ऊर्ध्वं तिर्यगधश्चैव यदाप्रतिहता गतिः । तदा कस्माद्भुवो नान्तं सर्वे द्रक्ष्यथ बालिशाः ॥ १,१५.
When movement is unobstructed upward, across, and downward, then, O childish ones, why do you not see the end of the earth?
ते तु तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा प्रयाताः सर्वतो दिशम् । अद्यापि नो निवर्तन्ते समुद्रेभ्य इवापगाः ॥ १,१५.
Hearing those words, they departed in all directions; even now they do not return, like rivers flowing to the ocean.
हर्य श्वेष्वथ नष्टोषु दक्षः प्राचेतसः पुनः । वैरुण्यामथ पुत्राणां सहस्रमसृजत्प्रभुः ॥ १,१५.
When the white horses were lost, Daksha, son of Prachetas, once again, by Vairuni, produced a thousand sons, O mighty one.
विवर्धयिषवस्ते तु शबलाश्वाः प्रजाः पुनः । पूर्वोक्तं वचनं ब्रह्मन्नारदेनैव नोदिताः ॥ १,१५.
Desiring to increase the population, those sons with mottled horses were born again; but, O Brahman, they did not heed the previously spoken words of Narada.
अन्योन्यमूचुस्ते सर्वे सम्यगाह महामुनिः । भ्रतॄणां पदवी चैव गन्तव्या नात्र संशयः ॥ १,१५.
All of them spoke to each other, and the great sage explained clearly: 'The path of the brothers must indeed be followed; there is no doubt about this.'
ज्ञात्वा प्रमाणं पृथ्व्याश्च प्रजाःसृज्यामहे ततः ॥ १,१५.
'Having understood the measure of the earth, let us then create offspring,' they said.
तेपि तेनैव मार्गेण प्रयाताः सर्वतोमुखम् । अद्यापि न निवर्तन्ते समुद्रेभ्य इवापगाः । ततः प्रभृति वै भ्राता भ्रातुरन्वेषणे द्विज । प्रयातो नश्यति तथा तन्न कार्यं विजानता ॥ १,१५.
They too proceeded along that same path, facing in all directions; even today, they do not return, like rivers flowing to the ocean. From that time onward, O twice-born, a brother who goes in search of another brother perishes in the same way; thus, one who knows this should not do so.
तां श्चापि नष्टान् विज्ञाय पुत्रान् दक्षः प्रजापतिः । क्रोधं चक्रे महाभागो नारदं स शशाप च ॥ १,१५.
Recognizing that his sons were lost, Daksha, the lord of creatures, became angry and cursed Narada.
सर्गकामस्ततो विद्वान्स मैत्रेय प्रजापतिः । षष्टिं तक्षोऽसृजत्कन्या वैरुण्यामिति नः श्रुतम् ॥ १,१५.
Desiring creation, the wise lord of creatures, O Maitreya, then produced sixty daughters by Vairuni, as we have heard.
ददौ स दश धर्माय कश्यपाय त्रयोदश । सप्तविंशति सोमाय चतस्त्रोऽरिष्टनेमिने ॥ १,१५.
He gave ten to Dharma, thirteen to Kashyapa, twenty-seven to Soma, and four to Arishtanemi.
द्वे चैव बहुपुत्राय द्वे चैवाङ्गिरसे तथा । द्वे कृशाश्वाय विदुषे तासां नामानि मे शृणु ॥ १,१५.
He gave two to Bahuputra, two likewise to Angiras, and two to the learned Krishashva; hear from me their names.
अरुन्धती वसुर्जामिर्लङ्घा भानुमरुत्वती । संकल्पा च मुहूर्ता च साध्या विश्वा च तादृशी । धर्मपत्न्यो दशत्वेतास्तास्वपत्यानि मे शृणु । विश्वेदेवास्तु विश्वायाः साध्या साध्यानजायत । मरुत्वत्यां सरुत्वन्तो वसोश्च वसवः स्मृता ॥ १,१५.
Arundhati, Vasu, Jami, Laghna, Bhanu, Marutvati, Sankalpa, Muhurta, Sadhya, and Vishva—these are the ten wives of Dharma. Hear from me their offspring: the Visvedevas were born from Vishva, the Sadhyas from Sadhya, the Maruts from Marutvati, and the Vasus from Vasu.
भानोस्तु भानवः पुत्रा मुहूर्तायां मुहूर्तजाः ॥ १,१५.
The sons of Bhanu are called the Bhanuvas, and those of Muhurta are the Muhurtajas.
लङ्घायाश्चैव घोषोथ नागवीथी तु जामिता ॥ १,१५.
From Laghna came Ghosha, and from Jami, Nagavithi.
पृथिवीविषयं सर्वमरुन्धत्याम जायत । संकल्पायास्तु सर्वात्मा जज्ञे संकल्प एव हि ॥ १,१५.
All things pertaining to the earth were born from Arundhati; and from Sankalpa, the universal soul, Sankalpa himself was born.
ये त्वनेकवसुप्राणदेवा ज्योतिः पुरोगमाः । वसवोष्टौ समाख्यातास्तेषां वक्ष्यामि विस्तरम् ॥ १,१५.
Those who are the eight Vasus, gods with many forms and life, led by light—I will now describe them in detail.
आपो ध्रुवश्च सोमश्च धर्मश्चैवानिलोऽनलः । प्रत्यूषश्च प्रभासश्च वसवो नामभिः स्मृताः ॥ १,१५.
Water, Dhruva, Soma, Dharma, Anila, Anala, Pratyusha, and Prabhasa—these are the Vasus, known by their names.
आपस्य पुत्रो वैतण्डः श्रमः शान्तोऽध्वनिस्तथा । ध्रुवस्य पुत्रो भगवान्कालो लोकप्रकालनः ॥ १,१५.
The sons of Apa are Vaitanda, Shrama, Shanta, and Adhvani; the son of Dhruva is the illustrious Kala, who reveals the worlds.
सोमस्य भगवान्वर्चो वर्चस्वी येन जायते ॥ १,१५.
The son of Soma is the illustrious Varco, from whom brilliance is born.
धर्मस्य पुत्रो द्रविणो हुतहव्यवहस्तथा । मनोहरायां शिशिरः प्राणोथ रवणस्तथा ॥ १,१५.
The son of Dharma is Dravina, and Hutahavyavaha; from Manohara are born Shishira, Prana, and likewise Ravana.
अनिलस्य शिवा भार्या तस्याः पुत्रो मनोजवः । अविज्ञातगतिश्चैव द्वौ पुत्रावनिलस्य तु ॥ १,१५.
Śivā is the wife of Anila; their two sons are Manojava and Avijñātagati.
अग्निपुत्रः कुमारस्तु शरस्तम्बे व्यजायत । तस्य शाखो विशाखश्च नैगमेयश्च पृष्ठजाः ॥ १,१५.
The son of Agni is Kumāra, who was born from a cluster of reeds; his followers are Śākha, Viśākha, and Naigameya, who were born after him.
अपत्यं कृत्तिकानां तु कार्त्तिकेय इति स्मृतः ॥ १,१५.
The child of the Kṛttikās is known as Kārttikeya.
प्रत्यूषस्य विदुः पुत्रं ऋषि नाम्नाथ देवलम् । द्वौ पुत्रौ देवलस्यापि क्षमावन्तौ मनीषिणौ ॥ १,१५.
It is said that Pratyūṣa's son was the sage named Devala; Devala himself had two wise sons, Kṣamāvat and another.
बृहस्पतेस्तु भगिनी वरस्त्री ब्रह्मचारिणी । योगसिद्धा जगत्कृत्स्नमसक्ता विचरत्युत । प्रभासस्य तु सा भार्या वसूनामष्टमस्य तु ॥ १,१५.
Bṛhaspati's sister was a noble woman, a celibate, perfected in yoga, unattached, who wandered the whole world; she became the wife of Prabhāsa, the eighth of the Vasus.
विश्वकर्मा महाभागस्तस्यां जज्ञे प्रजापतिः । कर्ता शिल्पसहस्राणां त्रिदशानां च वार्धकिः ॥ १,१५.
From her was born Viśvakarmā, the illustrious progenitor, the maker of a thousand arts and the architect of the gods.
भूषणानां च सर्वेषां कर्ताशिल्पवतां वरः । यः सर्वैषां विमानानि देवतानां चकार ह । मनुष्याश्चोपजीवन्ति यस्य शिल्पं महात्मनः ॥ १,१५.
He is the maker of all ornaments, the foremost among artisans; he built all the flying palaces of the gods, and humans also live by his great skill.
अजैकपादहिर्बुध्न्यस्त्वष्टा रुद्रश्च वीर्यवान् । त्वष्टुश्चाप्यात्मजः पुत्रो विश्वरूपो महातपाः ॥ १,१५.
Ajaikapāda, Ahibudhnya, Tvaṣṭṛ, and the mighty Rudra; and Tvaṣṭṛ's own son was Viśvarūpa, great in austerity.
हरश्च बहुरूपश्च त्र्यम्बकश्चापराजितः । वृषाकपिश्च शम्भुश्च कपर्दीरैवतः स्मृतः ॥ १,१५.
Hara, Bahurūpa, Tryambaka, Aparājita, Vṛṣākapi, Śambhu, Kapardī, and Raivata are remembered.
मृगव्याधश्च शर्वश्च कपाली च महामुने । एकादशैते कथिता रुद्रास्त्रिभुवनेश्वराः ॥ १,१५.
Mṛgavyādha, Śarva, and Kapālī, O great sage; these eleven are called the Rudras, lords of the three worlds.