ततोर्ऽवाक्स्त्रोतसां सर्गः सप्तमः स तु मानुषः
After that, the creation of those with a downward stream, which is human, is the seventh.
नवमश्चैव कौमारः प्राकृता वैकृतास्त्विमे
And the ninth is the creation of youths; these are the natural and the modified creations.
बुद्धिपूर्वं प्रवर्तन्ते मुख्याद्या मुनिपुङ्गवाः
O best of sages, the principal and other creations proceed with prior intelligence.
ऋभुं सनात्कुमारं च पूर्वमेव प्रजापतिः
The Lord previously created Rbhu and Sanatkumara.
ईश्वरासक्तमनसो न सृष्टौ दधिरे मतिम्
Their minds attached to the Lord, they did not direct their thoughts toward creation.
मुमोह मायया सद्यो मायिनः परमेष्ठिनः
Immediately, through the illusion of the supreme creator, they were deluded by his maya.
नारायणो महायोगी योगिचित्तानुरञ्जनः
Nārāyaṇa, the great yogi, delights in the minds of yogis.
स तप्यमानो भगवान् न किञ्चित् प्रतिपद्यत
That blessed Lord, though undergoing austerity, did not attain anything.
क्रोधाविष्टस्य नेत्राभ्यां प्रापतन्नश्रु बिन्दवः
From his eyes, filled with anger, drops of tears fell.
समुत्पन्नो महादेवः शरण्यो नीललोहितः
From them arose Mahādeva, the refuge, blue and red in hue.
यं प्रपश्यन्ति विद्वांसः स्वात्मस्थं परमेश्वरम्
Him, established in the Self, the supreme Lord, the wise behold.
ताम भगवान् ब्रह्मा सृजेमा विविधाः प्रजाः
That blessed Brahmā creates these various beings.
कपर्दिनो निरातङ्कांस्त्रिनेत्रान् नीललोहितान्
With matted hair, free from fear, three-eyed, blue and red in color.
प्रजाः स्त्रक्ष्ये जगन्नाथ सृज त्वमशुभाः प्रजाः
O Lord of the world, I shall create beings; you create the inauspicious beings.
स्थानाभिमानिनः सर्वान् गदतस्तान् निबोधत
Hear now of all those who preside over places, as I declare them.
नद्यः समुद्राः शैलाश्च वृक्षा वीरुध एव च
Rivers, oceans, mountains, trees, and also herbs.
अर्धमासाश्च मासाश्च अयनाब्दयुगादयः
Fortnights, months, solstices, years, and ages.
दक्षमत्रिं वसिष्ठं च धर्मं संकल्पमेव च
Dakṣa, Atri, Vasiṣṭha, Dharma, and also Saṃkalpa.
शिरसो ऽङ्गिरसं देवो हृदयाद् भृगुमेव च
From his head, the god Aṅgiras; from his heart, Bhṛgu.
संकल्पं चैव संकल्पात् सर्वलोकपितामहः
And Saṃkalpa from Saṃkalpa, the grandsire of all worlds.
अपानात् क्रतुमव्यग्रं समानाच्च वसिष्ठकम्
From his apāna, the unwavering Kratu; from samāna, Vasiṣṭha.
आस्थाय मानवं रूपं धर्मस्तैः संप्रवर्तितः
Assuming a human form, Dharma was set in motion by them.
सिसृक्षुरम्भांस्येतानि स्वमात्मानमयूयुजत्
Desiring to create these beings, he engaged his own self.
ततो ऽस्य जघनात् पूर्वमसुरा जज्ञिरे सुताः
Then, from his lower body, the sons called Asuras were born first.
सा तमोबहुला यस्मात् प्रजास्तस्यांस्वपन्त्यतः
Because that night is filled with darkness, all beings sleep during it.
ततो ऽस्य मुखतो देवा दीव्यतः संप्रजज्ञिरे
Then, from his mouth, the gods were born as he shone forth.
तस्मादहो धर्मयुक्ता देवताः समुपासते
Therefore, O wise one, the gods endowed with righteousness worship him.
पितृवन्मन्यमानस्य पितरः संप्रजज्ञिरे
When he considered himself as the ancestor, the forefathers were born.
सापविद्धा तनुस्तेन सद्यः सन्ध्या व्यजायत
Pierced by him, that very body immediately became the twilight.
तयोर्मध्ये पितॄणां तु मूर्तिः सन्ध्या गरीयसी
Among these, the form of the forefathers, namely twilight, is the most exalted.