धर्म्मयुक्ते च ते कार्ये एकस्मिंस्तु दुरासदे
When your task is joined with righteousness, in one difficult situation,
तस्मात्सार्द्धं सुरैर्यज्ञे न त्वां यक्ष्यन्ति वै द्विजाः
Therefore, along with the gods, the twice-born will not worship you in the sacrifice.
इहैव वत्स्यसि तथा दिवं हित्वा युगक्षयात्
You will remain here, thus, abandoning heaven at the end of the age.
ततो ऽभिव्याहृतो दक्षो रुद्रेणामिततेजसा
Then Daksha was addressed by Rudra, whose energy is boundless.
स्वायंभुवीं तनुं त्यक्त्वा उत्पन्नो मानुषेष्विह
Having abandoned his Svāyambhuva body, he was born here among humans.
समस्तेनेह यज्ञेन सो ऽयजद्दैवतैः सह
With a complete sacrifice here, he worshipped together with the gods.
मेनायां तामुमां देवीं जनयामास शैलराट्
The lord of the mountains begot that goddess, Umā, in Menā.
सदा पत्नी भवस्यैषा न तया मुच्यते भवः
She is always Bhava's wife; Bhava is never separated from her.
यथा नारायणं श्रीश्च मघवतं शची यथा
Just as Śrī is to Nārāyaṇa, and Śacī is to Maghavan,
नैतास्तु विजहत्येतान् भर्तॄन् देव्यः कदाचन
These goddesses never abandon their husbands at any time.
एवं प्राचेतसो दक्षो जज्ञे वै चाक्षुषेंऽतरे
Thus, Daksha, son of Prācetasa, was born in the era of Cākṣuṣa.
जज्ञे तदाभिशापेन द्वितीय इति नः श्रुतम्
He was born then by that curse; thus we have heard of the second birth.
आद्ये त्रेतायुगे पूर्वं मनोर्वैवस्वतस्य च
In the first Tretā age, before the time of Manu Vaivasvata,
इत्येषो ऽनुशयो ह्यासीत्तयोर्जात्यन्तरानुगः
Thus this regret arose, following the change of lineage between the two.
तस्मान्नानुशयः कार्यो वैरेष्विह कदाचन
Therefore, resentment should never be harbored against enemies here.
ख्यातिं न मुञ्चते जन्तुस्तन्न कार्यं विपश्चिता
A creature does not relinquish fame; thus, the wise should not act so.
या दक्षमधिकृत्येह त्वया पूर्वं प्रचौदिता
That which you previously inquired about here, concerning Daksha,
पितॄणामानुपूर्व्येण देवान्वक्ष्याम्यतः परम्
I shall now recount the gods in order after the ancestors.
देवायामा इति ख्याताः पूर्वं ये यज्ञसूनवः
Those who were formerly known as Devayāmā, sons of sacrifice,
पुत्राः स्वायंभुवस्यैते शक्ता नाम तु मानसाः
These are the sons of Svāyambhuva, called the Śaktas, born of the mind.
छन्दजास्तु त्रयस्त्रिंशत्सर्गे स्वायंभुवस्य ह
Thirty-three mind-born sons were produced in the creation of Svāyambhuva.
विभासश्च क्रतुश्चैव प्रयातिर्विश्रुतो द्युतिः
Vibhāsa, Kratu, Prayāti, Viśruta, and Dyuti,
असमश्चोग्रदृष्टिश्च सुनयो ऽथ शुचिश्रवाः
Asama, Ugradṛṣṭi, Sunaya, and Śuciśravā,
तुरीय इद्रयुक्चैव युक्तो ग्रावजितस्तु वै
Turīya, Idrayuk, Yukta, and Grāvajit,
जरो विभुर्विभावश्च स ऋचीको ऽथ दुर्दिहः
Jara, Vibhu, Vibhāva, Ṛcīka, and Durdiha,
आसन्स्वायंभुवस्यैते चान्तरे सोमपायिनः
These were the Soma-drinkers among the sons of Svāyambhuva.
तेषामिन्द्रस्तद्दा ह्यासीत्प्रथमे विश्वभुक्त प्रभुः
Among them, Indra was then the lord, the first to enjoy all things.
सुपर्णयक्षगन्धर्वाः पिशाचोरगराक्षसाः
Suparṇas, Yakṣas, Gandharvas, Piśācas, Nāgas, and Rākṣasas,
स्वायंभुवेन्तरे ऽतीताः प्रजास्तासां महस्रशः
In the interval of Svāyambhuva, countless beings of these kinds passed.
विस्तरादिह नोच्यन्ते माप्रसंगो भवेदिह
Their details are not recounted here, lest digression arise.