अपरे पितरो नाम एतैरेव महर्षिभिः
Others, called Pitṛs, are also these great sages.
अजेयाश्च गणाः सप्त सप्तलोकेषु विश्रुताः
And the seven groups, unconquerable, renowned in the seven worlds.
पौलस्त्याः पौलहाश्चैव वासिष्ठाश्चैव विश्रुताः
The Paulastyas, the Paulahas, and the Vasiṣṭhas are renowned.
एते समासतः ख्याताः पुनरन्ये गणास्त्रयः
These are known in summary; again, there are three other groups.
तेषां राजायमो देवो यमैर्विहतकल्मषः
Among them, Yama, the god, free from sin through the Yamas, is their king.
कश्यपः कर्दमः शेषो विक्रान्तः सुश्रवास्तथा
Kashyapa, Kardama, Shesha, Vikranta, and Sushrava as well,
प्रचेतसोरिष्टनेमिर्बहुलश्च प्रजापतिः
Prachetasa, Rishtanemi, and Bahula, the lord of creatures,
कुशोच्चया वालखिल्याः सभूताः परमर्षयः
The Valakhilyas, of great asceticism, together with the exalted sages, were born from the kusha grass heaps.
जाताश्च भस्मनो ह्यन्ये ब्रह्मर्षिगणसंमताः
Others, esteemed among the hosts of Brahmarshis, were born from the ashes.
नस्तो द्वावस्य चोत्पन्नावश्विनौ रूपसंमतौ
Two were lost, but the Ashvins, renowned for their beauty, were born.
अन्ये प्रजानां पतयः श्रोतोभ्यस्तस्य जज्ञिरे
Other lords of beings were born from his ears.
अयने ऋतवो मासर्द्धमासाः पक्षसंधयः
The solstices, seasons, months, half-months, and the junctions of fortnights,
रौद्रं लोहितमित्याहुर्लोहितं कनकं स्मृतम्
What is called 'Raudra' is said to be red; red is remembered as gold.
ये ऽर्चिषस्तस्य ते रुद्रास्तथादित्याः समृद्गताः
Those rays of his are Rudras, and likewise, the Adityas have arisen.
आदिभूतो ऽस्य लोकस्य ब्रह्मा त्वं ब्रह्मसंभवः
You, Brahma, are the origin of this world, born from Brahman.
ब्रह्मा सुरगुरुस्तत्र त्रिदशैः संप्रसादितः
There, Brahma, the guru of the gods, was propitiated by the thirty-three gods.
सर्वे प्रजानां पतयः सर्वे चापि तपस्विनः
All the lords of beings and all the ascetics,
त्वद्वंशवर्द्धनाः शश्वत्तव तेजोविवर्द्धनाः
They are ever the enhancers of your lineage, ever the increasers of your splendor.
वेदमन्त्रधराः सर्वे प्रजापतिसमुद्भवाः
All, bearing the Vedic mantras, are born from the lord of creatures.
सर्वे हि वयमेते च तवैव प्रसवः प्रभो
Indeed, all of us and these are your own progeny, O Lord.
मरीचिमादितः कृत्वा देवाश्च ऋषिभिः सह
Having first created Marichi, the gods together with the sages,
तस्मिन् यज्ञे महाभागा देवाश्च ऋषयश्च ये
In that sacrifice, the illustrious gods and sages—whoever they were—
तव तेनैव रूपेण स्थापयेयुरिमाः प्रजाः
By that very form of yours, they would establish these creatures.
ततो ऽब्रवील्लोकगुरुः परमित्यभिधार यन्
Then the preceptor of the worlds spoke, addressing him as 'supreme.'
भवतां वंशसंभूताः पुनरेते महर्षयः
These great sages, born in your lineage, again—
विस्तरेणानुपूर्व्या च प्रथमस्य प्रजापतेः
In detail and in order, from the first progenitor—
हिरण्यकशिपो कन्या दिव्या नाम परिश्रुता
Hiraṇyakaśipu had a daughter, Divyā by name, renowned.
भृगोस्त्वजनयद्दिव्या पुत्रं ब्रह्मविदां वरम्
Divyā gave birth to a son of Bhṛgu, foremost among knowers of Brahman.
शुक्र एवोशना नित्यमतः काव्यो ऽपि नामतः
He is eternally known as Śukra, and also as Kāvya by name.
शुक्रस्य भार्या गौर्नाम विजज्ञे चतुरः सुतान्
Śukra's wife, named Gaurī, bore him four sons.