Kurma Purana

ततो ऽस्य जज्ञिरे पुत्रा मनुष्या रजसावृताः

Then, his sons, humans enveloped in passion, were born.

ज्योत्स्त्रा सा चाभवद्विप्राः प्राक्सन्ध्या याबिधीयते

That radiance, O sages, became what is called the morning twilight.

मूर्ति तमोरजः प्रायां पुनरेवाभ्ययूयुजत्

He again joined a form predominated by darkness and passion.

पुत्रास्तमोरजः प्राया बलिनस्ते निशाचराः

His sons, predominated by darkness and passion, were those powerful night-wanderers.

रजस्तमोभ्यामाविष्टांस्ततो ऽन्यानसृजत् प्रभुः

Then the Lord created others, possessed by both passion and darkness.

मुखतो ऽजान् ससर्जान्यान् उदराद्गाश्चनिर्ममे

He created some from his mouth, and others he produced from his belly.

औपध्यः फलमूलिन्यो रोमभ्यस्तस्य जज्ञिरे

From his hairs were born the wild fruit-eating women.

अग्निष्टोमं च यज्ञानां निर्ममे प्रथमान्मुखात्

From his mouth, he first created the Agniṣṭoma among sacrifices.

बृहत्साम तथोक्थं च दक्षिणादसृजन्मुखात्

From the right side of his mouth, he created the Bṛhat Sāman and the Uktha.

वैरूपमतिरात्रं च पश्चिमादसृजन्मुखात्

From the western side of his mouth, he created the Vairūpa and Atirātra.

अनुष्टुभं सवैराजमुत्तरादसृजन्मुखात्

From the northern side of his mouth, he created the Anuṣṭubh and Savairāja.

ब्रह्मणो हि प्रजासर्गं सृजतस्तु प्रजापतेः

Indeed, when Brahmā, the lord of creatures, was creating the progeny,

ततो ऽसृजच्च भूतानि स्थावराणि चराणि च

then he created beings, both immobile and mobile.

अव्ययं च व्ययं चैव द्वयं स्थावरजङ्गमम्

Both the imperishable and the perishable—these two, the stationary and the moving.

तान्येव ते प्रपद्यन्ते सृज्यमानाः पुनः पुनः

These very beings, being created again and again, return to him.

तद्भाविताः प्रपद्यन्ते तस्मात् तत् तस्य रोचते

Absorbed in him, they return; therefore, that is pleasing to him.

विनियोगं च भूतानां धातैव विदधात् स्वयम्

The creator himself assigns the functions of beings.

वेदशब्देभ्य एवादौ निर्ममे स महेश्वरः

In the beginning, that great lord fashioned them from the very words of the Veda.

शर्वर्यन्ते प्रसूतानां तान्येवैभ्यो ददात्यजः

At the end of the night, the unborn one gives those very beings to them again.

दृश्यन्ते तानि तान्येव तथा भावा युगादिषु

Those very beings are seen again, as are the states, at the beginnings of the ages.

यदा चास्य प्रजाः सृष्टा न व्यवर्धन्त धीमतः

And when the creatures created by him, the wise one, did not increase,

ततः स विदधे बुद्धिमर्थनिश्चयगामिनीम्

then he devised intelligence leading to the determination of purpose.

रजः सत्त्वं च संवृत्य वर्तमानां स्वधर्मतः

Having enveloped rajas and sattva, existing according to their own nature,

तत् तमः प्रतिनुन्नं वै मिथुनं समजायत

then, with tamas suppressed, a pair was indeed born.

स्वां तनुं स ततो ब्रह्मा तामपोहत भास्वराम्

Then Brahmā removed his own radiant form.

अर्धेन नारी पुरुषो विराजमसृजत् प्रभुः

With half, the lord created a woman and a man, Virāj.

सा दिवं पृथिवीं चैव महम्ना व्याप्य संस्थिता

She, pervading heaven and earth by her greatness, was established.

यो ऽभवत् पुरुषात् पुत्रो विराडव्यक्तजन्मनः

He who became the son from the man, Virāj, born from the unmanifest.

सा देवी शतरूपाख्या तपः कृत्वा सुदुश्चरम्

That goddess, known as Śatarūpā, performed severe and difficult austerity.