ततोऽर्वाक्स्रोतसां सर्गः सप्तमः स तु मानुषः
Then, the creation with downward streams is the seventh, and it is the human creation.
अष्टमोऽनुग्रहः सर्गः सात्त्विकस्तामसश्च सः । पञ्चैते वैकृताः सर्गाः प्राकृतास्तु त्रयः स्मृताः
The eighth creation is that of grace, which is sattvic and tamasic; these five are the modified creations, and the other three are considered natural.
प्राकृतो वैकृतश्चैव कौमारो नवमः स्मृतः । इत्येते वै समाख्याता नव सर्गाः प्रजापतेः
The ninth, called the Kaumara creation, is both natural and modified; thus, the nine creations of the progenitor have been fully declared.
प्राकृता वैकृताश्चैव जगतो मूलहेतवः । सृजतो जगदीशस्य किमन्यच्छ्रोतुमिच्छसि
Both the natural and modified creations are the fundamental causes of the world; O Lord of the world, who creates, what else do you wish to hear?
श्रीमैत्रेय उवाच संक्षेपात्कथितः सर्गो देवादीनां मुने त्वया । विस्तराच्छ्रोतुमिच्छामि त्वत्तो मुनिवरोत्तम
Śrī Maitreya said: O sage, you have briefly described the creation of the gods and others; I wish to hear from you, O eminent sage, in detail.
श्रीपराशर उवाच कर्मभिर्भाविताः पूर्वैः कुशलाः कुशलैस्तुताः । ख्यात्या तया ह्यनिर्मुक्ताः संहारे ह्युपसंहृताः
Śrī Parāśara said: Those shaped by previous actions, praised by the virtuous, remain bound by that fame and are withdrawn at dissolution.
स्थावरान्ताः सुराद्यास्तु प्रजा ब्रह्मंश्चतुर्विधाः । ब्रह्मणः कुर्वतः सृष्टिं जज्ञिरे मानसास्तु ताः
The fourfold progeny, from immovable beings up to the gods, and Brahma himself, arose mentally as he performed creation.
ततो देवासुरपितॄन्मनुष्यांश्च चतुष्टयम् । सिसृक्षुरम्भांस्येतानि स्वमात्मानमयूयुजत्
Desiring to create the four groups—gods, demons, ancestors, and humans—he united his own self with these elements.
युक्तात्मनस्तमोमात्रा ह्युद्रि क्ताऽभूत्प्रजापतेः । सिसृक्षोर्जघनात्पूर्वमसुरा जज्ञिरे ततः
When the progenitor was united with himself, the measure of darkness increased; first, from his lower part, the demons were born as he desired to create.
उत्ससर्ज ततस्तां तु तमोमात्रात्मिकां तनुम् । सा तु व्यक्ता तनुस्तेन मैत्रेयाभूद्विभावरी
Then he released that form, composed of the measure of darkness; that manifest form, O Maitreya, became night.
सिसृक्षुरन्यदेहस्थः प्रीतिमाप ततः सुराः । सत्त्वोद्रिक्ताः समुद्भूता मुखतो ब्रह्मणो द्विजः
Desiring to create, he, situated in another form, experienced delight; the gods, predominated by goodness, arose from Brahma’s mouth, O twice-born.
त्यक्ता सापि तनुस्तेन सत्त्वप्रायमभूद्दिनम् । ततो हि बलिनो रात्रावसुरा देवता दिवा
He abandoned that form, which then became mostly sattvic and turned into day; thus, the demons are powerful at night, and the gods during the day.
सत्त्वमात्रात्मिकामेव ततोन्यां जगृहे तनुम् । पितृवन्मन्यमानस्य पितरस्तस्य जज्ञिरे
He then assumed another body, composed solely of sattva, considering it as his father; from him, the ancestors were born.
उत्ससर्ज ततस्तां तु पितॄन्सृष्ट्वापि स प्रभुः । सा चोत्सृष्टाभवत्संध्या दिननक्तान्तरस्थिता
After creating the ancestors, that Lord released that form; and the form thus released became Sandhya, the twilight that stands between day and night.
रजोमात्रात्मिकामन्यां जगृहे स तनुं ततः । रजोमात्रोत्कटा जाता मनुष्या द्विजसत्तम
Then he took on another body, consisting only of rajas; from that intense rajas were born humans, O best of twice-born.
तामप्याशु स तत्याज तनुं सद्यः प्रजापतिः । ज्योत्स्ना समभवत्सापि प्राक्सन्ध्या याऽभिधीयते
The Lord of creatures quickly abandoned that body as well; and that body became Jyotsna, the dawn, which is called the earlier twilight.
ज्योत्स्नागमे तु बलिनो मनुष्याः पितरस्तथा । मैत्रेय संध्यासमये तस्मादेते भवन्ति वै
At the coming of Jyotsna, both powerful humans and ancestors, O Maitreya, are present at the time of twilight.
ज्योत्स्ना रात्र्यहनी संध्या चत्वार्येतानि वै प्रभोः । ब्रह्मणस्तु शरीराणि त्रिगुणोपाश्रयाणि तु
Jyotsna, night, day, and twilight—these four are indeed the bodies of the Lord Brahma, each associated with one of the three gunas.
रजोमात्रात्मिकामेव ततोन्यां जगृहे तनुम् । ततः क्षुद्ब्रह्मणो जाता जज्ञे कामस्तया ततः
He then assumed yet another body, composed solely of rajas; from it arose hunger, and from that hunger, desire was born.
क्षुत्क्षामानन्धकारेथ सोसृजद्भगवांस्ततः । विरूपाः श्मश्रुला जातास्तेभ्यधावंस्ततः प्रभुम्
Then, in darkness caused by hunger and thirst, the blessed Lord created beings who were misshapen and bearded, and they rushed toward the Lord.
मैवं भो रक्ष्यतामेष यैरुक्तं राक्षसास्तु ते । ऊचुः खादाम इत्यन्ये ये ते यक्षास्तु जक्षणात्
Those who said, 'Do not do this, let him be protected,' became known as Rakshasas; others who said, 'Let us eat,' became Yakshas, from the act of eating.
अप्रियेण तु तान्दृष्ट्वा केशाः शीर्यन्तवेधसः । हीनाश्च शिरसो भूयः समारोहन्त तच्छिरः
Seeing them with displeasure, the hair of the Creator fell out; and from that fallen hair, new heads arose again on his body.
सर्पणात्तेऽभवन् सर्पा हीनत्वादहयः स्मृताः । ततः क्रुद्धो जगत्स्रष्टा क्रोधात्मानो विनिर्ममे । वर्णेन कपिशेनोग्रभूतास्ते पिशिताशनाः
From that shedding, serpents were born, and because they were fallen, they are called 'fallen ones'; then, angered, the creator of the world produced fierce beings with tawny color, who were flesh-eaters.
ध्यायतोंगात्समुत्पन्ना गन्धर्वास्तस्य तत्क्षणात् । पिबन्तो जज्ञिरे वाचं गन्धर्वास्तेन ते द्विज
As he meditated, Gandharvas arose from his body at that very moment; and those Gandharvas were born drinking speech, O twice-born.
एतानि सृष्ट्वा भगवान्ब्रह्म तच्छक्तिचोदितः । ततः स्वच्छन्दतोन्यानि वयांसि वयसोऽसृजत्
Having created these, the blessed Brahma, impelled by that power, then at his own will created other birds.
अवयो वक्षसश्चक्रे मुखतोजाः स सृष्टवान् । सृष्टवानुदराद्गाश्च पार्श्वभ्यां च प्रजापतिः
He created birds from his chest, strong ones from his mouth, cattle from his abdomen, and other creatures from his sides, O Lord of creatures.
पद्भ्यां चाश्वान्समातङ्गान्रासभान्गवयान्मृगान्। उष्ट्रानश्वतरांश्चैव न्यङ्कूनन्याश्च जातयः
From his feet he created horses, elephants, donkeys, wild oxen, deer, camels, mules, dwarfs, and other species.
ओषध्यः फलमूलिन्यो रोमभ्यस्तस्य जज्ञिरे । त्रेतायुगमुखे ब्रह्मा कल्पस्यादौ द्विजोत्तम । सृष्ट्वापश्चौषधीः सम्यग्युयोजस तदाध्वरे
Plants bearing fruit and roots were born from his hair; at the beginning of the Treta Yuga, at the start of the kalpa, O best of twice-born, Brahma created the plants and properly assigned them to the sacrifice.
गौरजः पुरुषो मेषश्चाश्वाश्वतरगर्दभाः । एतान्ग्राम्यान्पशूनाहुरारण्यांश्च निबोध मे
The cow-born man, the ram, horses, mules, and donkeys—these are called domestic animals; listen now to the wild ones.
श्वापदा द्विखुरा हस्ती वानराः पक्षिपंचमाः । औदकाः पशवः षष्ठाः सप्तमास्तु सरीसृपाः
Carnivores, cloven-hoofed animals, elephants, monkeys, birds as the fifth group, aquatic animals as the sixth, and reptiles as the seventh.