वैवस्वतान्तरे ते वै आदित्या द्वादश स्मृताः इन्द्रो धाता भगस्त्वष्ट मित्रो ऽथ वरुणो ऽर्यमा
In the interval of Vaivasvata, the twelve Ādityas are remembered: Indra, Dhātā, Bhaga, Tvaṣṭṛ, Mitra, Varuṇa, Aryaman,
विवस्वान्सविता पूषा अंशुमान् विष्णुरेव च एते सहस्रकिरणा आदित्या द्वादश स्मृताः
Vivasvān, Savitṛ, Pūṣā, Aṃśumān, and Viṣṇu; these twelve Ādityas, radiant with a thousand rays, are remembered.
दितिः पुत्रद्वयं लेभे कश्यपादिति नः श्रुतम् हिरण्यकशिपुं चैव हिरण्याक्षं तथैव च
Diti received two sons from Kaśyapa, as you have heard: Hiraṇyakaśipu and Hiraṇyākṣa.
दनुः पुत्रशतं लेभे कश्यपाद् बलदर्पितम् विप्रचित्तिः प्रधानो ऽभूत् तेषां मध्ये द्विजोत्तमाः
Danu received a hundred sons from Kaśyapa, all proud in strength; Vipracitti became their chief among them, O best of twice-born.
ताम्रा च जनयामास षट् कन्या द्विजपुङ्गवाः शुकीं श्येनीं च भासीं च सुग्रीवीं गृध्रिकां शुचिम्
Tāmrā gave birth to six daughters, O best of Brahmins: Śukī, Śyenī, Bhāsī, Sugrīvī, Gṛdhrikā, and Śuci.
शुकी शुकानुलूकांश् च जनयामास धर्मतः श्येनी श्येनांस् तथा भासी कुरङ्गांश् च व्यजीजनत्
Śukī gave birth, by righteousness, to parrots and owls; Śyenī gave birth to hawks; Bhāsī produced cranes.
गृध्री गृध्रान् कपोतांश् च पारावती विहंगमान् हंससारसकारण्डप्लवाञ्छुचिरजीजनत्
Gṛdhrī gave birth to vultures and pigeons; Pārāvatī to birds; Śuci produced swans, sarasa, kāraṇḍa, and plava birds.
अजाश्वमेषोष्ट्रखरान् सुग्रीवी चाप्यजीजनत् विनता जनयामास गरुडं चारुणं शुभा
Sugrīvī gave birth to goats, horses, sheep, camels, and asses; Vinatā gave birth to Garuḍa and Aruṇa, the auspicious ones.
सौदामिनीं तथा कन्यां सर्वलोकभयङ्करीम् सुरसायाः सहस्रं तु सर्पाणामभवत्पुरा
Likewise, Saudāminī, a maiden terrifying to all worlds, was born; and Surasā gave birth to a thousand serpents in ancient times.
कद्रूः सहस्रशिरसां सहस्रं प्राप सुव्रता प्रधानास्तेषु विख्याताः षड्विंशतिरनुत्तमाः
Kadru, steadfast in her vows, bore a thousand serpents with a thousand heads; among them, twenty-six are renowned as the foremost.
शेषवासुकिकर्कोटशङ्खैरावतकम्बलाः धनञ्जयमहानीलपद्माश्वतरतक्षकाः
Śeṣa, Vāsuki, Karkoṭa, Śaṅkha, Airāvata, Kambala, Dhanañjaya, Mahānīla, Padma, Aśvatara, and Takṣaka,
एलापत्रमहापद्मधृतराष्ट्रबलाहकाः शङ्खपालमहाशङ्खपुष्पदंष्ट्रशुभाननाः
Elāpatra, Mahāpadma, Dhṛtarāṣṭra, Balāhaka, Śaṅkhapāla, Mahāśaṅkha, Puṣpadaṃṣṭra, and Śubhānana,
शङ्खलोमा च नहुषो वामनः फणितस् तथा कपिलो दुर्मुखश्चापि पतञ्जलिरिति स्मृतः
Śaṅkhaloma, Nahuṣa, Vāmana, Phaṇita, Kapila, Durmukha, and also Patañjali are remembered among them.
रक्षोगणं क्रोधवशा महामायं व्यजीजनत् रुद्राणां च गणं तद्वद् गोमहिष्यौ वराङ्गना
Under the sway of anger, she produced a host of rakṣasas, endowed with great illusion; likewise, Gomahiṣī, a noble lady, gave rise to a group of Rudras.
सुरभिर् जनयामास कश्यपादिति नः श्रुतम् मुनिर्मुनीनां च गणं गणमप्सरसां तथा
Surabhi gave birth, as we have heard, to the group of Kāśyapa's offspring; and likewise, the sage produced a host of sages and a group of apsarases.
तथा किंनरगन्धर्वान् अरिष्टाजनयद्बहून् तृणवृक्षलतागुल्मम् इला सर्वमजीजनत्
Similarly, Ilā generated many Kinnaras and Gandharvas, Ariṣṭā produced many, and Ilā created all grasses, trees, creepers, and shrubs.
त्विषा तु यक्षरक्षांसि जनयामास कोटिशः एते तु काश्यपेयाश् च संक्षेपात्परिकीर्तिताः
Tviṣā gave birth to countless Yakṣas and Rakṣasas; these are briefly mentioned as the descendants of Kāśyapa.
एतेषां पुत्रपौत्रादिवंशाश् च बहवः स्मृताः एवं प्रजासु सृष्टासु कश्यपेन महात्मना
Many lineages of sons, grandsons, and others are remembered among them; thus, all these beings were created by the great-souled Kāśyapa.
प्रतिष्ठितासु सर्वासु चरासु स्थावरासु च अभिषिच्याधिपत्येषु तेषां मुख्यान्प्रजापतिः
When all the moving and unmoving creatures had been established, Prajāpati anointed the chief among them as rulers.
ततो मनुष्याधिपतिं चक्रे वैवस्वतं मनुम् स्वायंभुवे ऽन्तरे पूर्वं ब्रह्मणा ये ऽभिषेचिताः
Then he appointed Vaivasvata Manu as the lord of mankind, after those previously anointed by Brahmā in the earlier Svāyambhuva period.
तैरियं पृथिवी सर्वा सप्तद्वीपा सपर्वता यथोपदेशमद्यापि धर्मेण प्रतिपाल्यते
By them, this entire earth, with its seven continents and mountains, is still governed according to instruction and with righteousness.
स्वायंभुवे ऽन्तरे पूर्वे ब्रह्मणा ये ऽभिषेचिताः ते ह्येते चाभिषिच्यन्ते मनवश् च भवन्ति ते
Those who were anointed by Brahmā in the earlier Svāyambhuva period, they too are anointed, and they become Manus.
मन्वन्तरेष्वतीतेषु गता ह्येतेषु पार्थिवाः एवमन्ये ऽभिषिच्यन्ते प्राप्ते मन्वन्तरे ततः
When previous Manvantaras have passed and their rulers departed, others are anointed at the arrival of each new Manvantara.
अतीतानागताः सर्वे नृपा मन्वन्तरे स्मृताः एतानुत्पाद्य पुत्रांस्तु प्रजासंतानकारणात्
All kings remembered in past and future Manvantaras, after producing sons for the sake of continuing progeny.
कश्यपो गोत्रकामस्तु चचार स पुनस्तपः पुत्रो गोत्रकरो मह्यं भवताद् इति चिन्तयन्
Desiring a lineage, Kāśyapa again undertook austerities, reflecting, 'May a son who establishes my lineage be born to me.'
तस्यैवं ध्यायमानस्य कश्यपस्य महात्मनः ब्रह्मयोगात्सुतौ पश्चात् प्रादुर्भूतौ महौजसौ
As the great-souled Kāśyapa was meditating thus, through union with Brahma, two sons of great energy appeared thereafter.
वत्सरश्चासितश्चैव तावुभौ ब्रह्मवादिनौ वत्सरान्नैध्रुवो जज्ञे रैभ्यश् च सुमहायशाः
Vatsara and Asita, both learned in Brahman, were born; Naidhruva was born from Vatsara, and Raibhya, renowned for his great fame.
रैभ्यस्य रैभ्या विज्ञेया नैध्रुवस्य वदामि वः च्यवनस्य तु कन्यायां सुमेधाः समपद्यत
Know that Raibhya's descendants are called Raibhya; I will tell you of Naidhruva's line. Sumedha was born to Cyavana's daughter.
नैध्रुवस्य तु सा पत्नी माता वै कुण्डपायिनाम् असितस्यैकपर्णायां ब्रह्मिष्ठः समपद्यत
She became the wife of Naidhruva and the mother of the Kuṇḍapāyins. From Asita and Ekaparṇā, a Brahmin of great wisdom was born.
शाण्डिल्यानां वरः श्रीमान् देवलः सुमहातपाः शाण्डिल्या नैध्रुवा रैभ्यास् त्रयः पक्षास्तु काश्यपाः
Among the Śāṇḍilyas, the illustrious Devala, of great austerity, was the best. The Śāṇḍilyas, Naidhruvas, and Raibhyas are three branches, and the Kāśyapas are another.