Vayu Purana — Uttarardha — Chapter 4
VaP 2 4.1
।।ऋषय ऊचुः ।। श्रुत्वा पादं द्वितीयन्तु क्रान्तं सूतेन धीमता। अतस्तृतीयं पप्रच्छ पादं वै शांशपायनः
||ṛṣaya ūcuḥ || śrutvā pādaṃ dvitīyantu krāntaṃ sūtena dhīmatā| atastṛtīyaṃ papraccha pādaṃ vai śāṃśapāyanaḥ
The seers said: Having heard the second section traversed by the wise Sūta, Śāṃśapāyana thereupon asked about the third section.
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VaP 2 4.2
पाद क्रान्तो द्वितीयोऽयमनु षङ्गेण यस्त्वया। तृतीयं विस्तरात्पादं सोपोद्वातं प्रकीर्त्तय। एवमुक्तोऽब्रवीत्सूतः प्रहृष्टेनान्तरात्मना
pāda krānto dvitīyo'yamanu ṣaṅgeṇa yastvayā| tṛtīyaṃ vistarātpādaṃ sopodvātaṃ prakīrttaya| evamukto'bravītsūtaḥ prahṛṣṭenāntarātmanā
"This second section has been traversed by you together with its subsidiary matter; now proclaim the third section in detail, with its introduction." Thus addressed, the Sūta spoke with a delighted inner self.
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VaP 2 4.3
।।सूत उवाच।। कीर्त्तयिष्ये तृतीयञ्च सोपोद्वातं सविस्तरम्। पादं समुदयाद्विप्रा गदतो मे निबोधत
||sūta uvāca|| kīrttayiṣye tṛtīyañca sopodvātaṃ savistaram| pādaṃ samudayādviprā gadato me nibodhata
The Sūta said: I shall relate the third section too, with its introduction and in full detail, from its beginning; O brahmins, attend to me as I speak.
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VaP 2 4.4
मनोर्वैवस्वतस्येमं साम्प्रतस्य महात्मनः। विस्तरेणानुपूर्व्या च निसर्गं श्रृणुत द्विजाः
manorvaivasvatasyemaṃ sāmpratasya mahātmanaḥ| vistareṇānupūrvyā ca nisargaṃ śrṛṇuta dvijāḥ
O twice-born, hear this creation of the present great-souled Vaivasvata Manu, at length and in order.
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VaP 2 4.5
चतुर्युगैकसप्तत्या सङ्ख्यातः पूर्वमेव तु। सह देवगणैश्चैव ऋषिभिर्दानवैः सह
caturyugaikasaptatyā saṅkhyātaḥ pūrvameva tu| saha devagaṇaiścaiva ṛṣibhirdānavaiḥ saha
(He) was already counted before as consisting of seventy-one sets of four yugas — together with the hosts of gods, and with the sages and with the Dānavas,
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VaP 2 4.6
पितृगन्धर्वयक्षैश्च रक्षोभूतगणैस्तथा। मानुषैः पशुभिश्चैव पक्षिभिः स्थावरैः सह
pitṛgandharvayakṣaiśca rakṣobhūtagaṇaistathā| mānuṣaiḥ paśubhiścaiva pakṣibhiḥ sthāvaraiḥ saha
and with the fathers, Gandharvas and Yakṣas, and likewise with the hosts of Rākṣasas and Bhūtas, with men, with cattle, with birds, and with the immobile (beings).
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VaP 2 4.7
मन्वादिकं भविष्यान्तमाख्यानैर्बहुविस्तरम् । वक्ष्ये वैवस्वतं सर्गं नमस्कृत्य विवस्वते
manvādikaṃ bhaviṣyāntamākhyānairbahuvistaram | vakṣye vaivasvataṃ sargaṃ namaskṛtya vivasvate
Having bowed to Vivasvat, I shall declare the creation of the son of Vivasvat, beginning with Manu and ending with what is to come, greatly extended by narratives.
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VaP 2 4.8
आद्ये मन्वन्तरेऽतीताः सर्गाः प्रावर्त्तकाश्च ये। स्वायम्भुवेऽन्तरे पूर्वं सप्तासन् ये महर्षयः। चाक्षुषस्यान्तरेऽतीते प्राप्ते वैवस्वते पुनः
ādye manvantare'tītāḥ sargāḥ prāvarttakāśca ye| svāyambhuve'ntare pūrvaṃ saptāsan ye maharṣayaḥ| cākṣuṣasyāntare'tīte prāpte vaivasvate punaḥ
Those creations which passed away in the first manvantara, and those which were set going; and the seven great sages who were formerly in the Svāyambhuva period — when the period of Cākṣuṣa had passed and the Vaivasvata had again arrived,
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VaP 2 4.9
दक्षस्य च ऋषीणाञ्च भृग्वादीनां महौजसाम्। शापान्महेश्वरस्यासीत् प्रादुर्भावो महात्मनाम्
dakṣasya ca ṛṣīṇāñca bhṛgvādīnāṃ mahaujasām| śāpānmaheśvarasyāsīt prādurbhāvo mahātmanām
then, through the curse of Maheśvara (arising) in connection with Dakṣa and with the sages of great might, Bhṛgu and the rest, there came about the manifestation of those great-souled ones.
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VaP 2 4.10
भूयः सप्तर्षयस्ते च उत्पन्नाः सप्त मानसाः। पुत्रत्वे कल्पिताश्चैव स्वयमेव स्वयम्भुवा
bhūyaḥ saptarṣayaste ca utpannāḥ sapta mānasāḥ| putratve kalpitāścaiva svayameva svayambhuvā
And those seven sages were again born, the seven mind-born ones, and they were appointed to the status of sons by Svayambhū himself.
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VaP 2 4.11
प्रजासन्तानकृद्भिस्तैरुत्पद्यद्भिर्महात्मभिः। पुनः प्रवर्त्तितः सर्गो यथापूर्वं यथाक्रमम्
prajāsantānakṛdbhistairutpadyadbhirmahātmabhiḥ| punaḥ pravarttitaḥ sargo yathāpūrvaṃ yathākramam
By those great-souled ones, who came into being as continuers of the line of creatures, the creation was again set in motion as before and in due order.
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VaP 2 4.12
तेषां प्रसूतिं वक्ष्यामि विशुद्धज्ञानकर्मणाम्। समासव्यासयोगाभ्यां यथावदनुपूर्वशः
teṣāṃ prasūtiṃ vakṣyāmi viśuddhajñānakarmaṇām| samāsavyāsayogābhyāṃ yathāvadanupūrvaśaḥ
I shall declare the offspring of those (sages) whose knowledge and works were wholly pure, correctly and in order, both in brief and at length.
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VaP 2 4.13
येषामन्वयसम्भूतैर्लोकोऽयं सचराचरः। पुनः स पूरितः सर्गो ग्रह नक्षत्रमण्डितः
yeṣāmanvayasambhūtairloko'yaṃ sacarācaraḥ| punaḥ sa pūritaḥ sargo graha nakṣatramaṇḍitaḥ
By those born of whose lineage this world with its moving and unmoving (beings) — that creation, adorned with planets and stars — was filled once again.
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VaP 2 4.14
एतच्छ्रुत्वा वचस्तस्य मुनीनां संशयोऽभवत् । ततस्तं संशयाविष्टाः सूतं संशयनिश्चये। सत्कृत्य परिपप्रच्छुर्मुनयः शंसितव्रताः
etacchrutvā vacastasya munīnāṃ saṃśayo'bhavat | tatastaṃ saṃśayāviṣṭāḥ sūtaṃ saṃśayaniścaye| satkṛtya paripapracchurmunayaḥ śaṃsitavratāḥ
Having heard this speech of his, a doubt arose in the sages; then, possessed by doubt, in order to settle the doubt, the sages of strict vows honoured that Sūta and questioned him.
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VaP 2 4.15
।।ऋषय ऊचुः।। कथं सप्तर्षयः पूर्व्वमुत्पन्नाः सप्त मानसाः। पुत्रत्वे कल्पिताश्चैव तन्नो निगद सत्तम। ततोऽब्रवीन्महातेजाः सूत पौराणिकः शुभम्
||ṛṣaya ūcuḥ|| kathaṃ saptarṣayaḥ pūrvvamutpannāḥ sapta mānasāḥ| putratve kalpitāścaiva tanno nigada sattama| tato'bravīnmahātejāḥ sūta paurāṇikaḥ śubham
The sages said: How were the seven sages, the seven mind-born ones, formerly produced, and how were they appointed to the status of sons? Tell us that, O best of men. Then the Sūta, versed in the ancient lore, of great brilliance, spoke what was auspicious:
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VaP 2 4.16
कथं सप्तर्षयः सिद्धा ये वै स्वायम्भुवेऽन्तरे। मन्वन्तरं समासाद्य पुनर्वैवस्वतं किल
kathaṃ saptarṣayaḥ siddhā ye vai svāyambhuve'ntare| manvantaraṃ samāsādya punarvaivasvataṃ kila
How is it that the seven sages who were accomplished in the Svāyambhuva period, on reaching (a later) manvantara, (were born) again in the Vaivasvata one?
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VaP 2 4.17
भवाभिशापात्संविद्धा ह्यप्राप्तास्ते तदा तपः। उपपन्ना जने लोके सकृदागामिनस्तु ते
bhavābhiśāpātsaṃviddhā hyaprāptāste tadā tapaḥ| upapannā jane loke sakṛdāgāminastu te
Being struck by the curse of Bhava, they did not then attain (the fruit of) their austerity; they came to be in the Jana world, being those who come (there) but once.
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VaP 2 4.18
ऊचुः सर्वे ततोऽन्योन्यं जनलोके महर्षयः। ऊचुरेव महाभागा वारुणे वितते क्रतौ
ūcuḥ sarve tato'nyonyaṃ janaloke maharṣayaḥ| ūcureva mahābhāgā vāruṇe vitate kratau
Then all the great sages spoke to one another in the Jana world; those greatly fortunate ones spoke indeed at the extended sacrifice of Varuṇa:
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VaP 2 4.19
सर्वे वयं प्रसूयामश्चाक्षुषस्यान्तरे मनोः। पितामहात्मजाः सर्वे ततः श्रेयो भविष्यति
sarve vayaṃ prasūyāmaścākṣuṣasyāntare manoḥ| pitāmahātmajāḥ sarve tataḥ śreyo bhaviṣyati
"Let us all be born in the period of Manu Cākṣuṣa; all of us as sons of the Grandfather — thereby there will be good for us."
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VaP 2 4.20
स्वायम्भुवेऽन्तरे शप्ताः सप्तार्थं ते भवेन तु। जज्ञिरे वै पुनस्ते ह जनलोकाद्दिवं गता
svāyambhuve'ntare śaptāḥ saptārthaṃ te bhavena tu| jajñire vai punaste ha janalokāddivaṃ gatā
Cursed by Bhava in the Svāyambhuva period for the sake of the seven (?), they were indeed born again, having gone from the Jana world to heaven.
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VaP 2 4.21
देवस्य महतो यज्ञे वारुणीं बिभ्रतस्तनुम्। ब्रह्मणो जुह्वतः शुक्रमग्नौ पूर्वं प्रजेप्सया। ऋषयो जज्ञिरे पूर्वं द्वितीयमिति नः श्रुतम्
devasya mahato yajñe vāruṇīṃ bibhratastanum| brahmaṇo juhvataḥ śukramagnau pūrvaṃ prajepsayā| ṛṣayo jajñire pūrvaṃ dvitīyamiti naḥ śrutam
At the sacrifice of the great god, while Brahmā, bearing a body belonging to Varuṇa, was offering his seed into the fire out of the desire for offspring — thus the sages were born the first time; (and) a second time, so we have heard.
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VaP 2 4.22
भृगुरङ्गिरा मरीचिः पुलस्त्यः पुलहः क्रतुः। अत्रिश्चैव वसिष्ठश्च अष्टौ ते ब्रह्मणः सुताः
bhṛguraṅgirā marīciḥ pulastyaḥ pulahaḥ kratuḥ| atriścaiva vasiṣṭhaśca aṣṭau te brahmaṇaḥ sutāḥ
Bhṛgu, Aṅgiras, Marīci, Pulastya, Pulaha, Kratu, and Atri, and Vasiṣṭha — those eight are the sons of Brahmā.
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VaP 2 4.23
तथास्य वितते यज्ञे देवाः सर्वे समागताः। यज्ञाङ्गानि च सर्वाणि वषट्कारश्च मूर्तिमान्
tathāsya vitate yajñe devāḥ sarve samāgatāḥ| yajñāṅgāni ca sarvāṇi vaṣaṭkāraśca mūrtimān
Likewise, at his extended sacrifice all the gods assembled, and all the limbs of the sacrifice, and the Vaṣaṭ-utterance in bodily form,
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VaP 2 4.24
मूर्त्तिमन्ति च सामानि यजूंषि च सहस्रशः। ऋग्वेद श्चाभवत्तत्र पदक्रमविभूषितः
mūrttimanti ca sāmāni yajūṃṣi ca sahasraśaḥ| ṛgveda ścābhavattatra padakramavibhūṣitaḥ
and the Sāman chants embodied, and the Yajus formulas by the thousand; and the Ṛgveda was there, adorned with word-order (pada and krama).
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VaP 2 4.25
यजुर्वेदश्च वृत्ताढ्य ओङ्कारवदनोज्ज्वलः। स्थितो यज्ञार्थसंपृक्तसूक्तब्राह्मणमन्त्रवान्
yajurvedaśca vṛttāḍhya oṅkāravadanojjvalaḥ| sthito yajñārthasaṃpṛktasūktabrāhmaṇamantravān
And the Yajurveda, rich in metres, radiant with the syllable OM as its mouth, stood there, possessed of the hymns, brāhmaṇas and mantras connected with the purposes of sacrifice.
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VaP 2 4.26
सामवेदश्च वृत्ताढ्यः सर्वगेयपुरःसरः। विश्वावस्वादिभिः सार्द्धं गन्धर्वैः सम्भृतोऽभवत्
sāmavedaśca vṛttāḍhyaḥ sarvageyapuraḥsaraḥ| viśvāvasvādibhiḥ sārddhaṃ gandharvaiḥ sambhṛto'bhavat
And the Sāmaveda, rich in metres, foremost of all that is sung, came to be attended by the gandharvas, Viśvāvasu and the rest.
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VaP 2 4.27
ब्रह्म वेदस्तथा घोरैः कृत्याविधिभिरन्वितः। प्रत्यङ्गिरसयोगैश्च द्विशरीरशिरोऽभवत्
brahma vedastathā ghoraiḥ kṛtyāvidhibhiranvitaḥ| pratyaṅgirasayogaiśca dviśarīraśiro'bhavat
So too the Brahma-veda (Atharvaveda), accompanied by the dreadful rules of the kṛtyā rites, and by the practices of the Pratyaṅgirasa (spells), came to have two bodies and a head.
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VaP 2 4.28
लक्षणानि स्वराः स्तोभा निरुक्तस्वरभक्तयः। आश्रयस्तु वषट्कारो निग्रहप्रग्रहावपि
lakṣaṇāni svarāḥ stobhā niruktasvarabhaktayaḥ| āśrayastu vaṣaṭkāro nigrahapragrahāvapi
The characteristic marks, the accents, the stobhas, the etymologies and the divisions of the accents; and the vaṣaṭ-utterance as their support, and also the lowering and raising (of tone) —
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VaP 2 4.29
दीप्ता दीप्तिरिलादेवी दिशः प्रदिशगीश्वराः । देवकन्याश्च पत्न्यश्च तथा मातर एव च
dīptā dīptirilādevī diśaḥ pradiśagīśvarāḥ | devakanyāśca patnyaśca tathā mātara eva ca
Dīptā, Dīpti, the goddess Ilā, the directions, the lords of the intermediate directions, and the daughters of the gods, and the wives, and likewise the mothers,
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VaP 2 4.30
आयुः सर्वत एवैते देवस्य यजतो मुखे। मूर्त्तिमन्तः स्वरूपाख्या वरुणस्य वपुर्भृतः
āyuḥ sarvata evaite devasya yajato mukhe| mūrttimantaḥ svarūpākhyā varuṇasya vapurbhṛtaḥ
and Life — all these are on all sides in the mouth of the sacrificing god; having form, named by their own shapes, they bear the body of Varuṇa.
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VaP 2 4.31
स्वयम्भुवस्तु ता दृष्ट्वा रेतः समपतद्भुवि। ब्रह्मर्षेर्भावभूतस्य विधानाच्च न संशयः
svayambhuvastu tā dṛṣṭvā retaḥ samapatadbhuvi| brahmarṣerbhāvabhūtasya vidhānācca na saṃśayaḥ
But the Self-existent, seeing them, his seed fell upon the earth; and (this was) from the ordinance of the brahmā-seer who had become (filled with) emotion — there is no doubt of it.
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VaP 2 4.32
कृत्वा जुहाव स्रुग्भ्याञ्च स्रुवेण परिगृह्य च। आज्यवज्जुहुवाञ्जक्रे मन्त्रवच्च पितामहः
kṛtvā juhāva srugbhyāñca sruveṇa parigṛhya ca| ājyavajjuhuvāñjakre mantravacca pitāmahaḥ
Having done (so), (he) offered it with the two ladles, taking it up with the sruva-spoon; and the Grandfather made his oblation as though it were clarified butter and with mantras.
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VaP 2 4.33
ततः स जनयामास भूतग्रामं प्रजापतिः। तस्यार्वाक् तेजसस्तस्य यज्ञे लोकेषु तैजसम्। तमसाभावव्याप्यत्वं तथा सत्त्वं तथा रजः
tataḥ sa janayāmāsa bhūtagrāmaṃ prajāpatiḥ| tasyārvāk tejasastasya yajñe lokeṣu taijasam| tamasābhāvavyāpyatvaṃ tathā sattvaṃ tathā rajaḥ
Then that Prajāpati generated the host of beings. Below that fiery essence of his, (there was) in the sacrifice among the worlds what is fiery, and the being-pervaded by darkness as non-existence, and likewise sattva and likewise rajas.
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VaP 2 4.34
सगुणात्तेजसो नित्यमाकाशे तमसि स्थितम्। तमसस्तेजसत्वाच्च सर्वभूतानि जज्ञिरे
saguṇāttejaso nityamākāśe tamasi sthitam| tamasastejasatvācca sarvabhūtāni jajñire
From fiery essence possessed of the qualities, (what is) constantly established in the ether (is) in darkness; and because darkness has the nature of fire, all beings were born.
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VaP 2 4.35
यदा तस्मिन्नजायन्त काले पुत्रास्तु कर्मजाः। आज्यस्थाल्यामुपादाय स्वशुक्रं हुतवांश्च ह
yadā tasminnajāyanta kāle putrāstu karmajāḥ| ājyasthālyāmupādāya svaśukraṃ hutavāṃśca ha
When in that (fire) at that time sons born of ritual action were being produced, taking up his own seed in the butter-vessel he offered it as oblation.
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VaP 2 4.36
शुक्रे हुतेऽथ तस्मिंस्तु प्रादुर्भूता महर्षयः। ज्वलन्तो वपुषा युक्ताः सप्त वै प्रसवैर्गुणैः
śukre hute'tha tasmiṃstu prādurbhūtā maharṣayaḥ| jvalanto vapuṣā yuktāḥ sapta vai prasavairguṇaiḥ
Then, when that seed had been offered, the great seers appeared, blazing, endowed with bodily form — seven indeed, with their offspring and qualities.
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VaP 2 4.37
हुते चाग्नौ सकृच्छुक्रे ज्वालाया निःसृतः कविः। हिरण्यगर्भस्तं दृष्ट्वा ज्वालां भित्त्वा विनिःसृतम्। भृगुस्त्वमिति होवाच यस्मात्तस्मात्स वै भृगुः
hute cāgnau sakṛcchukre jvālāyā niḥsṛtaḥ kaviḥ| hiraṇyagarbhastaṃ dṛṣṭvā jvālāṃ bhittvā viniḥsṛtam| bhṛgustvamiti hovāca yasmāttasmātsa vai bhṛguḥ
When the seed had been offered once into the fire, the sage came forth out of the flame; Hiraṇyagarbha, seeing him come forth having split the flame, said, "You are Bhṛgu" — and for that reason he is indeed Bhṛgu.
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VaP 2 4.38
महादेवस्तथोद्भूतं दृष्ट्वा ब्राह्मणमब्रवीत्। ममैष पुत्रकामस्य दीक्षितस्य त्वयं प्रभो। विजज्ञेऽथ भृगुर्द्देवो मम पुत्रो भवत्वयम्
mahādevastathodbhūtaṃ dṛṣṭvā brāhmaṇamabravīt| mamaiṣa putrakāmasya dīkṣitasya tvayaṃ prabho| vijajñe'tha bhṛgurddevo mama putro bhavatvayam
Mahādeva, seeing the brāhmaṇa who had thus arisen, said: "O lord, this one is mine, for I desired a son and was consecrated; and now the god Bhṛgu has been born — let him be my son."
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VaP 2 4.39
तथोति समनुज्ञातो महादेवः स्वयम्भुवा। पुत्रत्वे कल्पयामास महादेवस्तथा भृगुम्। वारुणा भृगवस्तस्मात्तदपत्यञ्च स प्रभुः
tathoti samanujñāto mahādevaḥ svayambhuvā| putratve kalpayāmāsa mahādevastathā bhṛgum| vāruṇā bhṛgavastasmāttadapatyañca sa prabhuḥ
Being thus assented to with "So be it" by the Self-existent, Mahādeva appointed Bhṛgu in the status of a son; therefore the Bhṛgus are Vāruṇas, and that lord (Varuṇa) had him as offspring.
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VaP 2 4.40
द्वितीयन्तु ततः शुक्रमङ्गारेष्वपतत्प्रभुः। अङ्गारेष्वङ्गिरोऽङ्गानि संहितानि ततोऽङ्गिराः
dvitīyantu tataḥ śukramaṅgāreṣvapatatprabhuḥ| aṅgāreṣvaṅgiro'ṅgāni saṃhitāni tato'ṅgirāḥ
Then the lord's seed fell a second time upon the coals; "the limbs (aṅgāni) were gathered in the coals (aṅgāreṣu)" — hence Aṅgiras.
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VaP 2 4.41
सम्भूतिं तस्य तां दृष्ट्वा वह्निर्ब्रह्माणमब्रवीत्। रेतोधास्तुभ्यमेवाहं द्वितीयोऽयं ममास्त्विति
sambhūtiṃ tasya tāṃ dṛṣṭvā vahnirbrahmāṇamabravīt| retodhāstubhyamevāhaṃ dvitīyo'yaṃ mamāstviti
Seeing that origination of his, Fire said to Brahmā: "I alone am the placer of the seed for you; let this second one be mine."
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VaP 2 4.42
एवमस्त्विति सोऽप्युक्तो ब्रह्मणा सदसस्पतिः। तस्मादङ्गिरसश्चापि आग्नेया इति नः श्रुतम्
evamastviti so'pyukto brahmaṇā sadasaspatiḥ| tasmādaṅgirasaścāpi āgneyā iti naḥ śrutam
He too, the lord of the assembly, being told by Brahmā "So be it" — therefore the Aṅgirases too are Āgneyas, so we have heard.
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VaP 2 4.43
षट्कृत्यस्तु पुनः शुक्रे ब्रह्मणा लोककारिणा। हुते समभवंस्तत्र षड्ब्रह्माण इति श्रुतिः
ṣaṭkṛtyastu punaḥ śukre brahmaṇā lokakāriṇā| hute samabhavaṃstatra ṣaḍbrahmāṇa iti śrutiḥ
But when the seed was offered six times over by Brahmā, the maker of the worlds, there came into being six Brahmās — so is the sacred tradition.
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VaP 2 4.44
मरीचिः प्रथमस्तत्र मरीचिभ्यः समुत्थितः। क्रतौ तस्मिन् सुतो जज्ञे यतस्तस्मात्स वै क्रतुः
marīciḥ prathamastatra marīcibhyaḥ samutthitaḥ| kratau tasmin suto jajñe yatastasmātsa vai kratuḥ
There Marīci was the first, arisen from the rays (marīci); in that rite (kratu) a son was born to him, wherefore he is indeed Kratu.
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VaP 2 4.45
अहं तृतीय इत्यर्थस्तस्मादत्रिः स कीर्त्त्यते। केशैश्च निशितैर्भूतः पुलस्त्यस्तेन स स्मृतः
ahaṃ tṛtīya ityarthastasmādatriḥ sa kīrttyate| keśaiśca niśitairbhūtaḥ pulastyastena sa smṛtaḥ
"I am the third" — that is the meaning; therefore he is celebrated as Atri. And he came into being from sharp (pointed) hairs, hence he is remembered as Pulastya.
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VaP 2 4.46
केशैर्लम्बैः समुद्भूतस्तस्मात्तु पुलहः स्मृतः । वसुमध्यात्समुत्पन्नो वसुमान् वसुधाश्रयः
keśairlambaiḥ samudbhūtastasmāttu pulahaḥ smṛtaḥ | vasumadhyātsamutpanno vasumān vasudhāśrayaḥ
He arose from hanging hairs, and therefore is remembered as Pulaha. Arisen from the midst of the vasu (wealth/dwelling), he was possessed of wealth and the support of the earth.
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VaP 2 4.47
वसिष्ठ इति तत्त्वज्ञैः प्रोच्यते व्रह्मवादिभिः । इत्येते ब्रह्मणः पुत्रा मानसाः षण्महर्षयः
vasiṣṭha iti tattvajñaiḥ procyate vrahmavādibhiḥ | ityete brahmaṇaḥ putrā mānasāḥ ṣaṇmaharṣayaḥ
He is called Vasiṣṭha by those who know the truth, the expounders of Brahman. These, then, are the sons of Brahmā, the six great seers born of his mind.
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VaP 2 4.48
लोकस्य सन्तानकरास्तैरिमा वर्द्धिताः प्रजाः। प्रजापतय इत्येवं पठ्यन्ते ब्रह्मणः सुताः
lokasya santānakarāstairimā varddhitāḥ prajāḥ| prajāpataya ityevaṃ paṭhyante brahmaṇaḥ sutāḥ
They are the propagators of the world's lineage; by them these creatures were increased. Thus the sons of Brahmā are recited as "Prajāpatis" (lords of creatures).
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VaP 2 4.49
अपरे पितरो नाम एतैरेव महर्षिभिः। उत्पादिता ऋषिगणाः सप्त लोकेषु विश्रुताः
apare pitaro nāma etaireva maharṣibhiḥ| utpāditā ṛṣigaṇāḥ sapta lokeṣu viśrutāḥ
Others, called the Fathers (Pitṛs), were brought forth by these very great seers, (and) the seven groups of seers renowned in the worlds.
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VaP 2 4.50
मारीचा भार्गवाश्चैव तथैवाङ्गिरसोऽपरे। पौलस्त्याः पौलहाश्चैव वासिष्ठाश्चैव विश्रुताः। आत्रेयाश्च गणाः प्रोक्ताः पितॄणां लोकविश्रुताः
mārīcā bhārgavāścaiva tathaivāṅgiraso'pare| paulastyāḥ paulahāścaiva vāsiṣṭhāścaiva viśrutāḥ| ātreyāśca gaṇāḥ proktāḥ pitṝṇāṃ lokaviśrutāḥ
The Mārīcas, the Bhārgavas, and likewise the Āṅgirasas, others; the Paulastyas, the Paulahas, and the Vāsiṣṭhas, (all) renowned; and the Ātreyas — these are declared to be the groups of the Fathers, famed in the world.
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VaP 2 4.51
एते समासतस्तात पुरैव तु गुणास्त्रयः। अपूर्वश्च प्रकाशाश्च ज्योतिष्मन्तश्च विश्रुताः
ete samāsatastāta puraiva tu guṇāstrayaḥ| apūrvaśca prakāśāśca jyotiṣmantaśca viśrutāḥ
These, in brief, dear one, were formerly the three qualities: and they are known as Apūrva (unprecedented), Prakāśa (luminous), and Jyotiṣmat (radiant).
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VaP 2 4.52
तेषां राजा यमो देवो यमैर्विहितकल्मषाः। अपरे प्रजानां पतयस्ताञ्छृणुध्वमतन्द्रिताः
teṣāṃ rājā yamo devo yamairvihitakalmaṣāḥ| apare prajānāṃ patayastāñchṛṇudhvamatandritāḥ
Their king is the god Yama; through (their) restraints their impurities were removed. There are other lords of creatures; hear of them without slackness.
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VaP 2 4.53
कर्द्दमः कश्यपः शेषो विक्रान्तः सुश्रुवास्तथा। बहुपुत्रः कुमारश्च विवस्वान् स शुचिश्रवाः
karddamaḥ kaśyapaḥ śeṣo vikrāntaḥ suśruvāstathā| bahuputraḥ kumāraśca vivasvān sa śuciśravāḥ
Kardama, Kaśyapa, Śeṣa, Vikrānta, and likewise Suśruvas; Bahuputra, Kumāra, and Vivasvat, he of holy fame.
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VaP 2 4.54
प्रचेतसोऽरिष्टनेमिर्बहुलस्व प्रजापतिः। इत्येवमादयोऽन्येऽपि बहवश्च प्रजेश्वराः
pracetaso'riṣṭanemirbahulasva prajāpatiḥ| ityevamādayo'nye'pi bahavaśca prajeśvarāḥ
Pracetas, Ariṣṭanemi, (and) the Prajāpati Bahulāśva — these and others too, many lords of creatures.
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VaP 2 4.55
कुशोच्चया वालखिल्याः सम्भूताः परमर्षयः। मनोजवाः सर्वगताः सार्वभौमाश्च तेऽभवन्
kuśoccayā vālakhilyāḥ sambhūtāḥ paramarṣayaḥ| manojavāḥ sarvagatāḥ sārvabhaumāśca te'bhavan
The Vālakhilyas, heaped up like kuśa grass, came into being as supreme seers; swift as thought, going everywhere, they became (rangers) of all the earth.
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VaP 2 4.56
जाता भस्मव्यपोहिन्यां ब्रह्मर्षिगणसम्मताः। वैखानसा मुनिगणास्तपःश्रुतपरायणाः
jātā bhasmavyapohinyāṃ brahmarṣigaṇasammatāḥ| vaikhānasā munigaṇāstapaḥśrutaparāyaṇāḥ
Born in (the woman?) Bhasmavyapohinī, approved by the host of brahmin-seers, (were) the Vaikhānasas, groups of sages devoted to austerity and sacred learning.
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VaP 2 4.58
स्रोतोभ्यस्तस्य चोत्पन्नावश्विनौ रूपसम्मितौ। विदुर्जन्माक्षरजसो विमला नेत्रसम्भवाः ४.५७ ।। ज्येष्ठाः प्रजानां पतयः स्रोतोभ्यस्तस्य जज्ञिरे। ऋषयो रोमकूपेभ्यस्तथा स्वेदमलोद्भवाः
srotobhyastasya cotpannāvaśvinau rūpasammitau| vidurjanmākṣarajaso vimalā netrasambhavāḥ 4.57 || jyeṣṭhāḥ prajānāṃ patayaḥ srotobhyastasya jajñire| ṛṣayo romakūpebhyastathā svedamalodbhavāḥ
And from his streams (of flow) were produced the two Aśvins, matched in form. They know the birth of the imperishable dust; the spotless ones arose from his eye. || The eldest lords of creatures were born from his streams; the seers (arose) from his hair-pores, and likewise (beings) born of his sweat and bodily impurity.
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VaP 2 4.59
दारुणा हि रुते मासा निर्यासाः पक्षसन्धयः। वत्सरा ये त्वहोरात्राः पित्रं ज्योतिश्च दारुणम्
dāruṇā hi rute māsā niryāsāḥ pakṣasandhayaḥ| vatsarā ye tvahorātrāḥ pitraṃ jyotiśca dāruṇam
For in (his) cry the months are harsh; the junctures of the fortnights are exudations; the years are the days and nights; and the paternal light is harsh.
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VaP 2 4.60
रौद्रं लोहितमित्याहुर्लोहितं कनकं स्मृतम्। तन्मैत्रमिति विज्ञेयं धूमश्च पशवः स्मृताः
raudraṃ lohitamityāhurlohitaṃ kanakaṃ smṛtam| tanmaitramiti vijñeyaṃ dhūmaśca paśavaḥ smṛtāḥ
They call the fierce (raudra) the red (lohita); the red is held to be gold; that is to be understood as belonging to Mitra; and the smoke — the cattle are held (to be that).
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VaP 2 4.61
येऽर्च्चिषस्तस्य ते रुद्रास्तथादित्याः समुद्भवाः। अङ्गारेभ्यः समुत्पन्ना ज्योतिषो दिव्यमानुषाः
ye'rcciṣastasya te rudrāstathādityāḥ samudbhavāḥ| aṅgārebhyaḥ samutpannā jyotiṣo divyamānuṣāḥ
Those (born) of his flame are the Rudras, and likewise the Ādityas arose (thus); from the embers arose the divine and human (beings) of light.
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VaP 2 4.62
आदिमानस्य लोकस्य ब्रह्मा ब्रह्मसमुद्भवः। सर्वकामदमित्याहुस्तत्र कन्यामुदाहरन्
ādimānasya lokasya brahmā brahmasamudbhavaḥ| sarvakāmadamityāhustatra kanyāmudāharan
Of the primordial mental world, Brahmā (was) born of Brahman; they call it the granter of all desires; there they mentioned a maiden.
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VaP 2 4.63
ब्रह्मा सुरगुरुस्तत्र त्रिदशैः संप्रसीदति। इमे वै जनयिष्यन्ति प्रजाः सर्वाः प्रजेश्वराः
brahmā suragurustatra tridaśaiḥ saṃprasīdati| ime vai janayiṣyanti prajāḥ sarvāḥ prajeśvarāḥ
There Brahmā, the teacher of the gods, is well pleased along with the thirty (gods): "These lords of creatures shall indeed beget all creatures."
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VaP 2 4.64
स्वे प्रजानां पतयः सर्वे चापि तपस्विनः। तत्प्रसादादिमाँल्लोकान्धारयेयुरिमाः क्रियाः
sve prajānāṃ patayaḥ sarve cāpi tapasvinaḥ| tatprasādādimā~llokāndhārayeyurimāḥ kriyāḥ
All (these) lords of creatures are his own, and are also ascetics; by his grace they would uphold these worlds and these rites.
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VaP 2 4.65
द्वन्द्वं संवर्द्धयामास तव तेजोविवर्द्धनम्। देवेषु वेदविद्वांसः सर्वे राजर्षयस्तथा
dvandvaṃ saṃvarddhayāmāsa tava tejovivarddhanam| deveṣu vedavidvāṃsaḥ sarve rājarṣayastathā
He caused the pair to increase, which is the increase of your splendour. Among the gods, all those who know the Veda, and likewise the royal seers...
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VaP 2 4.66
वेदमन्त्र पराः सर्वे प्रजापतिगुणोद्भवाः। अनन्तं ब्रह्म सत्यञ्च तपश्च परमं भुवि
vedamantra parāḥ sarve prajāpatiguṇodbhavāḥ| anantaṃ brahma satyañca tapaśca paramaṃ bhuvi
All (of them are) devoted to the Vedic mantras, arisen from the qualities of Prajāpati; endless is the Brahman, and truth, and on earth the highest austerity.
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VaP 2 4.67
सर्वे हि वयमेते च तवैव प्रसवः प्रभो। ब्रह्म च ब्राह्मणाश्चैव लोकाश्चैव चराचराः
sarve hi vayamete ca tavaiva prasavaḥ prabho| brahma ca brāhmaṇāścaiva lokāścaiva carācarāḥ
For all we here, and these too, are your very offspring, O lord — the Veda (or: Brahman) and the brahmins, and the worlds with their moving and unmoving (beings).
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VaP 2 4.68
मरीचिमादितः कृत्वा देवाश्च ऋषिभिः सह। अपत्यानीह सञ्चिन्त्य तेऽपत्यङ्कामयामहे
marīcimāditaḥ kṛtvā devāśca ṛṣibhiḥ saha| apatyānīha sañcintya te'patyaṅkāmayāmahe
And the gods together with the sages, beginning with Marīci — having pondered here upon offspring, we desire offspring from you.
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VaP 2 4.69
तस्मिन् यज्ञे महाभागा देवाश्च ऋषिभिः सह। एतद्वंशसमुद्भूताः स्थानकालाभिमानिनः
tasmin yajñe mahābhāgā devāśca ṛṣibhiḥ saha| etadvaṃśasamudbhūtāḥ sthānakālābhimāninaḥ
At that sacrifice the greatly fortunate gods together with the sages, sprung from this lineage, laying claim to (their own) place and time —
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VaP 2 4.70
न च तेनैव रूपेण स्थापयेयुरिमाः प्रजाः। युगादिनिधनाच्चैव स्थापयेयुरिमाः प्रजाः
na ca tenaiva rūpeṇa sthāpayeyurimāḥ prajāḥ| yugādinidhanāccaiva sthāpayeyurimāḥ prajāḥ
and they would not establish these creatures in that same form; from the beginning and the end of the yuga they would establish these creatures.
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VaP 2 4.71
ततोऽब्रवील्लोकगुरुः परमित्यविचारयन् । एवं देवा विनिश्चित्य मया सृष्टा न संशयः। भवतां वंशसम्भूताः पुनरेते महर्षयः
tato'bravīllokaguruḥ paramityavicārayan | evaṃ devā viniścitya mayā sṛṣṭā na saṃśayaḥ| bhavatāṃ vaṃśasambhūtāḥ punarete maharṣayaḥ
Then the teacher of the worlds spoke, saying "So be it," without deliberating: "Thus, O gods, having determined (it), you were created by me, no doubt of it; these great sages, born of your lineage, (are) again (so)."
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VaP 2 4.72
तेषां भृघोः कीर्तयिष्ये वंशं पूर्वमहात्मनः। विस्तरेणानुपूर्व्या च प्रथमस्य प्रजापतेः
teṣāṃ bhṛghoḥ kīrtayiṣye vaṃśaṃ pūrvamahātmanaḥ| vistareṇānupūrvyā ca prathamasya prajāpateḥ
Of these I shall proclaim the lineage of Bhṛgu, the great-souled one of old, in detail and in due order — (the lineage) of the first Prajāpati.
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VaP 2 4.73
भार्या भृगोरप्रतिमे उत्तमेऽभिजने शुभे। हिरण्यकशिपोः कन्या दिव्या नाम परिश्रुता। पुलोम्नश्चापि पौलोमी दुहिता वर वर्णिनी
bhāryā bhṛgorapratime uttame'bhijane śubhe| hiraṇyakaśipoḥ kanyā divyā nāma pariśrutā| pulomnaścāpi paulomī duhitā vara varṇinī
Bhṛgu's two wives (were) incomparable, auspicious, of excellent birth: the daughter of Hiraṇyakaśipu, renowned by the name Divyā, and also Paulomī, the daughter of Puloman, of excellent complexion.
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VaP 2 4.74
भृगोस्त्वजनयद्दिव्या काव्यं वेदविदां वरम्। देवासुराणामाचार्यं शुक्रङ्कविसुतं ग्रहम्
bhṛgostvajanayaddivyā kāvyaṃ vedavidāṃ varam| devāsurāṇāmācāryaṃ śukraṅkavisutaṃ graham
Divyā bore to Bhṛgu Kāvya, best of the knowers of the Veda, the teacher of the gods and asuras, Śukra the planet, son of Kavi.
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VaP 2 4.75
स शुक्रश्चोशना ख्यातः स्मृतः काव्योऽपि नामतः। पितॄणां मानसी कन्या सोमपानां यशस्विनी। शुक्रस्य भार्याङ्गी नाम विजज्ञे चतुरः सुतान्
sa śukraścośanā khyātaḥ smṛtaḥ kāvyo'pi nāmataḥ| pitṝṇāṃ mānasī kanyā somapānāṃ yaśasvinī| śukrasya bhāryāṅgī nāma vijajñe caturaḥ sutān
That Śukra is known as Uśanas, and by name he is remembered as Kāvya too. The illustrious mind-born daughter of the soma-drinking fathers, Śukra's wife named Gī, gave birth to four sons.
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VaP 2 4.76
ब्राह्मेण तेजसा युक्तः स चातो ब्रह्मवित्तमः। तस्यामेव तु चत्वारः पुत्राः शुक्रस्य जज्ञिरे
brāhmeṇa tejasā yuktaḥ sa cāto brahmavittamaḥ| tasyāmeva tu catvāraḥ putrāḥ śukrasya jajñire
He was endowed with brahminical splendour and hence a foremost knower of Brahman; and of Śukra four sons were born of her.
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VaP 2 4.77
त्वष्टा वरूत्री द्वावेतौ शण्डामर्कौ च तावुभौ। ते तदादित्यसङ्काशा ब्रह्म कल्पाः प्रभावतः
tvaṣṭā varūtrī dvāvetau śaṇḍāmarkau ca tāvubhau| te tadādityasaṅkāśā brahma kalpāḥ prabhāvataḥ
Tvaṣṭā and Varūtrī, these two, and those two Śaṇḍa and Marka; they were then like the sun, comparable to Brahman in power.
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VaP 2 4.78
रञ्जनः पृथुरश्मिश्च विद्वान्यश्च बृहद्गिराः। वरूत्रिणः सुता ह्येते ब्रह्मिष्ठाः सुरयाजकाः
rañjanaḥ pṛthuraśmiśca vidvānyaśca bṛhadgirāḥ| varūtriṇaḥ sutā hyete brahmiṣṭhāḥ surayājakāḥ
Rañjana and Pṛthuraśmi, and the learned Bṛhadgirā — these indeed (were) the sons of Varūtrī, most devoted to Brahman, sacrificers for the gods.
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VaP 2 4.79
इज्याधर्मविनाशार्थं मनुमेत्याभ्ययोजयन्। निरस्यमानं वै धर्मं दृष्ट्वेन्द्रो मनुमब्रवीत्
ijyādharmavināśārthaṃ manumetyābhyayojayan| nirasyamānaṃ vai dharmaṃ dṛṣṭvendro manumabravīt
In order to destroy the law of sacrifice they went to Manu and engaged him; and seeing the law being cast aside, Indra spoke to Manu.
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VaP 2 4.80
एतैरेव तु कामं त्वां प्रापयिष्यामि याजनम्। श्रुत्वेन्द्रस्य तु तद्वाक्यं तस्माद् देशादपाक्रमन्
etaireva tu kāmaṃ tvāṃ prāpayiṣyāmi yājanam| śrutvendrasya tu tadvākyaṃ tasmād deśādapākraman
"With just these I shall bring about your sacrificing, as you wish." But hearing that speech of Indra they departed from that region.
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VaP 2 4.81
तिरोभूतेषु तेष्विन्द्रो धर्मपत्नीञ्च चेतनाम्। ग्रहेण मोचयित्वा तु ततः सोऽनुससार ताम्
tirobhūteṣu teṣvindro dharmapatnīñca cetanām| graheṇa mocayitvā tu tataḥ so'nusasāra tām
When they had vanished, Indra, having released by seizure the wife of Dharma and (her) consciousness, then followed after her.
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VaP 2 4.82
तत इन्द्रविनाशाय यतमानान् यतींस्तु तान् । तत्रागतान् पुनर्दृष्ट्वा दुष्टानिन्द्रः प्रहन्यतु। सुष्वाप देवदेवस्य वेद्यां वै दक्षिणे ततः
tata indravināśāya yatamānān yatīṃstu tān | tatrāgatān punardṛṣṭvā duṣṭānindraḥ prahanyatu| suṣvāpa devadevasya vedyāṃ vai dakṣiṇe tataḥ
Then, seeing those yatis who were striving for Indra's destruction come there again, Indra (resolved) to slay the wicked ones; then he slept on the southern altar of the god of gods.
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VaP 2 4.83
तेषान्तु भक्ष्यमाणानां तत्र शालावृकैः सह। शीर्षाणि न्यपतंस्तानि खर्जूराण्यभवंस्ततः
teṣāntu bhakṣyamāṇānāṃ tatra śālāvṛkaiḥ saha| śīrṣāṇi nyapataṃstāni kharjūrāṇyabhavaṃstataḥ
And as they were being devoured there by the śālāvṛka wolves, those heads of theirs fell down and then became date-palms.
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VaP 2 4.84
एवं वरूत्रिणः पुत्रा इन्द्रेण निहताः पुरा। यजन्यां देवयानी च शुक्रस्य दुहिताऽभवत्
evaṃ varūtriṇaḥ putrā indreṇa nihatāḥ purā| yajanyāṃ devayānī ca śukrasya duhitā'bhavat
Thus the sons of Varūtrī were formerly slain by Indra. And of Śukra, Devayānī was the daughter, born of Yajanyā.
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VaP 2 4.85
त्रिशिरा विश्वरूपस्तु त्वष्टुः पुत्रोऽभवन्महान्। विश्वरूपानुजश्चापि विश्वकर्मा यमः स्मृतः
triśirā viśvarūpastu tvaṣṭuḥ putro'bhavanmahān| viśvarūpānujaścāpi viśvakarmā yamaḥ smṛtaḥ
Triśiras Viśvarūpa, the great one, was Tvaṣṭā's son; and the younger brother of Viśvarūpa is remembered as Viśvakarmā Yama.
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VaP 2 4.86
भृगोस्तु भृगवो देवा जज्ञिरे द्वादशात्मजाः। देव्यां तान्सुषुवे सर्वान्काव्यश्चैवात्मजान्प्रभुः
bhṛgostu bhṛgavo devā jajñire dvādaśātmajāḥ| devyāṃ tānsuṣuve sarvānkāvyaścaivātmajānprabhuḥ
From Bhṛgu were born the Bhṛgu gods, twelve sons; the lord Kāvya begot all those sons in (his wife) Devī.
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VaP 2 4.87
भुवनो भावनश्चैव अन्यश्चान्यायतस्तथा। क्रतुःश्रवाश्च मूर्द्धा च व्यजयो व्यश्रुषश्च यः। प्रसव श्चाप्यजश्चैव द्वादशोऽधिपतिः स्मृतः
bhuvano bhāvanaścaiva anyaścānyāyatastathā| kratuḥśravāśca mūrddhā ca vyajayo vyaśruṣaśca yaḥ| prasava ścāpyajaścaiva dvādaśo'dhipatiḥ smṛtaḥ
Bhuvana and Bhāvana, and Anya and likewise Anyāyata, Kratu, Śravas and Mūrdhan, Vyajaya and he who is Vyaśruṣa, and Prasava and Aja — (this last) is remembered as the twelfth, the overlord.
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VaP 2 4.88
इत्येते भृगवो देवाः स्मृता द्वादश याज्ञिकाः । पौलोम्यजनयत्पुत्रं ब्रह्मिष्ठं वशिनं विभुम्
ityete bhṛgavo devāḥ smṛtā dvādaśa yājñikāḥ | paulomyajanayatputraṃ brahmiṣṭhaṃ vaśinaṃ vibhum
These are remembered as the twelve Bhṛgu gods, receivers of sacrifice. Paulomī bore a son, most devoted to brahman, self-controlled, mighty.
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VaP 2 4.89
व्याधितः सोऽष्टमे मासि गर्भक्रूरेण कर्मणा। च्यवनाच्च्यवनासोऽथ चेतनस्तु प्रचेतसः। प्राचेतसाच्च्यवनक्रोधादध्वानं पुरुषादजः
vyādhitaḥ so'ṣṭame māsi garbhakrūreṇa karmaṇā| cyavanāccyavanāso'tha cetanastu pracetasaḥ| prācetasāccyavanakrodhādadhvānaṃ puruṣādajaḥ
He was afflicted in the eighth month by a cruel act (done) in the womb; from Cyavana (came) the Cyavanas, and Cetana (was) of Pracetas; from Prācetasa, by Cyavana's wrath, (came) the road, from the man Aja.
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VaP 2 4.90
जनयामास पुत्रौ द्वौ सुकन्यायाञ्च भार्गवः। आत्मवानं दधीचञ्च तावुभौ साधुसंमतौ
janayāmāsa putrau dvau sukanyāyāñca bhārgavaḥ| ātmavānaṃ dadhīcañca tāvubhau sādhusaṃmatau
And the Bhārgava begot two sons in Sukanyā: Ātmavān and Dadhīca, both of them esteemed by the good.
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VaP 2 4.91
सारस्वतः सरस्वत्यां दधीचाच्चोपपद्यते। रुची पत्नी महाभागा आत्मवानस्य नाहुषी
sārasvataḥ sarasvatyāṃ dadhīcāccopapadyate| rucī patnī mahābhāgā ātmavānasya nāhuṣī
And from Dadhīca in Sarasvatī, Sārasvata came into being. Ruci, the greatly fortunate daughter of Nahuṣa, was the wife of this Ātmavān.
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VaP 2 4.92
तस्य ऊर्वोऋषिर्जज्ञे ऊरू भित्त्वा महायशाः । और्वश्चासीदृचीकस्तु दीप्ताग्निसदृशप्रभः
tasya ūrvoṛṣirjajñe ūrū bhittvā mahāyaśāḥ | aurvaścāsīdṛcīkastu dīptāgnisadṛśaprabhaḥ
Of him the sage Ūrva was born, of great fame, splitting open the thigh; and Aurva's (son) was Ṛcīka, whose radiance was like blazing fire.
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VaP 2 4.93
जमदग्निऋचीकस्य सत्यवत्यां व्यजायत। भृगोश्च रुचिपर्याये रौद्रवैष्णवयोस्तथा
jamadagniṛcīkasya satyavatyāṃ vyajāyata| bhṛgośca ruciparyāye raudravaiṣṇavayostathā
Jamadagni was born of Ṛcīka in Satyavatī; and of Bhṛgu, in the succession of Ruci, of the Raudra and Vaiṣṇava (fires).
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VaP 2 4.94
जमनाद्वैष्णवस्याग्नेर्जमदग्निरजायत। रेणुका जमदग्नेस्तु शक्रतुल्यपराक्रमम्। ब्रह्मक्षत्रमयं रामं सुषुवेऽमिततेजसम्
jamanādvaiṣṇavasyāgnerjamadagnirajāyata| reṇukā jamadagnestu śakratulyaparākramam| brahmakṣatramayaṃ rāmaṃ suṣuve'mitatejasam
From the blazing (jamana) of the Vaiṣṇava fire, Jamadagni was born; and Reṇukā bore to Jamadagni the immeasurably brilliant Rāma, whose valour equalled Śakra's, composed of both brahman and kṣatra.
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VaP 2 4.95
और्वस्यासीत्पुत्रशतं जमदग्निपुरागेमम् । तेषां पुत्रसहस्राणि भार्गवाणां परस्परात्
aurvasyāsītputraśataṃ jamadagnipurāgemam | teṣāṃ putrasahasrāṇi bhārgavāṇāṃ parasparāt
Aurva had a hundred sons before Jamadagni; of them, through mutual (unions), there were thousands of sons of the Bhārgavas.
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VaP 2 4.96
ऋष्यन्तरेषु वै बाह्या बहवो भार्गवाः स्मृताः । वत्सो विश्वोऽश्विषेणश्च पाण्डः पथ्यः सशौनकः। गोत्रेण सप्तमा ह्येते पक्षा ज्ञेयास्तु भार्गवाः
ṛṣyantareṣu vai bāhyā bahavo bhārgavāḥ smṛtāḥ | vatso viśvo'śviṣeṇaśca pāṇḍaḥ pathyaḥ saśaunakaḥ| gotreṇa saptamā hyete pakṣā jñeyāstu bhārgavāḥ
Among (the lines of) other sages, many Bhārgavas are remembered as outsiders: Vatsa, Viśva, Aśviṣeṇa, Pāṇḍa, Pathya, and Śaunaka — these seven by lineage are to be known as the Bhārgava branches.
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VaP 2 4.97
श्रृणुताङ्गिरसो वंशमग्नेः पुत्रस्य धीमतः। यस्यान्ववाये सम्भूता भारद्वाजाः सगौतमाः। देवाश्चाङ्गिरसो मुख्यास्त्विषुमन्तो महौजसः
śrṛṇutāṅgiraso vaṃśamagneḥ putrasya dhīmataḥ| yasyānvavāye sambhūtā bhāradvājāḥ sagautamāḥ| devāścāṅgiraso mukhyāstviṣumanto mahaujasaḥ
Hear the lineage of Aṅgiras, the wise son of Agni, in whose descent were born the Bhāradvājas together with the Gautamas, and the chief Aṅgirasa gods, radiant and of great might.
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VaP 2 4.98
सुरूपा चैव मारीची कार्द्दमी च तथा स्वराट्। पथ्या च मानवी कन्या तिस्रो भार्यास्त्वथर्वणः। इत्येताङ्गिरसः पत्न्यस्तासु वक्ष्यामि सन्ततिम्
surūpā caiva mārīcī kārddamī ca tathā svarāṭ| pathyā ca mānavī kanyā tisro bhāryāstvatharvaṇaḥ| ityetāṅgirasaḥ patnyastāsu vakṣyāmi santatim
Surūpā the daughter of Marīci, and the daughter of Kardama, and likewise Svarāṭ, and Pathyā the daughter of Manu — three (were) the wives of Atharvan; these are the wives of Aṅgiras, among whom I shall relate the offspring.
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VaP 2 4.99
अथर्वणस्तु दायादास्तासु जाताः कुलोद्वहाः। उत्पन्ना महता चैव तपसा भावितात्मनाम्
atharvaṇastu dāyādāstāsu jātāḥ kulodvahāḥ| utpannā mahatā caiva tapasā bhāvitātmanām
The heirs of Atharvan, born in them, upholders of the family, were produced by the great austerity of those whose selves were purified.
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VaP 2 4.100
बृहस्पतिः सुरूपायां गौतमः सुषुवे स्वराट्। अवन्ध्यं वामदेवञ्च उतथ्यमुशिजन्तथा
bṛhaspatiḥ surūpāyāṃ gautamaḥ suṣuve svarāṭ| avandhyaṃ vāmadevañca utathyamuśijantathā
Surūpā bore Bṛhaspati; Svarāṭ bore Gautama, Avandhya, Vāmadeva, and Utathya and Uśijan.
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VaP 2 4.101
धिष्णुः पुत्रस्तु पथ्यायां संवर्तश्चैव मानसः। विचित्तश्च तथायस्यः शरद्वांश्चाप्युतथ्यजः
dhiṣṇuḥ putrastu pathyāyāṃ saṃvartaścaiva mānasaḥ| vicittaśca tathāyasyaḥ śaradvāṃścāpyutathyajaḥ
In Pathyā the son was Dhiṣṇu, and Saṃvarta, the mind-born; and Vicitta, and likewise Ayasya; and Śaradvān was Utathya's son.
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VaP 2 4.102
अशिजो दीर्घतमा बृहदुत्थो वामदेवजः। धिष्णुः पुत्राः सुधन्वान ऋषभश्च सुधन्वनः
aśijo dīrghatamā bṛhaduttho vāmadevajaḥ| dhiṣṇuḥ putrāḥ sudhanvāna ṛṣabhaśca sudhanvanaḥ
Uśij's (son) was Dīrghatamas; Bṛhaduttha was Vāmadeva's son; Dhiṣṇu's sons were the Sudhanvans, and Ṛṣabha was Sudhanvan's son.
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VaP 2 4.103
रथकाराः स्मृता देवा ऋषयो ये परिश्रुताः। बृहस्पतेर्भरद्वाजो विश्रुतः सुमहायशाः
rathakārāḥ smṛtā devā ṛṣayo ye pariśrutāḥ| bṛhaspaterbharadvājo viśrutaḥ sumahāyaśāḥ
They are remembered as the Rathakāra gods, the sages who are widely renowned. Of Bṛhaspati (the son) was Bharadvāja, famed and of very great glory.
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VaP 2 4.104
अङ्गिरसस्तु संवर्त्तो देवानङ्गिरसः श्रृणु। बृहस्पतेर्यवीयांसो देवा ह्यङ्गिरसः स्मृताः
aṅgirasastu saṃvartto devānaṅgirasaḥ śrṛṇu| bṛhaspateryavīyāṃso devā hyaṅgirasaḥ smṛtāḥ
And Saṃvarta was of Aṅgiras. Hear of the Aṅgirasa gods: those younger than Bṛhaspati are remembered as the Aṅgirasa gods.
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VaP 2 4.105
औरसाङ्गिरसः पुत्राः सुरूपायां विजज्ञिरे। औदार्यायुर्दनुर्दक्षो दर्भः प्राणस्तथैव च। हविष्मांश्च हविष्णुश्च क्रतुः सत्यश्च ते दश
aurasāṅgirasaḥ putrāḥ surūpāyāṃ vijajñire| audāryāyurdanurdakṣo darbhaḥ prāṇastathaiva ca| haviṣmāṃśca haviṣṇuśca kratuḥ satyaśca te daśa
The bodily-born sons of Aṅgiras were begotten in Surūpā: Audārya, Āyu, Danu, Dakṣa, Darbha, and likewise Prāṇa, Haviṣmān and Haviṣṇu, Kratu and Satya — these ten.
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VaP 2 4.106
अयस्यस्तु उतथ्यश्च वामदेवस्तथोशिजः। भारद्वाजाः शांकृतिका गार्ग्यकाण्वरथीतराः
ayasyastu utathyaśca vāmadevastathośijaḥ| bhāradvājāḥ śāṃkṛtikā gārgyakāṇvarathītarāḥ
Ayasya and Utathya, and Vāmadeva, and Uśija; (and the gotras) Bhāradvājas, Śāṃkṛtikas, Gārgyas, Kāṇvas, Rathītaras.
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VaP 2 4.107
मुद्गला विष्णुवृद्धाश्च हरिता वायवस्तथा। तथा भाक्षा भरद्वाजा आर्षभाः किम्भयास्तथा
mudgalā viṣṇuvṛddhāśca haritā vāyavastathā| tathā bhākṣā bharadvājā ārṣabhāḥ kimbhayāstathā
The Mudgalas and the Viṣṇuvṛddhas, the Haritas and the Vāyus, likewise the Bhākṣas, the Bharadvājas, the Ārṣabhas, and the Kimbhayas.
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VaP 2 4.108
एते ह्यङ्गिरसः पक्षा विज्ञेया दश पञ्च च। ऋष्यन्तरेषु वै बाह्या बहवोऽङ्गिरसः स्मृताः
ete hyaṅgirasaḥ pakṣā vijñeyā daśa pañca ca| ṛṣyantareṣu vai bāhyā bahavo'ṅgirasaḥ smṛtāḥ
These are to be known as the fifteen branches of the Aṅgirases; and among other seers many outsiders too are recorded as Aṅgirases.
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VaP 2 4.109
मारीचं परिवक्ष्यामि वंशमुत्तमपूरुषम्। यस्यान्ववाये सम्भूतं जगत्स्थावरजङ्गमम्
mārīcaṃ parivakṣyāmi vaṃśamuttamapūruṣam| yasyānvavāye sambhūtaṃ jagatsthāvarajaṅgamam
I shall now recount the lineage of Marīci, which has the highest of men (in it), in whose succession the world, moving and unmoving, came to be.
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VaP 2 4.110
मरीचिरापश्चकमे ताभिध्यायन्प्रजेप्सया। पुत्रः सर्वगुणोपेतः प्रजावान् सुरुचिर्दितिः। संपूज्यते प्रशस्तायां मनसा भाविता प्रभुः
marīcirāpaścakame tābhidhyāyanprajepsayā| putraḥ sarvaguṇopetaḥ prajāvān surucirditiḥ| saṃpūjyate praśastāyāṃ manasā bhāvitā prabhuḥ
Marīci desired the Waters, meditating on them with the wish for offspring: 'May there be a son endowed with every virtue, rich in progeny, of fair radiance, ample' — thus the lord, formed in mind, is honoured in the praised (woman).
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VaP 2 4.111
आहूताश्च ततः सर्वा आपः समवसत्प्रभुः। तासु प्रणिहितात्मानमेकः सोऽजनयत्प्रभुः
āhūtāśca tataḥ sarvā āpaḥ samavasatprabhuḥ| tāsu praṇihitātmānamekaḥ so'janayatprabhuḥ
Then all the Waters, being summoned, he the lord settled among; and having placed his self in them, he alone, the lord, begot (a son).
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VaP 2 4.112
पुत्रमप्रतिमन्नाम्नारिष्टनेमिः प्रजापतिः। पुत्रं मरीचं सूर्याभं वधौवेशो व्यजीजनत्
putramapratimannāmnāriṣṭanemiḥ prajāpatiḥ| putraṃ marīcaṃ sūryābhaṃ vadhauveśo vyajījanat
Ariṣṭanemi the Prajāpati (begot) a son named Apratima; Vadhauveśa begot a son of Marīci's line, radiant as the sun.
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VaP 2 4.113
प्रध्यायन् हि सतां वाचं पुत्रार्थी सलिले स्थितः। सप्तवर्षसहस्राणि ततः सोऽप्रतिमोऽभवत्
pradhyāyan hi satāṃ vācaṃ putrārthī salile sthitaḥ| saptavarṣasahasrāṇi tataḥ so'pratimo'bhavat
For, meditating on the speech of the good, desiring a son, he stood in the water for seven thousand years; thereupon he became Apratima ('the Unequalled').
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VaP 2 4.114
कश्यपः सवितुर्विद्वांस्तेन स ब्रह्मणः समः । मन्वन्तरेषु सर्वेषु ब्राह्मणांशेन जायते
kaśyapaḥ saviturvidvāṃstena sa brahmaṇaḥ samaḥ | manvantareṣu sarveṣu brāhmaṇāṃśena jāyate
Kaśyapa, learned, (was the son) of Savitṛ; by that he was equal to Brahmā; in all the manvantaras he is born with a portion (of himself) among the brāhmaṇas.
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VaP 2 4.115
कन्यानिमितमित्युक्ते दक्षेण कुपिताः प्रजाः । अपिबत्स तदा कश्यं कश्यं मद्यमिहोच्यते
kanyānimitamityukte dakṣeṇa kupitāḥ prajāḥ | apibatsa tadā kaśyaṃ kaśyaṃ madyamihocyate
When Dakṣa had spoken about the matter of the daughters, the creatures were enraged; he then drank kaśya — kaśya here means liquor.
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VaP 2 4.116
हाश्चेकसा हि विज्ञेया ब्रह्मणः कश्य उच्यते। कश्यं मद्यं स्मृतं विप्रैः कश्यपानात्तु कश्यपः
hāścekasā hi vijñeyā brahmaṇaḥ kaśya ucyate| kaśyaṃ madyaṃ smṛtaṃ vipraiḥ kaśyapānāttu kaśyapaḥ
... is to be understood as one; 'kaśya' is said (to be a name) of Brahmā; kaśya is held by the learned to mean liquor, and from the drinking of kaśya (comes the name) Kaśyapa.
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VaP 2 4.117
करोति नाम यद्वाचो वाचं क्रूरमुदाहृतम्। दक्षाभिशप्तः कुपितः कश्यपस्तेन सोऽभवत्
karoti nāma yadvāco vācaṃ krūramudāhṛtam| dakṣābhiśaptaḥ kupitaḥ kaśyapastena so'bhavat
He indeed utters — namely, of speech a cruel word was spoken; cursed by Dakṣa and enraged, by that he became Kaśyapa.
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VaP 2 4.118
तस्माच्च कश्यपेनोक्तो ब्रह्मणा परमेष्ठिना। तस्माद्दक्षः कश्यपाय कन्यास्ताः प्रत्यपद्यत। सर्वाश्च ब्रह्मवादिन्यः सर्वास्ता लोकमातरः
tasmācca kaśyapenokto brahmaṇā parameṣṭhinā| tasmāddakṣaḥ kaśyapāya kanyāstāḥ pratyapadyata| sarvāśca brahmavādinyaḥ sarvāstā lokamātaraḥ
And for that reason he was called Kaśyapa by Brahmā, the highest lord; therefore Dakṣa bestowed those daughters upon Kaśyapa — all of them speakers of the Veda, all of them mothers of the world.
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VaP 2 4.119
इत्येतमृषिसर्गन्तु पुण्यं यो वेद वारुणम्। आयुष्मान् पुण्यवान् शुद्धः सुखमाप्नोत्यनुत्तमम्। धारणात् श्रवणाच्चैव सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यते
ityetamṛṣisargantu puṇyaṃ yo veda vāruṇam| āyuṣmān puṇyavān śuddhaḥ sukhamāpnotyanuttamam| dhāraṇāt śravaṇāccaiva sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate
Thus, whoever knows this meritorious creation of the seers (as told) by Varuṇa's (line?) becomes long-lived, meritorious, pure, and attains unsurpassed happiness; by retaining it and by hearing it he is freed from all sins.
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VaP 2 4.120
अथाब्रुवन् पुनः सर्वे मुनयो रोमहर्षणम्। विनिवृत्ते प्रजासर्गे षष्ठे वै चाक्षुषस्य ह । निसर्गः सम्प्रवृत्तोऽयं मनोर्वैव स्वतस्य ह
athābruvan punaḥ sarve munayo romaharṣaṇam| vinivṛtte prajāsarge ṣaṣṭhe vai cākṣuṣasya ha | nisargaḥ sampravṛtto'yaṃ manorvaiva svatasya ha
Then again all the sages spoke to Romaharṣaṇa: 'When the creation of creatures in the sixth (manvantara), that of Cākṣuṣa, had ceased, this (further) creation set forth, namely that of Vaivasvata Manu.'
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VaP 2 4.121
।।सूत उवाच।। प्रजाः सृजेति व्यादिष्टः स्वयं दक्षः स्वयम्भुवा। ससर्ज दक्षो भूतानि गतिमन्ति ध्रुवाणि च । उपस्थितेऽन्तरे ह्यस्मिन् मनोर्वैवस्वतस्य ह
||sūta uvāca|| prajāḥ sṛjeti vyādiṣṭaḥ svayaṃ dakṣaḥ svayambhuvā| sasarja dakṣo bhūtāni gatimanti dhruvāṇi ca | upasthite'ntare hyasmin manorvaivasvatasya ha
Sūta said: Commanded by the Self-born himself with the words 'Create creatures!', Dakṣa himself brought forth beings, both moving and fixed, when this interval, that of Vaivasvata Manu, had arrived.
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VaP 2 4.122
ततः प्रवृत्तो दक्षस्तुप्रजाः स्रष्टुञ्चतुर्विधाः। जरायुजा अण्डजाश्च उद्भिज्जाः स्वेदजास्तथा
tataḥ pravṛtto dakṣastuprajāḥ sraṣṭuñcaturvidhāḥ| jarāyujā aṇḍajāśca udbhijjāḥ svedajāstathā
Then Dakṣa set about creating creatures of four kinds: born from the womb, born from eggs, sprung from seeds, and born from sweat.
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VaP 2 4.123
दशवर्ष सहस्राणि तप्त्वा घोरं महत्तपः। सम्भावितो योगबलैरणिमाद्यैर्विशेषतः
daśavarṣa sahasrāṇi taptvā ghoraṃ mahattapaḥ| sambhāvito yogabalairaṇimādyairviśeṣataḥ
Having practised for ten thousand years a terrible, great austerity, he was endowed especially with the yogic powers, minuteness (of form) and the rest.
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VaP 2 4.124
आत्मानं व्यभजन् श्रीमान् मनुष्योरगराक्षसान्। देवासुरसगन्धर्वान् दिव्यसंहननप्रजान् । ईश्वरानात्मनस्तुल्यान् रूपद्रविणतेजसा
ātmānaṃ vyabhajan śrīmān manuṣyoragarākṣasān| devāsurasagandharvān divyasaṃhananaprajān | īśvarānātmanastulyān rūpadraviṇatejasā
The illustrious one divided himself (into) men, serpents and rākṣasas, gods, asuras and gandharvas, offspring of divine frame, lords equal to himself in form, wealth and splendour.
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VaP 2 4.125
तथैवान्यानि मुदितो गतिमन्ति ध्रुवाणि च। मानसान्येव भूतानि सिसृक्षुर्विविधाः प्रजाः
tathaivānyāni mudito gatimanti dhruvāṇi ca| mānasānyeva bhūtāni sisṛkṣurvividhāḥ prajāḥ
And likewise, gladdened, (he created) other beings, moving and fixed — beings born of mind alone — wishing to create manifold creatures.
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VaP 2 4.126
ऋषीन् देवान् सगन्धर्वान् मनुष्योरगराक्षसान्। यक्षभूतपिशाचांश्च वयःपशुमृगांस्तथा
ṛṣīn devān sagandharvān manuṣyoragarākṣasān| yakṣabhūtapiśācāṃśca vayaḥpaśumṛgāṃstathā
(He desired to create) seers, gods together with gandharvas, men, serpents and rākṣasas, and yakṣas, bhūtas and piśācas, and likewise birds, cattle and wild beasts.
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VaP 2 4.127
यदास्य मनसा सृष्टा न व्यवर्द्धन्त ताः प्रजाः। अपध्याता भगवता महादेवेन धीमता
yadāsya manasā sṛṣṭā na vyavarddhanta tāḥ prajāḥ| apadhyātā bhagavatā mahādevena dhīmatā
When those creatures, created by his mind, did not multiply, being disregarded by the wise lord Mahādeva —
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VaP 2 4.128
मैथुनेन च भावेन सिसृक्षुर्विविधाः प्रजाः। असिक्रीं चावहत् पत्नीं वीरणस्य प्रजापतेः
maithunena ca bhāvena sisṛkṣurvividhāḥ prajāḥ| asikrīṃ cāvahat patnīṃ vīraṇasya prajāpateḥ
— he then desired to create manifold creatures by way of sexual union, and he took to wife Asikrī (Asiknī), the daughter of Vīraṇa the Prajāpati,
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VaP 2 4.129
सुतां सुमहता युक्तां तपसा लोकधारिणीम्। यया धृतमिदं सर्वं जगत् स्थावरजङ्गमम्
sutāṃ sumahatā yuktāṃ tapasā lokadhāriṇīm| yayā dhṛtamidaṃ sarvaṃ jagat sthāvarajaṅgamam
the daughter endowed with very great ascetic power, upholder of the worlds, by whom all this world, moving and unmoving, is upheld.
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VaP 2 4.130
अत्राप्युदा हरन्तीमौ श्लोकौ प्राचेतसं प्रति। दक्षस्योद्वहतो भार्यामसिक्नीं वीरिणीं पराम्
atrāpyudā harantīmau ślokau prācetasaṃ prati| dakṣasyodvahato bhāryāmasiknīṃ vīriṇīṃ parām
On this too they recite these two verses concerning the son of Pracetas, about Dakṣa's marrying as wife the peerless Asiknī, (daughter) of Vīriṇa:
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VaP 2 4.131
कूपानां नियुतं दक्षः सर्पिणां साभिमानिनाम्। नदीगिरिषु सर्ज्जंस्ताः पृष्ठतोऽनुययौ प्रभुः
kūpānāṃ niyutaṃ dakṣaḥ sarpiṇāṃ sābhimāninām| nadīgiriṣu sarjjaṃstāḥ pṛṣṭhato'nuyayau prabhuḥ
Dakṣa (dug?) a million wells of flowing (waters) endowed with self-consciousness; releasing them among the rivers and mountains, the lord followed after them from behind.
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VaP 2 4.132
तं दृष्ट्वा ऋषिभिः प्रोक्तं प्रतिष्ठास्यति वै प्रजाः। प्रथमात्र द्वितीया तु दक्षस्येह प्रजापतेः
taṃ dṛṣṭvā ṛṣibhiḥ proktaṃ pratiṣṭhāsyati vai prajāḥ| prathamātra dvitīyā tu dakṣasyeha prajāpateḥ
Seeing him, it was said by the seers: "He will indeed establish the creatures." This is the first (creation) here, but the second is that of Dakṣa the Prajāpati.
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VaP 2 4.133
तथागच्छद्यथाकालं कूपानां नियुते तु सः। असिक्नीं वैरिणीं यत्र दक्षः प्राचेतसोऽवहत्
tathāgacchadyathākālaṃ kūpānāṃ niyute tu saḥ| asiknīṃ vairiṇīṃ yatra dakṣaḥ prācetaso'vahat
Thus in due time he came to the million wells, where Dakṣa the son of Pracetas married Asiknī Vairiṇī.
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VaP 2 4.134
अथ पुत्रसहस्रं स वैरिण्याममितौजसा। असिवन्यां जनयामास दक्षः प्राचेतसः प्रभुः
atha putrasahasraṃ sa vairiṇyāmamitaujasā| asivanyāṃ janayāmāsa dakṣaḥ prācetasaḥ prabhuḥ
Then that lord Dakṣa, son of Pracetas, of measureless might, begot a thousand sons upon Vairiṇī Asivanī (Asiknī).
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VaP 2 4.135
तांस्तु दृष्ट्वा महातेजाः स विवर्द्धयिषून् प्रजाः. देवर्षिः प्रियसंवादो नारदो ब्रह्मणः सुतः। नाशाय वचनं तेषां शापायैवात्मनोऽब्रवीत्
tāṃstu dṛṣṭvā mahātejāḥ sa vivarddhayiṣūn prajāḥ. devarṣiḥ priyasaṃvādo nārado brahmaṇaḥ sutaḥ| nāśāya vacanaṃ teṣāṃ śāpāyaivātmano'bravīt
But seeing them intent on multiplying creatures, the divine seer Nārada, son of Brahmā, of great splendour and pleasant speech, spoke a word for their destruction and thereby for his own cursing.
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VaP 2 4.136
यः स वै प्रोच्यतेविप्रः कश्यपस्येति कृत्रिमः। दक्षशापभयाद्भीतो ब्रह्मार्षिस्तेन कर्मणा
yaḥ sa vai procyatevipraḥ kaśyapasyeti kṛtrimaḥ| dakṣaśāpabhayādbhīto brahmārṣistena karmaṇā
He, the brahmin, is said to be Kaśyapa's son (only) artificially; that brahmin-seer, terrified by fear of Dakṣa's curse, (became so) by that deed.
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VaP 2 4.137
यः कश्यपसुतस्याथ परमेष्ठी व्यजायत। मानसः कश्यपस्येह दक्षशापभयात् पुनः
yaḥ kaśyapasutasyātha parameṣṭhī vyajāyata| mānasaḥ kaśyapasyeha dakṣaśāpabhayāt punaḥ
He who then, as Parameṣṭhin, was born to the son of Kaśyapa — mind-born of Kaśyapa here, again out of fear of Dakṣa's curse.
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VaP 2 4.138
तस्मात् स कश्यपस्याथ द्वितीयं मानसोऽभवत्। स हि पूर्वसमुत्पन्नो नारदः परमेष्ठिनः
tasmāt sa kaśyapasyātha dvitīyaṃ mānaso'bhavat| sa hi pūrvasamutpanno nāradaḥ parameṣṭhinaḥ
Therefore he became, a second time, the mind-born (son) of Kaśyapa; for that Nārada had earlier been born of Parameṣṭhin.
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VaP 2 4.139
येन दक्षस्य पुत्रास्ते हर्यश्वा इति विश्रुताः । निन्दार्थं नाशिताः सर्वे विनष्टाश्च न संशयः
yena dakṣasya putrāste haryaśvā iti viśrutāḥ | nindārthaṃ nāśitāḥ sarve vinaṣṭāśca na saṃśayaḥ
He it was by whom those sons of Dakṣa, famed as the Haryaśvas, were all destroyed for the sake of censure, and perished — there is no doubt of it.
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VaP 2 4.140
तस्योद्यतस्तदा दक्षः क्रुद्धो नाशाय वै प्रभुः । ब्रह्मर्षीन् वै पुरस्कृत्य याचितः परमेष्ठिना
tasyodyatastadā dakṣaḥ kruddho nāśāya vai prabhuḥ | brahmarṣīn vai puraskṛtya yācitaḥ parameṣṭhinā
Then the lord Dakṣa, enraged, was set upon his destruction; but he was entreated by Parameṣṭhin, who put the brahmin-seers forward.
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VaP 2 4.141
ततोऽभिसन्धितं चक्रे दक्षस्तु परमेष्ठिना। कन्यायां नारदो मह्यं तव पुत्रो भवत्विति
tato'bhisandhitaṃ cakre dakṣastu parameṣṭhinā| kanyāyāṃ nārado mahyaṃ tava putro bhavatviti
Then Dakṣa made a compact with Parameṣṭhin: "Let Nārada become your son upon my daughter."
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VaP 2 4.142
ततो दक्षः सुतां प्रादात् प्रियां वै परमेष्ठिने । तस्मात् स नारदो जज्ञे भूयः शान्तो भयादृषिः
tato dakṣaḥ sutāṃ prādāt priyāṃ vai parameṣṭhine | tasmāt sa nārado jajñe bhūyaḥ śānto bhayādṛṣiḥ
Then Dakṣa gave his beloved daughter to Parameṣṭhin; from her that seer Nārada was born again, calmed by fear.
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VaP 2 4.143
तदुपश्रुत्य विप्रास्ते जातकौतूहलाः पुनः । अपृच्छन् वदतां श्रेष्ठं सूतं तत्त्वार्थदर्शिनम्
tadupaśrutya viprāste jātakautūhalāḥ punaḥ | apṛcchan vadatāṃ śreṣṭhaṃ sūtaṃ tattvārthadarśinam
Having heard that, those brahmins, curiosity again arisen in them, asked the Sūta, best of speakers, who sees the true meaning of things:
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VaP 2 4.144
।।ऋषय ऊचुः ।। कथं विनाशिताः पुत्रा नारदेन महात्मना। प्रजापतिसुतास्ते वै प्रजाः प्राचेतसात्मजाः
||ṛṣaya ūcuḥ || kathaṃ vināśitāḥ putrā nāradena mahātmanā| prajāpatisutāste vai prajāḥ prācetasātmajāḥ
The seers said: How were the sons destroyed by the great-souled Nārada — those sons of the Prajāpati, the offspring begotten by the son of Pracetas?
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VaP 2 4.145
स तथ्यं वचनं श्रुत्वा जिज्ञासासम्भवं शुभम् । प्रोवाच मधुरं वाक्यं तेषां सर्वगुणान्वितम्
sa tathyaṃ vacanaṃ śrutvā jijñāsāsambhavaṃ śubham | provāca madhuraṃ vākyaṃ teṣāṃ sarvaguṇānvitam
Hearing that true and auspicious speech, arising from their desire to know, he spoke to them a sweet utterance endowed with every merit:
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VaP 2 4.146
दक्षपुत्राश्च हर्यश्वा विवर्द्धयिषवः प्रजाः। समागता महावीर्या नारदस्तानुवाच ह
dakṣaputrāśca haryaśvā vivarddhayiṣavaḥ prajāḥ| samāgatā mahāvīryā nāradastānuvāca ha
And the sons of Dakṣa, the Haryaśvas, of great might, wishing to increase progeny, came together; and Nārada said to them:
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VaP 2 4.147
बालिशा बल यूयं वै न प्रजानीथ भूतलम्। अन्तमूर्द्ध्वमधश्चैव कथं स्रक्ष्यथ वै प्रजाः
bāliśā bala yūyaṃ vai na prajānītha bhūtalam| antamūrddhvamadhaścaiva kathaṃ srakṣyatha vai prajāḥ
"You are children indeed, boy(s); you do not know the earth's surface — its end, above and below. How then will you create progeny?"
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VaP 2 4.148
किं प्रमाणन्तु मेदिन्याः स्रष्टव्यानि तथैव च। अविज्ञायेह स्रष्टव्यमन्यथा किं नु स्रक्ष्यथ। अल्पं वापि बहुर्वापि तत्र दोषस्तु दृश्यते
kiṃ pramāṇantu medinyāḥ sraṣṭavyāni tathaiva ca| avijñāyeha sraṣṭavyamanyathā kiṃ nu srakṣyatha| alpaṃ vāpi bahurvāpi tatra doṣastu dṛśyate
"What is the measure of the earth, and likewise of the things to be created? Without knowing (that), what is to be created here — otherwise, what will you create? Whether it be little or much, a fault is seen in that."
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VaP 2 4.149
ते तु तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा प्रयाताः सर्वतोदिशम्। वायुन्तु समनुप्राप्य गतास्ते वै पराभवम्
te tu tadvacanaṃ śrutvā prayātāḥ sarvatodiśam| vāyuntu samanuprāpya gatāste vai parābhavam
But they, having heard that speech, went off in every direction; and reaching the wind, they came to destruction.
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VaP 2 4.150
अद्यापि न निवर्त्तन्ते भ्रमन्तो वायुमिश्रिताः । एवं वायुपथं प्राप्य भ्रमन्ते ते महर्षयः
adyāpi na nivarttante bhramanto vāyumiśritāḥ | evaṃ vāyupathaṃ prāpya bhramante te maharṣayaḥ
Even today they do not return, wandering mingled with the wind; thus, having reached the wind's path, those great sages wander.
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VaP 2 4.151
स्वेषु पुत्रेषु नष्टेषु दक्षः प्राचेतसः पुनः। वैरिम्यामेव पुत्राणां सहस्रमसृजत् प्रभुः
sveṣu putreṣu naṣṭeṣu dakṣaḥ prācetasaḥ punaḥ| vairimyāmeva putrāṇāṃ sahasramasṛjat prabhuḥ
When his own sons had perished, Dakṣa Prācetasa, the lord, again begot a thousand sons in Vairiṇī.
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VaP 2 4.152
प्रजा विवर्द्धयिषवः शबलाश्वाः पुनस्तु ते। पूर्वमुक्तं वचस्तत्र श्राविता नारदेन ह
prajā vivarddhayiṣavaḥ śabalāśvāḥ punastu te| pūrvamuktaṃ vacastatra śrāvitā nāradena ha
Those Śabalāśvas too, wishing to increase progeny — there they were made to hear by Nārada the speech spoken before.
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VaP 2 4.153
तच्छ्रत्वा वचनं सर्वे कुमारास्ते महौजसः। अन्योऽन्यमूचुस्ते सर्वे सम्यगाह महानृषिः। भ्रातॄणां पदवी चैव गन्तव्या नात्र संशयः
tacchratvā vacanaṃ sarve kumārāste mahaujasaḥ| anyo'nyamūcuste sarve samyagāha mahānṛṣiḥ| bhrātṝṇāṃ padavī caiva gantavyā nātra saṃśayaḥ
Having heard that speech, all those princes of great vigour said to one another, all of them: "The great sage has spoken rightly; the path of (our) brothers must indeed be gone, there is no doubt of it."
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VaP 2 4.154
ज्ञात्वा प्रमाणं पृत्व्याश्च सुखं स्रक्ष्यामहे प्रजाः। तेऽपि तेनैव मार्गेण प्रयाताः सर्वतोदिशम्। अद्यापि न निवर्त्तन्ते समुद्रेभ्य इवापगाः
jñātvā pramāṇaṃ pṛtvyāśca sukhaṃ srakṣyāmahe prajāḥ| te'pi tenaiva mārgeṇa prayātāḥ sarvatodiśam| adyāpi na nivarttante samudrebhya ivāpagāḥ
"Knowing the measure of the earth, we shall create progeny easily." They too went off by that very road in every direction; even today they do not return, like rivers from the oceans.
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VaP 2 4.155
ततः प्रभृति वै भ्राता भ्रातुरन्वेषणे रतः। प्रयातो नश्यति तथा तन्न कार्यं विजानता
tataḥ prabhṛti vai bhrātā bhrāturanveṣaṇe rataḥ| prayāto naśyati tathā tanna kāryaṃ vijānatā
From that time on, a brother who sets out intent on searching for a brother likewise perishes; therefore one who knows should not do that.
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VaP 2 4.156
नष्टेषु शबलाश्वेषु दक्षः क्रुद्धोऽभवद्विभुः। नारदं नाशमेहीति गर्भवासं वसेति च
naṣṭeṣu śabalāśveṣu dakṣaḥ kruddho'bhavadvibhuḥ| nāradaṃ nāśamehīti garbhavāsaṃ vaseti ca
When the Śabalāśvas had perished, the mighty Dakṣa grew angry (and said) to Nārada, "Go to destruction!" and "Dwell in a womb!"
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VaP 2 4.157
तथा तेष्वपि नष्टेषु महात्मसु पुरा किल। षष्टिकन्याऽसृजद्दक्षो वैरिण्यामेव विश्रुताः
tathā teṣvapi naṣṭeṣu mahātmasu purā kila| ṣaṣṭikanyā'sṛjaddakṣo vairiṇyāmeva viśrutāḥ
Likewise, when those great-souled ones too had perished, in olden times Dakṣa, it is said, begot sixty renowned daughters upon Vairiṇī.
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VaP 2 4.158
तास्तदा प्रतिजग्राह पत्न्यर्थे कश्यपः प्रभुः। धर्मः सोमस्तु भगवांस्तथैवान्ये महर्षयः
tāstadā pratijagrāha patnyarthe kaśyapaḥ prabhuḥ| dharmaḥ somastu bhagavāṃstathaivānye maharṣayaḥ
Then the lord Kaśyapa received them as wives, and Dharma, and the lord Soma, and likewise other great sages.
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VaP 2 4.159
इमा विसृष्टिं दक्षस्य कृत्स्नां यो वेद तत्त्वतः। आयुष्मान् कीर्त्तिमान् धन्यः प्रजानांश्च भवत्युत
imā visṛṣṭiṃ dakṣasya kṛtsnāṃ yo veda tattvataḥ| āyuṣmān kīrttimān dhanyaḥ prajānāṃśca bhavatyuta
Whoever knows truly this whole emanation of Dakṣa becomes long-lived, famous, fortunate, and rich in offspring.
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