ÄkÅ«tiá¹ rucaye prÄdÄt
kardamÄya tu madhyamÄm
daká¹£ÄyÄdÄt prasÅ«tiá¹ ca
yata ÄpÅ«ritaá¹ jagat
ÄkÅ«tim - the daughter named Ä€kÅ«ti; rucaye - unto the sage Ruci; prÄdÄt - handed over; kardamÄya - unto the sage Kardama; tu - but; madhyamÄm - the middle one (DevahÅ«ti); daká¹£Äya - unto Daká¹£a; adÄt - handed over; prasÅ«tim - the youngest daughter; ca - also; yataḥ - wherefrom; ÄpÅ«ritam - is fulfilled; jagat - the whole world.
The history of the creation of the population of the universe is given herewith. BrahmÄ is the original living creature in the universe, from whom were generated the Manu SvÄyambhuva and his wife ÅšatarÅ«pÄ. From Manu, two sons and three daughters were born, and from them all the population in different planets has sprung up until now. Therefore, BrahmÄ is known as the grandfather of everyone, and the Personality of Godhead, being the father of BrahmÄ, is known as the great-grandfather of all living beings. This is confirmed in Bhagavad-gÄ«tÄ (11.39) as follows:
vÄyur yamo ’gnir varuṇaḥ Å›aÅ›Äá¹…kaḥ
prajÄpatis tvaá¹ prapitÄmahaÅ› ca
namo namas te ’stu sahasra-kṛtvaḥ
punaś ca bhūyo ’pi namo namas te
“You are the Lord of air, the supreme justice Yama, the fire, and the Lord of rains. You are the moon, and You are the great-grandfather. Therefore I offer my respectful obeisances unto You again and again.â€
Thus end the Bhaktivedanta purports of the Third Canto, Twelfth Chapter, of the ÅšrÄ«mad-BhÄgavatam, entitled “Creation of the KumÄras and Others.â€