Vayu Purana

ऋष्यन्तरेषु वै बाह्या बहवो भार्गवाः स्मृताः । वत्सो विश्वोऽश्विषेणश्च पाण्डः पथ्यः सशौनकः। गोत्रेण सप्तमा ह्येते पक्षा ज्ञेयास्तु भार्गवाः ।। ४.

Among other sages, many Bhārgavas are known as external branches: Vatsa, Viśva, Aśviṣeṇa, Pāṇḍa, Pathya, and Śaunaka; these seven are to be known as the Bhārgava branches by lineage.

श्रृणुताङ्गिरसो वंशमग्नेः पुत्रस्य धीमतः। यस्यान्ववाये सम्भूता भारद्वाजाः सगौतमाः। देवाश्चाङ्गिरसो मुख्यास्त्विषुमन्तो महौजसः ।। ४.

Hear now the lineage of the Āṅgirasas, descendants of Agni, the wise one, from whose line arose the Bhāradvājas with the Gautamas, and the chief Āṅgirasas, the radiant, mighty deities.

सुरूपा चैव मारीची कार्द्दमी च तथा स्वराट्। पथ्या च मानवी कन्या तिस्रो भार्यास्त्वथर्वणः। इत्येताङ्गिरसः पत्न्यस्तासु वक्ष्यामि सन्ततिम् ।। ४.

Surūpā, a daughter of Marīci; Kārddamī, and Svarāṭ; and Pathyā, a daughter of Manu—these three were the wives of Atharvan; these are the wives of the Āṅgirasas, and I will now recount their progeny.

अथर्वणस्तु दायादास्तासु जाताः कुलोद्वहाः। उत्पन्ना महता चैव तपसा भावितात्मनाम् ।। ४.

From these, Atharvan’s heirs were born, upholding the family line, produced through great austerity by those of purified souls.

बृहस्पतिः सुरूपायां गौतमः सुषुवे स्वराट्। अवन्ध्यं वामदेवञ्च उतथ्यमुशिजन्तथा ।। ४.

Bṛhaspati was born from Surūpā, and Gautama from Svarāṭ; Vāmadeva, Utaṭhya, and Uśija, all illustrious, were also born.

धिष्णुः पुत्रस्तु पथ्यायां संवर्तश्चैव मानसः। विचित्तश्च तथायस्यः शरद्वांश्चाप्युतथ्यजः ।। ४.

Dhiṣṇu was the son of Pathyā, and Saṃvarta was born from Mānasa; Vicitta and Āyasya likewise, and Śaradvān, son of Utathya.

अशिजो दीर्घतमा बृहदुत्थो वामदेवजः। धिष्णुः पुत्राः सुधन्वान ऋषभश्च सुधन्वनः।।४.१०२ रथकाराः स्मृता देवा ऋषयो ये परिश्रुताः। बृहस्पतेर्भरद्वाजो विश्रुतः सुमहायशाः ।। ४.

Aśija, Dīrghatamā, and Bṛhaduttha, son of Vāmadeva; Dhiṣṇu’s sons were Sudhanvan and Ṛṣabha, sons of Sudhanvan; the Rathakāras are known as divine sages, renowned ṛṣis; Bharadvāja, son of Bṛhaspati, is famed and of great renown.

अङ्गिरसस्तु संवर्त्तो देवानङ्गिरसः श्रृणु। बृहस्पतेर्यवीयांसो देवा ह्यङ्गिरसः स्मृताः ।। ४.

Now hear of Saṃvarta, the Angiras, and the Angirases among the gods; the younger brothers of Bṛhaspati are known as the Angirases among the gods.

औरसाङ्गिरसः पुत्राः सुरूपायां विजज्ञिरे। औदार्यायुर्दनुर्दक्षो दर्भः प्राणस्तथैव च। हविष्मांश्च हविष्णुश्च क्रतुः सत्यश्च ते दश ।। ४.

The sons of Angiras, born from Surūpā, are called the Aurasa Angirases: Audārya, Āyu, Dhanur, Dakṣa, Darbha, Prāṇa, Haviṣmān, Haviṣṇu, Kratu, and Satya—these ten.

अयस्यस्तु उतथ्यश्च वामदेवस्तथोशिजः। भारद्वाजाः शांकृतिका गार्ग्यकाण्वरथीतराः ।। ४.

From Ayasya came Utathya, Vāmadeva, and Uśija; the Bhāradvājas, Śāṃkṛtikas, Gārgya-Kāṇvas, and Athītaras.

मुद्गला विष्णुवृद्धाश्च हरिता वायवस्तथा। तथा भाक्षा भरद्वाजा आर्षभाः किम्भयास्तथा ।। ४.

The Mudgalas, Viṣṇuvṛddhas, Haritas, Vāyavas, Bhākṣas, Bharadvājas, Ārṣabhas, and Kimbhayas likewise.

एते ह्यङ्गिरसः पक्षा विज्ञेया दश पञ्च च। ऋष्यन्तरेषु वै बाह्या बहवोऽङ्गिरसः स्मृताः ।। ४.

These are to be known as the ten and five branches of the Angirases; many other Angirases are remembered among the other Ṛṣis and outside them.

मारीचं परिवक्ष्यामि वंशमुत्तमपूरुषम्। यस्यान्ववाये सम्भूतं जगत्स्थावरजङ्गमम् ।। ४.

Now I will describe the lineage of Marīci, the foremost of men, from whose descendants all the world, both immovable and moving, has arisen.

मरीचिरापश्चकमे ताभिध्यायन्प्रजेप्सया। पुत्रः सर्वगुणोपेतः प्रजावान् सुरुचिर्दितिः। संपूज्यते प्रशस्तायां मनसा भाविता प्रभुः ।। ४.

Marīci, desiring offspring, meditated upon the waters; from them was born a son endowed with all virtues, rich in progeny, radiant, and Diti—he is honored, praised, and revered in mind by the wise.

आहूताश्च ततः सर्वा आपः समवसत्प्रभुः। तासु प्रणिहितात्मानमेकः सोऽजनयत्प्रभुः ।। ४.

Then all the waters were summoned, and the lord dwelt among them; concentrating his mind in them, the lord generated one.

पुत्रमप्रतिमन्नाम्नारिष्टनेमिः प्रजापतिः। पुत्रं मरीचं सूर्याभं वधौवेशो व्यजीजनत् ।। ४.

The lord of creatures, Ariṣṭanemi by name, incomparable, begot a son, Marīci, shining like the sun, in Vadhauveśa.

प्रध्यायन् हि सतां वाचं पुत्रार्थी सलिले स्थितः। सप्तवर्षसहस्राणि ततः सोऽप्रतिमोऽभवत् ।। ४.

Desiring a son, he stood in the waters, meditating upon the speech of the virtuous for seven thousand years; then he became incomparable.

कश्यपः सवितुर्विद्वांस्तेन स ब्रह्मणः समः । मन्वन्तरेषु सर्वेषु ब्राह्मणांशेन जायते ।। ४.

Kaśyapa, wise in the knowledge of Savitṛ, thus became equal to Brahmā; in every Manvantara, he is born as a portion of a Brāhmaṇa.

कन्यानिमितमित्युक्ते दक्षेण कुपिताः प्रजाः । अपिबत्स तदा कश्यं कश्यं मद्यमिहोच्यते ।। ४.

When it was said by Dakṣa that it was for the sake of daughters, the progeny, angered, drank what is here called Kaśya, which is liquor.

हाश्चेकसा हि विज्ञेया ब्रह्मणः कश्य उच्यते। कश्यं मद्यं स्मृतं विप्रैः कश्यपानात्तु कश्यपः ।। ४.

It should be known that Haścekasa is called the liquor of Brahmā; Kaśya is remembered as liquor by the sages, and Kaśyapa is so named from drinking Kaśya.

करोति नाम यद्वाचो वाचं क्रूरमुदाहृतम्। दक्षाभिशप्तः कुपितः कश्यपस्तेन सोऽभवत् ।। ४.

Because of the harsh words spoken, Kaśyapa, cursed by Dakṣa in anger, thus became so.

तस्माच्च कश्यपेनोक्तो ब्रह्मणा परमेष्ठिना। तस्माद्दक्षः कश्यपाय कन्यास्ताः प्रत्यपद्यत। सर्वाश्च ब्रह्मवादिन्यः सर्वास्ता लोकमातरः ।। ४.

Then, as instructed by Brahmā, the supreme lord, Dakṣa gave his daughters to Kaśyapa; all were learned in the Vedas and became mothers of the worlds.

इत्येतमृषिसर्गन्तु पुण्यं यो वेद वारुणम्। आयुष्मान् पुण्यवान् शुद्धः सुखमाप्नोत्यनुत्तमम्। धारणात् श्रवणाच्चैव सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यते ।। ४.

Whoever knows this sacred account of the Ṛṣis, called Vāruṇa, becomes long-lived, virtuous, and pure, and attains supreme happiness; by reciting and hearing it, one is freed from all sins.

अथाब्रुवन् पुनः सर्वे मुनयो रोमहर्षणम्। विनिवृत्ते प्रजासर्गे षष्ठे वै चाक्षुषस्य ह । निसर्गः सम्प्रवृत्तोऽयं मनोर्वैव स्वतस्य ह ।। ४.

Then all the sages again addressed Romaharṣaṇa: 'Now, after the sixth creation of beings, in the time of Cākṣuṣa, the spontaneous creation of Manu Vaivasvata has begun.'

प्रजाः सृजेति व्यादिष्टः स्वयं दक्षः स्वयम्भुवा। ससर्ज दक्षो भूतानि गतिमन्ति ध्रुवाणि च । उपस्थितेऽन्तरे ह्यस्मिन् मनोर्वैवस्वतस्य ह ।। ४.

Dakṣa, commanded by the self-born, himself created beings; Dakṣa produced creatures, both mobile and immobile, and when the interval of Manu Vaivasvata arrived.

ततः प्रवृत्तो दक्षस्तुप्रजाः स्रष्टुञ्चतुर्विधाः। जरायुजा अण्डजाश्च उद्भिज्जाः स्वेदजास्तथा ।। ४.

Then Daksha began to create beings of four kinds: those born from the womb, those born from eggs, those born from moisture, and those that sprout from the earth.

दशवर्ष सहस्राणि तप्त्वा घोरं महत्तपः। सम्भावितो योगबलैरणिमाद्यैर्विशेषतः ।। ४.

For ten thousand years he performed severe and intense austerities, being especially endowed with yogic powers such as animā and others.

आत्मानं व्यभजन् श्रीमान् मनुष्योरगराक्षसान्। देवासुरसगन्धर्वान् दिव्यसंहननप्रजान् । ईश्वरानात्मनस्तुल्यान् रूपद्रविणतेजसा ।। ४.

He, the illustrious one, divided himself to create humans, serpents, and rākṣasas, as well as gods, asuras, and gandharvas—beings of divine form—lords equal to himself in appearance, wealth, and brilliance.

तथैवान्यानि मुदितो गतिमन्ति ध्रुवाणि च। मानसान्येव भूतानि सिसृक्षुर्विविधाः प्रजाः ।। ४.

In the same way, joyfully desiring to create various beings, he produced other steadfast and mobile creatures, all born from his mind.