Matsya Purana — Chapter 6
MtP 6.1
कश्यपस्य प्रवक्ष्यामि पत्नीभ्यः पुत्रपौत्रकान् अदितिर्दितिर्दनुश्चैव अरिष्टा सुरसा तथा
kaśyapasya pravakṣyāmi patnībhyaḥ putrapautrakān aditirditirdanuścaiva ariṣṭā surasā tathā
I shall declare the sons and grandsons of Kaśyapa by his wives: Aditi, Diti, and Danu, Ariṣṭā and Surasā likewise,
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MtP 6.2
सुरभिर् विनता तद्वत् ताम्रा क्रोधवशा इरा कद्रूर्विश्वा मुनिस् तद्वत् तासां पुत्रान् निबोधत
surabhir vinatā tadvat tāmrā krodhavaśā irā kadrūrviśvā munis tadvat tāsāṃ putrān nibodhata
Surabhi, Vinatā likewise, Tāmrā, Krodhavaśā, Irā, Kadrū, Viśvā, and Muni too — learn (now) of their sons.
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MtP 6.3
तुषिता नाम ये देवाश् चाक्षुषस्यान्तरे मनोः वैवस्वते ऽन्तरे चैते आदित्या द्वादश स्मृताः
tuṣitā nāma ye devāś cākṣuṣasyāntare manoḥ vaivasvate 'ntare caite ādityā dvādaśa smṛtāḥ
Those gods who in the interval of the Cākṣuṣa Manu (were) named Tuṣitas — these, in the Vaivasvata interval, are known as the twelve Ādityas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 6.4
इन्द्रो धाता भगस् त्वष्टा मित्रो ऽथ वरुणो यमः विवस्वान्सविता पूषा अंशुमान् विष्णुर् एव च
indro dhātā bhagas tvaṣṭā mitro 'tha varuṇo yamaḥ vivasvānsavitā pūṣā aṃśumān viṣṇur eva ca
Indra, Dhātṛ, Bhaga, Tvaṣṭṛ, Mitra, then Varuṇa, Yama, Vivasvat, Savitṛ, Pūṣan, Aṃśumat, and Viṣṇu.
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MtP 6.5
एते सहस्रकिरणा आदित्या द्वादश स्मृताः मारीचात्कश्यपादाप पुत्रानदितिरुत्तमान्
ete sahasrakiraṇā ādityā dvādaśa smṛtāḥ mārīcātkaśyapādāpa putrānaditiruttamān
These thousand-rayed ones are known as the twelve Ādityas; Aditi obtained (these) excellent sons from Kaśyapa, son of Marīci.
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MtP 6.6
भृशाश्वस्य ऋषेः पुत्रा देवप्रहरणाः स्मृताः एते देवगणा विप्राः प्रतिमन्वन्तरेषु च
bhṛśāśvasya ṛṣeḥ putrā devapraharaṇāḥ smṛtāḥ ete devagaṇā viprāḥ pratimanvantareṣu ca
The sons of the sage Bhṛśāśva are known as the weapons of the gods. These troops of gods, O brahmins, in each Manu-interval
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MtP 6.7
उत्पद्यन्ते प्रलीयन्ते कल्पे कल्पे तथैव च दितिः पुत्रद्वयं लेभे कश्यपाद् इति नः श्रुतम्
utpadyante pralīyante kalpe kalpe tathaiva ca ditiḥ putradvayaṃ lebhe kaśyapād iti naḥ śrutam
come into being and dissolve away, and so too in every kalpa. Diti obtained two sons from Kaśyapa — so we have heard.
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MtP 6.8
हिरण्यकशिपुं चैव हिरण्याक्षं तथैव च हिरण्यकशिपोस्तद्वज् जातं पुत्रचतुष्टयम्
hiraṇyakaśipuṃ caiva hiraṇyākṣaṃ tathaiva ca hiraṇyakaśipostadvaj jātaṃ putracatuṣṭayam
Namely Hiraṇyakaśipu and likewise Hiraṇyākṣa; and to Hiraṇyakaśipu in like manner were born four sons:
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MtP 6.9
प्रह्लादश् चानुह्लादश्च संह्लादो ह्लाद एव च प्रह्लादपुत्र आयुष्मान् शिबिर् बाष्कल एव च
prahlādaś cānuhlādaśca saṃhlādo hlāda eva ca prahlādaputra āyuṣmān śibir bāṣkala eva ca
Prahlāda, Anuhlāda, Saṃhlāda, and Hlāda. Prahlāda's sons (were) Āyuṣmat, Śibi and Bāṣkala,
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MtP 6.10
विरोचनश् चतुर्थश्च स बलिं पुत्रमाप्तवान् बलेः पुत्रशतं त्व् आसीद् बाणज्येष्ठं ततो द्विजाः
virocanaś caturthaśca sa baliṃ putramāptavān baleḥ putraśataṃ tv āsīd bāṇajyeṣṭhaṃ tato dvijāḥ
and Virocana the fourth; he obtained Bali as his son. Bali had a hundred sons, with Bāṇa as the eldest, O twice-born ones:
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MtP 6.11
धृतराष्ट्रस् तथा सूर्यश् चन्द्रश्चन्द्रांशुतापनः निकुम्भनाभो गुर्वक्षः कुक्षिभीमो विभीषणः
dhṛtarāṣṭras tathā sūryaś candraścandrāṃśutāpanaḥ nikumbhanābho gurvakṣaḥ kukṣibhīmo vibhīṣaṇaḥ
Dhṛtarāṣṭra, and Sūrya, Candra, Candrāṃśu, Tāpana, Nikumbha, Nābha, Gurvakṣa, Kukṣi, Bhīma, Vibhīṣaṇa —
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MtP 6.12
एवमाद्यास् तु बहवो बाणज्येष्ठा गुणाधिकाः बाणः सहस्रबाहुश् च सर्वास्त्रगणसंयुतः
evamādyās tu bahavo bāṇajyeṣṭhā guṇādhikāḥ bāṇaḥ sahasrabāhuś ca sarvāstragaṇasaṃyutaḥ
many such and others, with Bāṇa as the eldest, abounding in qualities. And Bāṇa, thousand-armed, furnished with every class of weapon,
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MtP 6.13
तपसा तोषितो यस्य पुरे वसति शूलभृत् महाकालत्वम् अगमत् साम्यं यश्च पिनाकिनः
tapasā toṣito yasya pure vasati śūlabhṛt mahākālatvam agamat sāmyaṃ yaśca pinākinaḥ
pleased by whose austerity the trident-bearer dwells in his city; and he attained the state of Mahākāla and equality with the bearer of the Pināka.
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MtP 6.14
हिरण्याक्षस्य पुत्रो ऽभूद् उलूकः शकुनिस्तथा भूतसंतापनश् चैव महानाभस्तथैव च
hiraṇyākṣasya putro 'bhūd ulūkaḥ śakunistathā bhūtasaṃtāpanaś caiva mahānābhastathaiva ca
Hiraṇyākṣa's sons were Ulūka, and Śakuni, and Bhūtasaṃtāpana, and Mahānābha likewise.
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MtP 6.15
एतेभ्यः पुत्रपौत्राणां कोटयः सप्तसप्ततिः महाबला महाकाया नानारूपा महौजसः
etebhyaḥ putrapautrāṇāṃ koṭayaḥ saptasaptatiḥ mahābalā mahākāyā nānārūpā mahaujasaḥ
From these (came) seventy-seven crores of sons and grandsons, of great strength, huge bodies, of various forms and great vigor.
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MtP 6.16
दनुः पुत्रशतं लेभे कश्यपाद् बलदर्पितम् विप्रचित्तिः प्रधानो ऽभूद् येषां मध्ये महाबलः
danuḥ putraśataṃ lebhe kaśyapād baladarpitam vipracittiḥ pradhāno 'bhūd yeṣāṃ madhye mahābalaḥ
Danu obtained from Kaśyapa a hundred sons proud of their strength; among them Vipracitti, of great strength, was the chief.
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MtP 6.17
द्विमूर्धा शकुनिश्चैव तथा शङ्कुशिरोधरः अयोमुखः शम्बरश् च कपिशो नामतस्तथा
dvimūrdhā śakuniścaiva tathā śaṅkuśirodharaḥ ayomukhaḥ śambaraś ca kapiśo nāmatastathā
Dvimūrdhā, and Śakuni, and likewise Śaṅkuśirodhara, Ayomukha, and Śambara, and one Kapiśa by name,
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MtP 6.18
मारीचिर् मेघवांश्चैव इरा गर्भशिरास् तथा विद्रावणश्च केतुश्च केतुवीर्यः शतह्रदः
mārīcir meghavāṃścaiva irā garbhaśirās tathā vidrāvaṇaśca ketuśca ketuvīryaḥ śatahradaḥ
Mārīci and Meghavān, Irā and Garbhaśiras, and Vidrāvaṇa, and Ketu, Ketuvīrya, Śatahrada,
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MtP 6.19
इन्द्रजित् सप्तजिच्चैव वज्रनाभस्तथैव च एकचक्रो महाबाहुर् वज्राक्षस् तारकस् तथा
indrajit saptajiccaiva vajranābhastathaiva ca ekacakro mahābāhur vajrākṣas tārakas tathā
Indrajit and Saptajit, and likewise Vajranābha, Ekacakra, Mahābāhu, Vajrākṣa, and Tāraka,
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MtP 6.20
असिलोमा पुलोमा च बिन्दुर्बाणो महासुरः स्वर्भानुर्वृषपर्वा च एवमाद्या दनोः सुताः
asilomā pulomā ca bindurbāṇo mahāsuraḥ svarbhānurvṛṣaparvā ca evamādyā danoḥ sutāḥ
Asilomā and Pulomā, Bindu, Bāṇa the great asura, Svarbhānu and Vṛṣaparvā — these and others were the sons of Danu.
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MtP 6.21
स्वर्भानोस्तु प्रभा कन्या शची चैव पुलोमजा उपदानवी मयस्यासीत् तथा मन्दोदरी कुहूः
svarbhānostu prabhā kanyā śacī caiva pulomajā upadānavī mayasyāsīt tathā mandodarī kuhūḥ
Svarbhānu's daughter was Prabhā; and Śacī was Puloman's daughter; Upadānavī was Maya's, and likewise Mandodarī and Kuhū.
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MtP 6.22
शर्मिष्ठा सुन्दरी चैव चन्द्रा च वृषपर्वणः पुलोमा कालका चैव वैश्वानरसुते हि ते
śarmiṣṭhā sundarī caiva candrā ca vṛṣaparvaṇaḥ pulomā kālakā caiva vaiśvānarasute hi te
Śarmiṣṭhā, and Sundarī, and Candrā were Vṛṣaparvan's; and Pulomā and Kālakā, those two were the daughters of Vaiśvānara,
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MtP 6.23
बह्वपत्ये महासत्त्वे मारीचस्य परिग्रहे तयोः षष्टिसहस्राणि दानवानामभूत्पुरा
bahvapatye mahāsattve mārīcasya parigrahe tayoḥ ṣaṣṭisahasrāṇi dānavānāmabhūtpurā
(both) having many offspring and of great substance, (and) in the possession of Mārīca; of those two there were formerly sixty thousand Dānavas.
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MtP 6.24
पौलोमान्कालकेयांश्च मारीचो ऽजनयत्पुरा अवध्या ये ऽमराणां वै हिरण्यपुरवासिनः
paulomānkālakeyāṃśca mārīco 'janayatpurā avadhyā ye 'marāṇāṃ vai hiraṇyapuravāsinaḥ
Formerly Mārīca begot the Pauloman and Kālakeya (demons), who were unslayable by the immortals and dwelt in the Golden City.
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MtP 6.25
चतुर्मुखाल्लब्धवरास् ते हता विजयेन तु विप्रचित्तिः सैंहिकेयान् सिंहिकायाम् अजीजनत्
caturmukhāllabdhavarās te hatā vijayena tu vipracittiḥ saiṃhikeyān siṃhikāyām ajījanat
They had obtained boons from the Four-faced one, yet were slain by the Victorious one (Arjuna/Viṣṇu); Vipracitti begot the Saiṃhikeyas upon Siṃhikā.
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MtP 6.26
हिरण्यकशिपोर्ये वै भागिनेयास् त्रयोदश व्यंसः कल्पश्च राजेन्द्र नलो वातापिरेव च
hiraṇyakaśiporye vai bhāgineyās trayodaśa vyaṃsaḥ kalpaśca rājendra nalo vātāpireva ca
Hiraṇyakaśipu's sister's sons were thirteen: Vyaṃsa and Kalpa, O best of kings, Nala and Vātāpi as well,
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MtP 6.27
इल्वलो नमुचिश्चैव श्वसृपश् चाजनस् तथा नरकः कालनाभश्च सरमाणस् तथैव च
ilvalo namuciścaiva śvasṛpaś cājanas tathā narakaḥ kālanābhaśca saramāṇas tathaiva ca
Ilvala and Namuci, Śvasṛpa and Ajana, Naraka and Kālanābha, and likewise Saramāṇa,
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MtP 6.28
कालवीयेश् च विख्यातो दनुवंशविवर्धनाः संह्रादस्य तु दैत्यस्य निवातकवचाः स्मृताः
kālavīyeś ca vikhyāto danuvaṃśavivardhanāḥ saṃhrādasya tu daityasya nivātakavacāḥ smṛtāḥ
and the renowned Kālavīya — (these were) the increasers of Danu's line; and the Nivātakavacas are declared (to be the sons) of the Daitya Saṃhrāda,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MtP 6.29
अवध्याः सर्वदेवानां गन्धर्वोरगरक्षसाम् ये हता भर्गम् आश्रित्य त्व् अर्जुनेन रणाजिरे
avadhyāḥ sarvadevānāṃ gandharvoragarakṣasām ye hatā bhargam āśritya tv arjunena raṇājire
unslayable by all the gods, gandharvas, serpents and rākṣasas, who were slain by Arjuna on the field of battle, he having resorted to Bharga (Śiva).
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MtP 6.30
षट्कन्या जनयामास ताम्रा मारीचबीजतः शुकी श्येनी च भासी च सुग्रीवी गृध्रिका शुचिः
ṣaṭkanyā janayāmāsa tāmrā mārīcabījataḥ śukī śyenī ca bhāsī ca sugrīvī gṛdhrikā śuciḥ
Tāmrā bore six daughters from Mārīca's seed: Śukī and Śyenī and Bhāsī, Sugrīvī, Gṛdhrikā, and Śuci.
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MtP 6.31
शुकी शुकानुलूकांश्च जनयामास धर्मतः श्येनी श्येनांस्तथा भासी कुररानप्यजीजनत्
śukī śukānulūkāṃśca janayāmāsa dharmataḥ śyenī śyenāṃstathā bhāsī kurarānapyajījanat
Śukī duly gave birth to parrots and owls; Śyenī to hawks, and Bhāsī brought forth ospreys too.
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MtP 6.32
गृध्री गृध्रान्कपोतांश्च पारावतविहंगमान् हंससारसक्रौञ्चांश् च प्लवाञ्छुचिरजीजनत्
gṛdhrī gṛdhrānkapotāṃśca pārāvatavihaṃgamān haṃsasārasakrauñcāṃś ca plavāñchucirajījanat
Gṛdhrī bore vultures, and doves and the pigeon-birds; and Śuci gave birth to geese, cranes, curlews and waterfowl.
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MtP 6.33
अजाश्वमेषोष्ट्रखरान् सुग्रीवी चाप्यजीजनत् एष ताम्रान्वयः प्रोक्तो विनतायां निबोधत
ajāśvameṣoṣṭrakharān sugrīvī cāpyajījanat eṣa tāmrānvayaḥ prokto vinatāyāṃ nibodhata
And Sugrīvī bore goats, horses, rams, camels and asses. This has been declared as Tāmrā's lineage; now learn about (the offspring) in Vinatā.
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MtP 6.34
गरुडः पततां नाथः अरुणश्च पतत्रिणाम् सौदामनी तथा कन्या येयं नभसि विश्रुता
garuḍaḥ patatāṃ nāthaḥ aruṇaśca patatriṇām saudāmanī tathā kanyā yeyaṃ nabhasi viśrutā
Garuḍa, lord of the flying ones, and Aruṇa, (lord) of birds; and likewise the maiden Saudāmanī, she who is famed in the sky.
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MtP 6.35
सम्पातिश् च जटायुश्च अरुणस्य सुताव् उभौ सम्पातिपुत्रो बभ्रुश्च शीघ्रगश्चापि विश्रुतः
sampātiś ca jaṭāyuśca aruṇasya sutāv ubhau sampātiputro babhruśca śīghragaścāpi viśrutaḥ
Sampāti and Jaṭāyu were both sons of Aruṇa; Sampāti's sons were Babhru and the renowned Śīghraga.
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MtP 6.36
जटायुषः कर्णिकारः शतगामी च विश्रुतौ सारसो रज्जुवालश्च भेरुण्डश्चापि तत्सुताः
jaṭāyuṣaḥ karṇikāraḥ śatagāmī ca viśrutau sāraso rajjuvālaśca bheruṇḍaścāpi tatsutāḥ
Jaṭāyu's renowned (sons) were Karṇikāra and Śatagāmī; Sārasa, Rajjuvāla and Bheruṇḍa were also his sons.
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MtP 6.37
तेषामनन्तमभवत् पक्षिणां पुत्रपौत्रकम् सुरसायाः सहस्रं तु सर्पाणाम् अभवत्पुरा
teṣāmanantamabhavat pakṣiṇāṃ putrapautrakam surasāyāḥ sahasraṃ tu sarpāṇām abhavatpurā
Of those birds the sons and grandsons became endless; and of Surasā there came to be, in olden times, a thousand serpents.
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MtP 6.38
सहस्रशिरसां कद्रूः सहस्रं चापि सुव्रत प्रधानास्तेषु विख्याताः षड्विंशतिर् अरिंदम
sahasraśirasāṃ kadrūḥ sahasraṃ cāpi suvrata pradhānāsteṣu vikhyātāḥ ṣaḍviṃśatir ariṃdama
And Kadrū (bore) a thousand thousand-headed (serpents), O you of good vows; among them twenty-six are renowned as the chief ones, O subduer of foes.
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MtP 6.39
शेषवासुकिकर्कोटशङ्खैरावतकम्बलाः धनंजयमहानीलपद्माश्वतरतक्षकाः
śeṣavāsukikarkoṭaśaṅkhairāvatakambalāḥ dhanaṃjayamahānīlapadmāśvataratakṣakāḥ
Śeṣa, Vāsuki, Karkoṭa, Śaṅkha, Airāvata, Kambala, Dhanaṃjaya, Mahānīla, Padma, Aśvatara, Takṣaka,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 6.40
एलापत्त्रमहापद्मधृतराष्ट्रबलाहकाः शङ्खपालमहाशङ्खपुष्पदंष्ट्रशुभाननाः
elāpattramahāpadmadhṛtarāṣṭrabalāhakāḥ śaṅkhapālamahāśaṅkhapuṣpadaṃṣṭraśubhānanāḥ
Elāpattra, Mahāpadma, Dhṛtarāṣṭra, Balāhaka, Śaṅkhapāla, Mahāśaṅkha, Puṣpadaṃṣṭra, Śubhānana,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 6.41
शङ्कुरोमा च बहुलो वामनः पाणिनस्तथा कपिलो दुर्मुखश्चापि पतञ्जलिरिति स्मृताः
śaṅkuromā ca bahulo vāmanaḥ pāṇinastathā kapilo durmukhaścāpi patañjaliriti smṛtāḥ
Śaṅkuromā, Bahula, Vāmana, Pāṇina, Kapila, Durmukha, and Patañjali — so they are recorded.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 6.42
एषामनन्तमभवत् सर्वेषां पुत्रपौत्रकम् प्रायशो यत्पुरा दग्धं जनमेजयमन्दिरे
eṣāmanantamabhavat sarveṣāṃ putrapautrakam prāyaśo yatpurā dagdhaṃ janamejayamandire
Of all these the sons and grandsons became endless — those who for the most part were burned long ago in Janamejaya's hall.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 6.43
रक्षोगणं क्रोधवशा स्वनामानम् अजीजनत् दंष्ट्रिणां नियुतं तेषां भीमसेनादगात्क्षयम्
rakṣogaṇaṃ krodhavaśā svanāmānam ajījanat daṃṣṭriṇāṃ niyutaṃ teṣāṃ bhīmasenādagātkṣayam
Krodhavaśā gave birth to the host of rākṣasas bearing her own name; of those fanged ones there was a myriad, and their destruction came from Bhīmasena.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 6.44
रुद्राणां च गणं तद्वद् गोमहिष्यो वराङ्गनाः सुरभिर्जनयामास कश्यपात्संयतव्रता
rudrāṇāṃ ca gaṇaṃ tadvad gomahiṣyo varāṅganāḥ surabhirjanayāmāsa kaśyapātsaṃyatavratā
Likewise Surabhi, of restrained vows, brought forth from Kaśyapa the host of Rudras, and cows, buffaloes, and lovely women.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 6.45
मुनिर्मुनीनां च गणं गणमप्सरसां तथा तथा किंनरगन्धर्वान् अरिष्टाजनयद् बहून्
munirmunīnāṃ ca gaṇaṃ gaṇamapsarasāṃ tathā tathā kiṃnaragandharvān ariṣṭājanayad bahūn
Muni (bore) the host of munis and likewise the host of apsarases; and Ariṣṭā brought forth many kiṃnaras and gandharvas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 6.46
तृणवृक्षलतागुल्मम् इरा सर्वम् अजीजनत् विश्वा तु यक्षरक्षांसि जनयामास कोटिशः
tṛṇavṛkṣalatāgulmam irā sarvam ajījanat viśvā tu yakṣarakṣāṃsi janayāmāsa koṭiśaḥ
Irā gave birth to all grass, trees, creepers and shrubs; but Viśvā brought forth yakṣas and rākṣasas by the tens of millions.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 6.47
तत एकोनपञ्चाशन् मरुतः कश्यपाद्दितिः जनयामास धर्मज्ञान् सर्वानमरवल्लभान्
tata ekonapañcāśan marutaḥ kaśyapādditiḥ janayāmāsa dharmajñān sarvānamaravallabhān
Then Diti brought forth from Kaśyapa forty-nine Maruts, all knowers of dharma and dear to the immortals.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition