Daksha, his mind troubled and bewildered, spoke to those gathered, extolling his children. “Though young, my children are truly superior—distinguished and worthy of your worship. They are devoted to Brahman, great ascetics, eminent yogis, and truly righteous souls. Among them are Vasiṣṭha, Atri, Pulastya, Angiras, Pulaha, and Kratu.” Yet, Daksha’s words also revealed his grievance: “Śarva always competes with me and continually disrespects me.” As Daksha spoke thus, the goddess, his daughter, became angered. Addressing her father with sorrow and resolve, she declared, “Therefore, father, I abandon this body—your own child.” Bowing reverently to the Self-born, she continued, “Even there, I was not born; I was born from the righteous.” Seated in deep concentration, she composed her mind and withdrew her consciousness. In that very place, fire arose from all her limbs and reduced her body to ashes. Witnessing this, the Lord was seized with anger against Daksha and the assembled sages. He declared, “By the command of the Supreme Lord, I shall always uphold him. By his order, I constantly uphold them here. But I will not partake with them; therefore, they will offer separately.” All the others, he said, would be praised together with their own husbands and children. “In the second cycle, beings will arise in my sacrifice who are not born from a womb.” Thus, having spoken of all these matters, the goddess once again cursed Daksha. From Daksha’s daughters were born the grandson and son of Prācīnabarhiṣa. The goddess foretold, “When the era of Vaivasvata arrives, you will be born from the daughter of the Śākhin lineage. When your task is joined with righteousness, in a difficult situation, neither the gods nor the twice-born will worship you in the sacrifice. You will remain here, thus, abandoning heaven at the end of the age.” Then Rudra, whose energy is boundless, addressed Daksha. Having abandoned his Svāyambhuva body, Daksha was born again among humans. There, he performed a complete sacrifice, worshipping together with the gods. The lord of the mountains then begot the goddess Umā in Menā, and she became forever Bhava’s wife, never separated from him—just as Śrī is never apart from Nārāyaṇa, and Śacī is always with Maghavan. These goddesses never abandon their husbands at any time. Thus, Daksha, son of Prācetasa, was born again in the era of Cākṣuṣa, as a result of that curse—his second birth, as we have heard. In the first Tretā age, before the time of Manu Vaivasvata, this regret and change of lineage arose between Daksha and the goddess. Therefore, it is taught, resentment should never be harbored against enemies, for creatures do not relinquish fame, and the wise should not act otherwise. That which you have inquired about Daksha, I shall now recount: the order of the gods after the ancestors. Those formerly known as the Devayāmā, sons of sacrifice, are the sons of Svāyambhuva, called the Śaktas, born of the mind.