Bhagavad Gita · Mahabharata Codex

Prajapati

प्रजापति · prajāpati

'Lord of creatures', the father of all beings

He made living beings and sacrifice together, each to sustain the other.

Prajapati is the Vedic name for the creator as father of all that lives; later it is used both for Brahma and for the group of first ancestors he produced. In chapter 3 Krishna says that Prajapati created humankind along with sacrifice and told them to prosper by it. In chapter 11 Arjuna calls the cosmic form Prajapati and 'great-grandfather' of all.