क्रियाकाण्डेषु निष्णातो योगेषु च कुरूद्वह ॥९॥
barhiá¹£at sumahÄ-bhÄgo
hÄvirdhÄniḥ prajÄpatiḥ
kriyÄ-kÄṇá¸eá¹£u niṣṇÄto
yogeṣu ca kurūdvaha
barhiá¹£at - of the name Barhiá¹£at; su-mahÄ-bhÄgaḥ - very fortunate; hÄvirdhÄniḥ - of the name HÄvirdhÄni; prajÄ-patiḥ - the post of PrajÄpati; kriyÄ-kÄṇá¸eá¹£u - in the matter of fruitive activities; niṣṇÄtaḥ - being merged in; yogeá¹£u - in mystic yoga practices; ca - also; kuru-udvaha - O best of the Kurus (Vidura).
The great sage Maitreya continued: My dear Vidura, HavirdhÄna’s very powerful son named Barhiá¹£at 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 PrajÄpati.
In the beginning of the creation there were not many living entities, and consequently the very powerful living entities or demigods were appointed as PrajÄpatis in order to beget children and increase the population. There are many PrajÄpatis — BrahmÄ, Daká¹£a and Manu are sometimes known as PrajÄpatis — and Barhiá¹£at, the son of HavirdhÄna, became one of them.
