The word ‘Kapi' signifies the foremost of boars, and Dharma is otherwise known by the name of Vrisha. It is, therefore, that that lord of all creature, viz., Kashyapa, the common father of the gods and the Asuras, called me by the name Vrishakapi.
कपिर्वराहः श्रेष्ठश्च धर्मश्च वृष उच्यते। तस्माद् वृषाकपि प्राह कश्यपो मां प्रजापतिः॥