow, breaking all the hills exactly as King Indra, the heavenly King, breaks mountains with his powerful thunderbolt.
  • the father of the living entities — SB 3.12.16plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 3.12.16

    The sons and grandsons generated by Rudra were unlimited in number, and when they assembled together they attempted to devour the entire universe. When Brahmā, the father of the living entities, saw this, he became afraid of the situation.
  • the forefather of all living entities — SB 2.9.40plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 2.9.40

    Thus once upon a time the forefather of living entities and the father of religiousness, Lord Brahmā, situated himself in acts of regulative principles, desiring self-interest for the welfare of all living entities.
  • the leader of all living entities — SB 2.4.20plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 2.4.20

    May Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa, who is the worshipable Lord of all devotees, the protector and glory of all the kings like Andhaka and Vṛṣṇi of the Yadu dynasty, the husband of all goddesses of fortune, the director of all sacrifices and therefore the leader of all living entities, the controller of all intelligence, the proprietor of all planets, spiritual and material, and the supreme incarnation on the earth (the supreme all in all), be merciful upon me.
  • the Lord of creatures — Bg. 3.10plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBhagavad-gītā As It Is 3.10

    In the beginning of creation, the Lord of all creatures sent forth generations of men and demigods, along with sacrifices for Viṣṇu, and blessed them by saying, "Be thou happy by this yajña [sacrifice] because its performance will bestow upon you all desirable things."
  • the Lord of the living entities — SB 3.13.47plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 3.13.47

    In this manner the Personality of Godhead, Lord Viṣṇu, the maintainer of all living entities, raised the earth from within the water, and having placed it afloat on the water, He returned to His own abode.
  • the post of Prajāpati — SB 4.24.9plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 4.24.9

    The great sage Maitreya continued: My dear Vidura, Havirdhāna's very powerful son named Barhiṣat was very expert in performing various kinds of fruitive sacrifices, and he was also expert in the practice of mystic yoga. By his great qualifications, he became known as Prajāpati.

prajā-patīn

  • all the progenitors of living entities — SB 3.12.33plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 3.12.33

    The father of all Prajāpatis, Brahmā, thus seeing all his Prajāpati sons speaking in that way, became very much ashamed and at once gave up the body he had accepted. Later that body appeared in all directions as the dangerous fog in darkness.
  • Brahmā and his sons like Dakṣa and others — SB 2.10.37-40plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 2.10.37-40

    O King, know from me that all living entities are created by the Supreme Lord according to their past deeds. This includes Brahmā and his sons like Dakṣa, the periodical heads like Vaivasvata Manu, the demigods like Indra, Candra and Varuṇa, the great sages like Bhṛgu, Vyāsa and Vasiṣṭha, the inhabitants of Pitṛloka and Siddhaloka, the Cāraṇas, Gandharvas, Vidyādharas, Asuras, Yakṣas, Kinnaras and angels, the serpentines, the monkey-shaped Kimpuruṣas, the human beings, the inhabitants of Mātṛloka, the demons, Piśācas, ghosts, spirits, lunatics and evil spirits, the good and evil stars, the goblins, the animals in the forest, the birds, the household animals, the reptiles, the mountains, the moving and standing living entities, the living entities born from embryos, from eggs, from perspiration and from seeds, and all others, whether they be in the water, land or sky, in happiness, in distress or in mixed happiness and distress. All of them, according to their past deeds, are created by the Supreme Lord.
  • progenitors of living entities — SB 4.30.50-51plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 4.30.39-40

    After being born, Dakṣa, by the superexcellence of his bodily luster, covered all others' bodily opulence. Because he was very expert in performing fruitive activity, he was called by the name Dakṣa, meaning "the very expert." Lord Brahmā therefore engaged Dakṣa in the work of generating living entities and maintaining them. In due course of time, Dakṣa also engaged other Prajāpatis [progenitors] in the process of generation and maintenance.

prajā-patīnām

  • of the demigods like Brahmā and others — SB 3.7.25plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 3.7.25

    O learned brāhmaṇa, please describe how the leader of all the demigods, namely Prajāpati, Brahmā, decided to establish the various Manus, the heads of the ages. Please describe the Manus also, and please describe the descendants of those Manus.
  • of the Prajāpatis — SB 3.22.20plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 3.22.20

    The highest authority for me is the unlimited Supreme Personality of Godhead, from whom this wonderful creation emanates and in whom its sustenance and dissolution rest. He is the origin of all Prajāpatis, the personalities meant to produce living entities in this world.

prajā-rūpeṇa

  • in the form of his son Aśvatthāmā — SB 1.7.45plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 1.7.45

    He [Droṇācārya] is certainly still existing, being represented by his son. His wife Kṛpī did not undergo a satī with him because she had a son.

prajā-saṁyamanaḥ yamaḥ

  • Lord Yamarāja, who controls the living entities — SB 6.3.11plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 6.3.11

    Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: Thus having been questioned, Lord Yamarāja, the supreme controller of the living entities, was very pleased with his order carriers because of hearing from them the holy name of Nārāyaṇa. He remembered the lotus feet of the Lord and began to reply.

prajā-sarga

  • the mass of citizens — SB 4.29.81plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 4.29.81

    In the presence of his ministers, the saintly King Prācīnabarhi left orders for his sons to protect the citizens. He then left home and went off to undergo austerities in a holy place known as Kapilāśrama.

prajā-sarga-dhiyaḥ

  • who were under the impression that begetting children was the most important duty — SB 6.5.29plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 6.5.29

    O King Parīkṣit, Nārada Muni approached these sons of Prajāpati Dakṣa, who were engaged in tapasya to beget children, and spoke enigmatic words to them just as he had spoken to their elder brothers.

prajā-sargam

  • creation of living entities — SB 6.4.52plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 6.4.52

    Now unite in sexual life as man and woman, and in this way, by sexual intercourse, you will be able to beget hundreds of children in the womb of this girl to increase the population.
  • generation of the living entities — SB 2.9.29plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 2.9.29

    Please tell me so that I may be taught in the matter by the instruction of the Personality of Godhead and may thus act instrumentally to generate living entities, without being conditioned by such activities.
  • the creation of the living entities — SB 6.4.20plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 6.4.20

    But when Prajāpati Dakṣa saw that he was not properly generating all kinds of living entities, he approached a mountain near the Vindhya mountain range, and there he executed very difficult austerities.

prajā-sargāya

  • for generating the population — SB 6.4.10plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 6.4.10

    O pure-hearted ones, your father, Prācīnabarhi, and the Supreme Personality of Godhead have ordered you to generate population. Therefore how can you burn to ashes these trees and herbs, which are needed for the maintenance of your subjects and descendants?

prajā-sarge

  • at the time of creating population — SB 4.24.73plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 4.24.73

    When all the Prajāpatis were ordered to create by Lord Brahmā, we chanted these prayers in praise of the Supreme Personality of Godhead and became completely free from all ignorance. Thus we were able to create different types of living entities.
  • for the purpose of creating living beings — SB 3.20.9plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 3.20.9

    Vidura said: Since you know of matters inconceivable to us, tell me, O holy sage, what did Brahmā do to create living beings after evolving the Prajāpatis, the progenitors of living beings?
  • in increasing progeny or population — SB 6.5.25plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 6.5.25

    In accordance with their father's order to beget children, the second group of sons also went to Nārāyaṇa-saras, the same place where their brothers had previously attained perfection by following the instructions of Nārada. Undertaking great vows of austerity, the Savalāśvas remained at that holy place.
  • in the creation of progeny — SB 10.3.33plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.3.33

    When both of you were ordered by Lord Brahmā to create progeny, you first underwent severe austerities by controlling your senses.
  • in the matter of begetting children — SB 4.24.14plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 4.24.14

    When all these Pracetās were ordered by their father to marry and beget children, they all entered the ocean and practiced austerities and penances for ten thousand years. Thus they worshiped the master of all austerity, the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
  • to increase the population — SB 6.5.2plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 6.5.2

    My dear King, all the sons of Prajāpati Dakṣa were alike in being very gentle and obedient to the orders of their father. When their father ordered them to beget children, they all went in the western direction.

prajā-tantau

  • descending line — SB 1.12.15plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 1.12.15

    The learned brāhmaṇas, who were very satisfied with the charities of the King, addressed him as the chief amongst the Pūrus and informed him that his son was certainly in the line of descent from the Pūrus.

prajā-tīrthe

  • on the occasion of giving in charity on the birthday of a son — SB 1.12.14plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 1.12.14

    Upon the birth of a son, the King, who knew how, where and when charity should be given, gave gold, land, villages, elephants, horses and good food grains to the brāhmaṇas.

prajā-vantam

  • bore a son within the womb — SB 9.8.3plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 9.8.3

    Bāhuka died when he was old, and one of his wives wanted to die with him, following the satī rite. At that time, however, Aurva Muni, knowing her to be pregnant, forbade her to die.

prajā-vati

  • who begot a son — SB 6.14.38plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 6.14.38

    As King Citraketu fostered his son very carefully, his affection for Queen Kṛtadyuti increased, but gradually he lost affection for the other wives, who had no sons.

prajā-vatīnām

  • of those who have children — SB 3.14.11plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 3.14.11

    Therefore you should be kind towards me by showing me complete mercy. I desire to have sons, and I am much distressed by seeing the opulence of my co-wives. By performing this act, you will become happy.

prajā-visarge

  • to create progeny — SB 4.30.15plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 4.30.15

    Since all of you are very much obedient to My orders, I ask you to immediately marry that girl, who is so well qualified with beauty and good qualities. According to the order of your father, create progeny through her.

prajā-visargeṇa

  • by the generation of living entities — SB 6.4.17plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 6.4.17

    In the womb of that girl the Pracetās all begot a son named Dakṣa, who filled the three worlds with living entities.

prajā-vivṛddhaye

  • for the purpose of increasing the population — SB 6.5.4-5plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 6.5.4-5

    In that holy place, the Haryaśvas began regularly touching the lake's waters and bathing in them. Gradually becoming very much purified, they became inclined toward the activities of paramahaṁsas. Nevertheless, because their father had ordered them to increase the population, they performed severe austerities to fulfill his desires. One day, when the great sage Nārada saw those boys performing such fine austerities to increase the population, Nārada approached them.

bāla-prajā

  • having young children — SB 1.9.13plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 1.9.13

    As far as my daughter-in-law Kuntī is concerned, upon the great General Pāṇḍu's death, she became a widow with many children, and therefore she suffered greatly. And when you were grown up she suffered a great deal also because of your actions.

mṛta-prajā

  • a woman whose children are dead — SB 6.19.26-28plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 6.19.26-28

    If an unmarried girl observes this vrata, she will be able to get a very good husband. If a woman who is avīrā—who has no husband or son—executes this ritualistic ceremony, she can be promoted to the spiritual world. A woman whose children have died after birth can get a child with a long duration of life and also become very fortunate in possessing wealth. If a woman is unfortunate she will become fortunate, and if ugly she will become beautiful. By observing this vrata, a diseased man can gain relief from his disease and have an able body with which to work. If one recites this narration while offering oblations to the pitās and demigods, especially during the śrāddha ceremony, the demigods and inhabitants of Pitṛloka will be extremely pleased with him and bestow upon him the fulfillment of all desires. After one performs this ritualistic ceremony, Lord Viṣṇu and His wife, mother Lakṣmī, the goddess of fortune, are very pleased with him. O King Parīkṣit, now I have completely described how Diti performed this ceremony and had good children—the Maruts—and a happy life. I have tried to explain this to you as elaborately as possible.

su-praja-tamaḥ

  • surrounded by many children — SB 4.23.33plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigŚrīmad Bhāgavatam 4.23.33

    It does not matter whether one is a man or woman. Anyone who, with great respect, hears this narration of Mahārāja Pṛthu will become the father of many children if he is without children and will become the richest of men if he is without money.