|Canto 3: The Status Quo||Chapter 12: Creation of the Kumāras
and Others| Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 3.12.57
ākūtiḿ rucaye prādāt kardamāya tu madhyamām dakṣāyādāt prasūtiḿ
ca yata āpūritaḿ jagat ākūtim — the daughter named Ākūti; rucaye
— unto the sage Ruci; prādāt — handed over; kardamāya — unto the
sage Kardama; tu — but; madhyamām — the middle one (Devahūti);
dakṣāya — unto Dakṣa; adāt — handed over; prasūtim — the
youngest daughter; ca — also; yataḥ — wherefrom; āpūritam — is
fulfilled; jagat — the whole world. The father, Manu, handed
over his first daughter, Ākūti, to the sage Ruci, the middle
daughter, Devahūti, to the sage Kardama, and the youngest,
Prasūti, to Dakṣa. From them, all the world filled with
population. The history of the creation of the population of the
universe is given herewith. Brahmā is the original living
creature in the universe, from whom were generated the Manu
Svāyambhuva and his wife Śatarūpā. From Manu, two sons and three
daughters were born, and from them all