Vayu Purana — Purvardha — Chapter 28
VaP 1 28.1
।।सूत उवाच।। भृगोः ख्यातिर्विजज्ञेऽथ ईश्वरौ सुखदुःखयोः। शुभाशुभप्रदातारौ सर्वप्राणभृतामिह। देवौ धाताविधातारौ मन्वन्तरविचारिणौ
||sūta uvāca|| bhṛgoḥ khyātirvijajñe'tha īśvarau sukhaduḥkhayoḥ| śubhāśubhapradātārau sarvaprāṇabhṛtāmiha| devau dhātāvidhātārau manvantaravicāriṇau
Sūta said: Then Khyāti, (wife) of Bhṛgu, gave birth to the two lords of pleasure and pain, the bestowers of good and ill upon all breathing creatures here, the gods Dhātṛ and Vidhātṛ, who range through the manvantaras.
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VaP 1 28.2
तयोर्ज्येष्ठा तु भगिनी देवी श्रीर्लोकभाविनी। सा तु नारायणं देवं पतिमासाद्य शोभनम्। नारायणात्मजौ साध्वी बलोत्साहौ व्यजायत
tayorjyeṣṭhā tu bhaginī devī śrīrlokabhāvinī| sā tu nārāyaṇaṃ devaṃ patimāsādya śobhanam| nārāyaṇātmajau sādhvī balotsāhau vyajāyata
But their elder sister was the goddess Śrī, who brings the worlds into being. Having obtained as her husband the splendid god Nārāyaṇa, that virtuous one bore two sons of Nārāyaṇa, Bala and Utsāha.
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VaP 1 28.3
तस्यास्तु मानसाः पुत्रा ये चान्ये दिव्यचारिणः। ये वहन्ति विमानानि देवानां पुण्यकर्मणाम्
tasyāstu mānasāḥ putrā ye cānye divyacāriṇaḥ| ye vahanti vimānāni devānāṃ puṇyakarmaṇām
Hers are the mind-born sons, and the others who travel in the heavens, who convey the aerial chariots of the gods of meritorious deeds.
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VaP 1 28.4
द्वे तु कन्ये स्मृते भार्य्ये विधातुर्धातुरेव च। आयतिर्नियतिश्चैव तयोः पुत्रौ दृढव्रतौ
dve tu kanye smṛte bhāryye vidhāturdhātureva ca| āyatirniyatiścaiva tayoḥ putrau dṛḍhavratau
Two maidens are remembered as the wives of Vidhātṛ and of Dhātṛ: Āyati and Niyati; their two sons were firm in their vows,
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VaP 1 28.5
पाण्डुश्चैव मृकण्डुश्च ब्रह्मकोशौ सनातनौ। मनस्विन्यां मृकण्जोश्च मार्क्कण्डेयो बभूव ह
pāṇḍuścaiva mṛkaṇḍuśca brahmakośau sanātanau| manasvinyāṃ mṛkaṇjośca mārkkaṇḍeyo babhūva ha
namely Pāṇḍu and Mṛkaṇḍu, the two eternal treasuries of the Veda; and of Mṛkaṇḍu, in Manasvinī, Mārkaṇḍeya was born.
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VaP 1 28.6
सुतो वे दशिरास्तस्य मूर्द्धन्यायामजायत। पीवर्य्यां वेदशिरसः पुत्रा वंशकराः स्मृताः। मार्क्कण्डेया इति ख्याता ऋषयो वेदपारगाः
suto ve daśirāstasya mūrddhanyāyāmajāyata| pīvaryyāṃ vedaśirasaḥ putrā vaṃśakarāḥ smṛtāḥ| mārkkaṇḍeyā iti khyātā ṛṣayo vedapāragāḥ
His son Vedaśiras was born of Mūrdhanyā; and of Vedaśiras, in Pīvarī, were born the sons who are remembered as continuers of the line, the sages renowned as the Mārkaṇḍeyas, who had gone to the far shore of the Vedas.
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VaP 1 28.7
पाण्डोश्च पुण्डरीकायां द्युतिमानात्मजोऽभवत्। उत्पन्नौ द्युतिमन्तश्च सृजवानश्च तावुभौ। तयोः पुत्राश्च पौत्राश्च भार्गवाणां परस्परम्। स्वायम्भुवेऽन्तरेऽतीते मरीचेः श्रृणुत प्रजाः
pāṇḍośca puṇḍarīkāyāṃ dyutimānātmajo'bhavat| utpannau dyutimantaśca sṛjavānaśca tāvubhau| tayoḥ putrāśca pautrāśca bhārgavāṇāṃ parasparam| svāyambhuve'ntare'tīte marīceḥ śrṛṇuta prajāḥ
And of Pāṇḍu, in Puṇḍarīkā, there was a son Dyutimān. Both of them, Dyutimān and Sṛjavān, were born; from those two came the sons and grandsons of the Bhārgavas among one another. Now that the Svāyambhuva (manvantara) has passed, hear of the offspring of Marīci.
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VaP 1 28.8
पत्नी मरीचेः सम्भूतिर्विजज्ञे सात्मसम्भवम्। प्रजायते पूर्णमासं कन्याश्वेमा विबोधत। कुष्टिः पृष्टिस्त्विषा चैव तथा चापचितिः शुभा
patnī marīceḥ sambhūtirvijajñe sātmasambhavam| prajāyate pūrṇamāsaṃ kanyāśvemā vibodhata| kuṣṭiḥ pṛṣṭistviṣā caiva tathā cāpacitiḥ śubhā
Marīci's wife Sambhūti gave birth to one sprung from herself; she brings forth Pūrṇamāsa. And learn these daughters: Kuṣṭi, Pṛṣṭi, Tviṣā, and likewise the auspicious Apaciti.
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VaP 1 28.9
पूर्णमासः सरस्वत्यां द्वौ पुत्रावुदपादयत्। विरजञ्चैव धर्मिष्ठं पर्व्वसञ्चैव तावुभौ
pūrṇamāsaḥ sarasvatyāṃ dvau putrāvudapādayat| virajañcaiva dharmiṣṭhaṃ parvvasañcaiva tāvubhau
Pūrṇamāsa produced two sons in Sarasvatī: Viraja, most devoted to dharma, and Parvasa — those two.
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VaP 1 28.10
विरजस्यात्मजो विद्वान् सुधामा नाम विश्रुतः। सुधामसुतवैराजः प्राच्यान्दिशि सममाश्रितः
virajasyātmajo vidvān sudhāmā nāma viśrutaḥ| sudhāmasutavairājaḥ prācyāndiśi samamāśritaḥ
Viraja's son was the learned one renowned by the name Sudhāman; Sudhāman's son Vairāja settled evenly in the eastern quarter.
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VaP 1 28.11
लोकपालः सुधर्म्मात्मा गौरीपुत्रः प्रतापवान् । पर्वसः सर्वगणानां प्रविष्टः स महायशाः
lokapālaḥ sudharmmātmā gaurīputraḥ pratāpavān | parvasaḥ sarvagaṇānāṃ praviṣṭaḥ sa mahāyaśāḥ
A guardian of the world, of righteous nature, the son of Gaurī, full of majesty — that greatly renowned Parvasa entered into all the hosts.
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VaP 1 28.12
पर्वसः पर्वसायान्तु जनयामास वै सुतौ। यज्ञवामञ्च श्रीमन्तं सुतं काश्यपमेव च। तयोर्गोत्रकरौ पुत्रौ तौ जातौ धर्मनिश्वितौ
parvasaḥ parvasāyāntu janayāmāsa vai sutau| yajñavāmañca śrīmantaṃ sutaṃ kāśyapameva ca| tayorgotrakarau putrau tau jātau dharmaniśvitau
Parvasa indeed begot two sons in Parvasā: Yajñavāma, and the illustrious son Kāśyapa; those two sons of theirs, born as makers of the lineage, were resolved upon dharma.
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VaP 1 28.13
स्मृतिश्चाङ्गिरसः पत्नी जज्ञे तावात्मसम्भवौ। पुत्रौ कन्याश्वतस्रश्च पुण्यास्ता लोकविश्रुताः
smṛtiścāṅgirasaḥ patnī jajñe tāvātmasambhavau| putrau kanyāśvatasraśca puṇyāstā lokaviśrutāḥ
And Smṛti, wife of Aṅgiras, bore those two sprung from herself, (two) sons, and four daughters, meritorious and famed in the world:
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VaP 1 28.14
सिनीवाली कुहूश्चैव राका चानुमतिस्तथा। तथैव भरताग्निञ्च कीर्त्तिमन्तञ्च तावुभौ
sinīvālī kuhūścaiva rākā cānumatistathā| tathaiva bharatāgniñca kīrttimantañca tāvubhau
Sinīvālī, Kuhū, Rākā and likewise Anumati; and likewise the two, Bharatāgni and Kīrtimān.
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VaP 1 28.15
अग्नेः पुत्रन्तु पर्जन्यं संहूती सुषुवे प्रभुम्। हिरण्यरोमा पर्जन्यो मारीच्यामुदपादयत्। आभूतसंप्लवस्थायी लोकपालः सवै स्मृतः
agneḥ putrantu parjanyaṃ saṃhūtī suṣuve prabhum| hiraṇyaromā parjanyo mārīcyāmudapādayat| ābhūtasaṃplavasthāyī lokapālaḥ savai smṛtaḥ
Saṃhūti bore Agni's son, the lord Parjanya; Parjanya Hiraṇyaroman begot (offspring) in Mārīcī; he is remembered as a world-guardian who endures until the dissolution of created things.
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VaP 1 28.16
जज्ञे कीर्तिमतश्चापि धेनुका तावकल्मषौ। वरिष्ठं धृतिमन्तञ्चाप्युभावङ्गिरसां वरौ
jajñe kīrtimataścāpi dhenukā tāvakalmaṣau| variṣṭhaṃ dhṛtimantañcāpyubhāvaṅgirasāṃ varau
And Dhenukā bore to Kīrtimān those two stainless ones, Variṣṭha and Dhṛtimān, both the best of the Aṅgirases.
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VaP 1 28.17
तयोः पुत्राश्च पौत्राश्च येऽतीता वै सहस्रशः। अनसूयापि जज्ञे तान् पुलहस्य प्रजापतेः
tayoḥ putrāśca pautrāśca ye'tītā vai sahasraśaḥ| anasūyāpi jajñe tān pulahasya prajāpateḥ
Their sons and grandsons who have passed away are indeed by the thousands. Anasūyā too bore them to Pulaha the Prajāpati,
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VaP 1 28.18
कन्याञ्चैव श्रुतिं नाम माता शङ्खपदस्य या। कर्दमस्य तु या पत्नी पुलहस्य प्रजापतेः
kanyāñcaiva śrutiṃ nāma mātā śaṅkhapadasya yā| kardamasya tu yā patnī pulahasya prajāpateḥ
and a daughter named Śruti, who was the mother of Śaṅkhapada, and who became the wife of Kardama — (she was the daughter) of Pulaha the Prajāpati.
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VaP 1 28.19
सत्यनेत्रश्च हव्यश्च आपोमूर्तिः शनीवरः। सोमश्च पञ्चमस्तेषामासीत् स्वायम्भुवेऽन्तरे। यामेऽतीते सहातीताः पञ्चात्रेयाः प्रकीर्तिताः
satyanetraśca havyaśca āpomūrtiḥ śanīvaraḥ| somaśca pañcamasteṣāmāsīt svāyambhuve'ntare| yāme'tīte sahātītāḥ pañcātreyāḥ prakīrtitāḥ
Satyanetra, Havya, Āpomūrti, Śanīvara, and Soma as the fifth of them existed in the Svāyambhuva manvantara; when the Yāma (period) passed they too passed away — they are proclaimed as the five Ātreyas.
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VaP 1 28.20
तेषां पुत्राश्च पौत्राश्च ह्यत्रिणा वै महात्मना। स्वायम्भुवेऽन्तरे यामे शतशोऽथ सहस्रशः
teṣāṃ putrāśca pautrāśca hyatriṇā vai mahātmanā| svāyambhuve'ntare yāme śataśo'tha sahasraśaḥ
Their sons and grandsons, (begotten) by the great-souled Atri, were by hundreds and by thousands in the Yāma (period) of the Svāyambhuva manvantara.
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VaP 1 28.21
प्रीत्यां पुलस्त्यभार्यायां दत्तालिस्तत्सूतोऽभवत्। पूर्वजन्मनि सोऽगस्त्यः स्मृतः स्वायम्भुवेऽन्तरे। मध्यमो देवबाहुश्च विनीतो नाम ते त्रयः
prītyāṃ pulastyabhāryāyāṃ dattālistatsūto'bhavat| pūrvajanmani so'gastyaḥ smṛtaḥ svāyambhuve'ntare| madhyamo devabāhuśca vinīto nāma te trayaḥ
Of Prīti, Pulastya's wife, Dattāli was born as his son; in a former birth he is remembered as Agastya, in the Svāyambhuva interval. The middle one was Devabāhu, and (the third) named Vinīta — these three.
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VaP 1 28.23
स्वसा यवीयसी तेषां सद्वती नाम विश्रुता। पर्जन्यजननी शुभ्रा पत्नी त्वग्नेः स्मृता शुभा पौलस्त्यस्य ऋषेश्चापि प्रीतिपुत्रस्य धीमतः। दत्तालेः सुषुवे पत्नी सुजङ्घादीन् बहून् सुतान्। पौलस्त्या इति विख्याताः स्मृताः स्वायम्भुवेऽन्तरे
svasā yavīyasī teṣāṃ sadvatī nāma viśrutā| parjanyajananī śubhrā patnī tvagneḥ smṛtā śubhā paulastyasya ṛṣeścāpi prītiputrasya dhīmataḥ| dattāleḥ suṣuve patnī sujaṅghādīn bahūn sutān| paulastyā iti vikhyātāḥ smṛtāḥ svāyambhuve'ntare
Their younger sister, famed by the name Sadvatī, bright and auspicious, mother of Parjanya, is remembered as the wife of Agni. And the wife of Dattāli, the wise son of Prīti, the Pulastya sage, bore many sons beginning with Sujaṅgha; they are known as the Paulastyas, remembered in the Svāyambhuva interval.
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VaP 1 28.24
क्षमा तु सुषुवे पुत्रान् पुलहस्य प्रजापतेः। ते नाग्निवर्चसः सर्वे येषां कीर्तिः प्रतिष्ठिता
kṣamā tu suṣuve putrān pulahasya prajāpateḥ| te nāgnivarcasaḥ sarve yeṣāṃ kīrtiḥ pratiṣṭhitā
But Kṣamā bore the sons of Pulaha, the lord of creatures; all of them were of fiery splendour, and their fame is established.
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VaP 1 28.25
कर्दमश्चाम्बरीषश्च सहिष्णुश्चेति ते त्रयः । ऋषिर्धनकपीवांश्च शुभा कन्या च पीवरी
kardamaścāmbarīṣaśca sahiṣṇuśceti te trayaḥ | ṛṣirdhanakapīvāṃśca śubhā kanyā ca pīvarī
Kardama, Ambarīṣa and Sahiṣṇu — these three; and the seer Dhanakapīvān, and the fair maiden Pīvarī.
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VaP 1 28.26
कर्दमस्य श्रुतिः पत्नी आत्रेय्य जनयत्सुतान्। पुत्रं शङ्खपदञ्चैव कन्यां काम्यां तथैव च
kardamasya śrutiḥ patnī ātreyya janayatsutān| putraṃ śaṅkhapadañcaiva kanyāṃ kāmyāṃ tathaiva ca
Kardama's wife Śruti, of Atri's line, bore children: a son, Śaṅkhapada, and likewise a daughter, Kāmyā.
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VaP 1 28.27
स वै शह्खपदः श्रीमान् लोकपालः प्रजापतिः। दक्षिणस्यां दिशि रतः साम्यां दत्त्वा प्रियव्रते
sa vai śahkhapadaḥ śrīmān lokapālaḥ prajāpatiḥ| dakṣiṇasyāṃ diśi rataḥ sāmyāṃ dattvā priyavrate
That illustrious Śaṅkhapada (became) a guardian of the world, a lord of creatures, established in the southern quarter, having given Kāmyā to Priyavrata.
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VaP 1 28.28
काम्या प्रियव्रताल्लेभे स्वायम्भुवसमान् सुतान्। दशकन्याद्वयञ्चैव यैः क्षत्रं सम्प्रवर्तितम्
kāmyā priyavratāllebhe svāyambhuvasamān sutān| daśakanyādvayañcaiva yaiḥ kṣatraṃ sampravartitam
Kāmyā obtained from Priyavrata sons equal to Svāyambhuva (Manu), and twice ten daughters, by whom the warrior line was propagated.
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VaP 1 28.29
पुत्रो धनकपीवांश्च सहिष्णुर्नाम विश्रुतः। यशोधारी विजज्ञे वै कामदेवः सुमध्यमः
putro dhanakapīvāṃśca sahiṣṇurnāma viśrutaḥ| yaśodhārī vijajñe vai kāmadevaḥ sumadhyamaḥ
And Dhanakapīvān's son was the renowned one named Sahiṣṇu; Yaśodhārī bore the handsome-waisted Kāmadeva.
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VaP 1 28.30
ऋतोः क्रतुसमः पुत्रो विजज्ञे सन्ततिः शुभा। नैषां भार्यस्ति पुत्रो वा सर्वे ते ह्यूर्द्ध्व रेतसः। षष्ट्येतानि सहस्राणि वालखिल्या इति श्रुताः
ṛtoḥ kratusamaḥ putro vijajñe santatiḥ śubhā| naiṣāṃ bhāryasti putro vā sarve te hyūrddhva retasaḥ| ṣaṣṭyetāni sahasrāṇi vālakhilyā iti śrutāḥ
To Ṛtu was born a son equal to Kratu, a fair progeny. None of them has a wife or a son; they are all of upward-flowing seed. These sixty thousand are known as the Vālakhilyas.
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VaP 1 28.31
अरुणस्याग्रतो यान्ति परिवार्य दिवाकरम्। आभूतसंप्लवात्सर्वे पतङ्गसहचारिणः
aruṇasyāgrato yānti parivārya divākaram| ābhūtasaṃplavātsarve pataṅgasahacāriṇaḥ
They go before Aruṇa, surrounding the sun; all of them are companions of the flying (sun) until the dissolution of beings.
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VaP 1 28.32
स्वसारौ तु यवीयस्यौ पुण्यात्मसुमती च ते। पर्वसस्य स्नुषे ते वै पूर्णमाससुतस्य वै
svasārau tu yavīyasyau puṇyātmasumatī ca te| parvasasya snuṣe te vai pūrṇamāsasutasya vai
And the two younger sisters were Puṇyātmā and Sumati; they were the daughters-in-law of Parvasa, the son of Pūrṇamāsa.
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VaP 1 28.33
ऊर्जायान्तु वसिष्ठस्य पुत्रा वै सप्त जज्ञिरे। ज्यायसी च स्वसा तेषां पुण्डरीका सुमध्यमा
ūrjāyāntu vasiṣṭhasya putrā vai sapta jajñire| jyāyasī ca svasā teṣāṃ puṇḍarīkā sumadhyamā
And of Ūrjā seven sons of Vasiṣṭha were born; and their elder sister was Puṇḍarīkā, of fair waist.
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VaP 1 28.34
जननी सा द्युतिमतः पाण्डोस्तु महिषी प्रिया । अस्यां त्विमे यवीयांसो वासिष्ठाः सप्त विश्रुताः
jananī sā dyutimataḥ pāṇḍostu mahiṣī priyā | asyāṃ tvime yavīyāṃso vāsiṣṭhāḥ sapta viśrutāḥ
She was the mother of Dyutimat and the beloved chief queen of Pāṇḍu; and in her (line) these seven younger Vāsiṣṭhas are renowned.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 28.35
रजः पुत्रोऽर्द्धबाहुश्च सवनश्चाधनश्च यः। सुतपाः शुक्ल इत्येते सर्वे सप्तर्षयः स्मृताः
rajaḥ putro'rddhabāhuśca savanaścādhanaśca yaḥ| sutapāḥ śukla ityete sarve saptarṣayaḥ smṛtāḥ
Rajaḥ, Putra, Ardhabāhu, Savana, and Adhana, Sutapas and Śukla — all these are remembered as the seven seers.
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VaP 1 28.36
रजसो वाप्यजनयन्मार्कण्डेयी यशस्विनी। प्रतीच्यां दिशि राजन्यं केतुमन्तं प्रजापतिम्
rajaso vāpyajanayanmārkaṇḍeyī yaśasvinī| pratīcyāṃ diśi rājanyaṃ ketumantaṃ prajāpatim
And the glorious woman of Mārkaṇḍeya's line bore to Rajas the royal Ketumat, a lord of creatures, in the western quarter.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 28.37
गोत्राणि नामभिस्तेषां वासिष्ठानां महात्मनाम्। स्वायम्भुवेन्तरेऽतीतास्त्वग्नेस्तु श्रृणुत प्रजाः
gotrāṇi nāmabhisteṣāṃ vāsiṣṭhānāṃ mahātmanām| svāyambhuventare'tītāstvagnestu śrṛṇuta prajāḥ
The lineages (gotras) of those great-souled Vāsiṣṭhas (are known) by their names; they have passed away in the Svāyambhuva interval. Now hear of Agni's offspring.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 28.38
इत्येष ऋषिसर्गस्तु सानुबन्धः प्रकीर्त्तितः। विस्तरेणानुपूर्व्या चाप्यग्नेस्तु श्रृणुत प्रजाः
ityeṣa ṛṣisargastu sānubandhaḥ prakīrttitaḥ| vistareṇānupūrvyā cāpyagnestu śrṛṇuta prajāḥ
Thus this creation of the seers has been declared together with its connections; and now hear in full and in order of Agni's offspring.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition