Vayu Purana

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.

ऋषीन् देवान् सगन्धर्वान् मनुष्योरगराक्षसान्। यक्षभूतपिशाचांश्च वयःपशुमृगांस्तथा ।। ४.

He created seers, gods, gandharvas, humans, serpents, rākṣasas, yakṣas, spirits, piśācas, birds, cattle, and wild animals as well.

यदास्य मनसा सृष्टा न व्यवर्द्धन्त ताः प्रजाः। अपध्याता भगवता महादेवेन धीमता ।। ४.

But when those beings, created by his mind, did not multiply, they were reflected upon by the wise Lord Mahādeva.

मैथुनेन च भावेन सिसृक्षुर्विविधाः प्रजाः। असिक्रीं चावहत् पत्नीं वीरणस्य प्रजापतेः ।। ४.

Desiring to create various beings through the method of sexual union, he took Asiknī as the wife of Vīraṇa, the lord of creatures.

सुतां सुमहता युक्तां तपसा लोकधारिणीम्। यया धृतमिदं सर्वं जगत् स्थावरजङ्गमम् ।। ४.

She was a daughter, endowed with great austerity and supporting the worlds, by whom all this universe, both moving and unmoving, is sustained.

अत्राप्युदा हरन्तीमौ श्लोकौ प्राचेतसं प्रति। दक्षस्योद्वहतो भार्यामसिक्नीं वीरिणीं पराम् ।। ४.

Here too, two verses are recited concerning Prācetasa Daksha marrying Asiknī, the supreme daughter of Vīriṇa.

कूपानां नियुतं दक्षः सर्पिणां साभिमानिनाम्। नदीगिरिषु सर्ज्जंस्ताः पृष्ठतोऽनुययौ प्रभुः ।। ४.

Daksha, the lord, followed after the multitude of wells of serpents, proud and powerful, as they were released into rivers and mountains.

तं दृष्ट्वा ऋषिभिः प्रोक्तं प्रतिष्ठास्यति वै प्रजाः। प्रथमात्र द्वितीया तु दक्षस्येह प्रजापतेः ।। ४.

Seeing him, the sages declared: 'Here, the beings will be established; first here, then a second time by Daksha, the lord of creatures.'

तथागच्छद्यथाकालं कूपानां नियुते तु सः। असिक्नीं वैरिणीं यत्र दक्षः प्राचेतसोऽवहत् ।। ४.

Thus, in due course, he came to the multitude of wells, where Daksha, the son of Pracetas, married Asiknī, the daughter of Vīriṇa.

अथ पुत्रसहस्रं स वैरिण्याममितौजसा। असिवन्यां जनयामास दक्षः प्राचेतसः प्रभुः ।। ४.

Then Daksha, the son of Pracetas, the mighty lord, begot a thousand sons of great vigor with Vairiṇī, in the region of Asivān.

तांस्तु दृष्ट्वा महातेजाः स विवर्द्धयिषून् प्रजाः. देवर्षिः प्रियसंवादो नारदो ब्रह्मणः सुतः। नाशाय वचनं तेषां शापायैवात्मनोऽब्रवीत् ।। ४.

Seeing them, the great-souled sage Nārada, beloved of all and son of Brahmā, wishing to prevent their multiplication, spoke words to them that led to their destruction and brought a curse upon himself.