अत ऊर्ध्वं प्रवक्ष्यामि मनोः स्वारोचिषस्य तु । मन्वन्तराधिपान्सम्यग्देवर्षिंस्तत्सुतांस्तथा ॥ ३,१.
Now I shall properly describe the rulers of the Svārociṣa Manvantara, the gods, the sages, and their sons.
पारावताः सतुषिता देवाः स्वारोचिषेऽन्तरे । विपश्चित्तत्र देवेन्द्रो मैत्रेयासीन्महाबलः ॥ ३,१.
In the Svārociṣa Manvantara, the Pārāvata and Tushita gods existed; Vipascit, of great strength, was the Indra there, O Maitreya.
ऊर्जस्तंभस्तथा प्राणो वातोथ* पृषभस्तथा । (*पाठ. दत्तोग्नी ऋषभस्तथा) निरयश्च परीवांश्च तत्र सप्तर्षयोऽभवन् ॥ ३,१.
Ūrja, Stambha, Prāṇa, Vāta, Ṛṣabha, Niraya, and Parīvān—these were the seven sages in that Manvantara.
चैत्रकिंपुरुषाद्याश्च सुताः स्वारोचिषस्य तु । द्वितीयमेतद्व्याख्यातमन्तरं शृणु चोत्तमम् ॥ ३,१.
Caitra, Kimpuruṣa, and others were the sons of Svārociṣa; thus the second Manvantara has been explained—now listen to the next one.
तृतीयेप्यन्तरे ब्रह्मन्नुत्तमो नाम यो मनुः । सुशान्तिर्नाम देवेन्द्रो मैत्रेयासीत्सुताञ्छृणु ॥ ३,१.
O Brahman, in the third interval, the Manu named Uttama appeared; the lord of the gods was called Suśānti. Hear now of their sons, O Maitreya.
सुधामानस्तथा सत्या जपाश्चाथ प्रतर्दनाः । वशवर्तिश्च पञ्चैते गणा द्वादशकाः स्मृताः ॥ ३,१.
Sudhāman, Satyā, Japā, Pratardana, and Vaśavartin—these five are known as the twelvefold groups.
वसिष्ठतनया ह्येते सप्त सप्तर्षयोभवन् । अजः परशुदीप्ताद्यास्तथोत्तममनोः सुताः ॥ ३,१.
These were the seven great sages, sons of Vasiṣṭha; Aja, Paraśudīpta, and others were the sons of Uttama Manu.
तामसस्यान्तरे देवाः सुपारा हरयस्तथा । सत्याश्च सुधियश्चैव सप्तविंशतिका गणाः ॥ ३,१.
In the Tāmasa interval, the gods were called Supāras and also Harayas; Satyas and Sudhiyas—these were the twenty-seven groups.
शिविरिन्द्रस्तथा चासीच्छतयज्ञोपलक्षमः । सप्तर्षयश्च ये तेषां तेषां नामानि मे शृणु ॥ ३,१.
Śivi was the Indra then, renowned for a hundred sacrifices; now hear from me the names of the seven sages of that time.
ज्योतिर्धामा पुथुः कात्यश्चैत्रोग्निर्धनकस्तथा । पीवरश्चर्षयो ह्येते सप्त तत्रापि चान्तरे ॥ ३,१.
Jyotirdhāma, Puthu, Kātya, Citrāgni, Dhanaka, Pīvara—these were the seven sages in that interval as well.
नरः ख्यातिः केतुरूपो जानुजङ्घादयस्तथा । पुत्रास्तु तामसस्यासन्नाजानः सुमहाबलाः ॥ ३,१.
Nara, Khyāti, Keturūpa, Jānujaṅgha, and others—these were the sons of Tāmasa, all of great strength.
पञ्चमे वापि मैत्रेय रैवतो नाम नामतः । मनुर्विभुश्च तत्रेन्द्रो देवांश्चात्रान्तरे शृणु ॥ ३,१.
In the fifth, O Maitreya, Manu was named Raivata, and Vibhu was the Indra; now hear of the gods in that interval.
अमिताभा भूतरया वैकुण्ठाः सुसमेधसः । एते देवगणास्तत्र चतुर्दश चतुर्दश ॥ ३,१.
Amitābhā, Bhūtarayā, Vaikuṇṭhas, and Susamedhas—these were the groups of gods there, fourteen in number.
हिरण्यरोमा वेदाश्रिरूर्ध्वबाहुस्तथावरः । वेदबाहुः सुधामा च पर्जन्यश्च महामुनिः । एते सप्तर्षयो विप्र तत्रासन्रैवतेन्तरे ॥ ३,१.
Hiraṇyaroma, Vedāśri, Ūrdhvabāhu, Vedabāhu, Sudhāma, Parjanya, and Avyaya—these were the seven sages, O sage, in the Raivata interval.
बलबन्धुश्च संभाव्यः सत्यकाद्याश्च तत्सुताः । नरेन्द्राश्च महावीर्या बभूवुर्मुनिसत्तम ॥ ३,१.
Balabandhu, Saṃbhāvya, Satyakā, and others—these sons became kings of great might, O best of sages.
स्वारोचिषश्चौत्तमश्च तामसो रैवतस्तथा । प्रियव्रतान्वया ह्येते चत्वारो मनवः स्मृताः ॥ ३,१.
Svārociṣa, Uttama, Tāmasa, and Raivata—these four Manus are remembered as descended from Priyavrata.
विष्णुमाराध्य तपसा स राजर्षिः प्रियव्रतः । मन्वन्तराधिपानेताल्लंब्धवानात्मवंशजान् ॥ ३,१.
Having worshipped Viṣṇu through austerity, the royal sage Priyavrata obtained as rulers of the Manvantaras his own descendants.
षष्ठे मन्वंरते चासीच्चाक्षुषाख्यस्तथा मनुः । मनोजवस्तथैवेन्द्रो देवानपि निबोध मे ॥ ३,१.
In the sixth Manvantara, the Manu was known as Cākṣuṣa; Manojava was the Indra. Now hear from me of the gods as well.
आप्याः प्रसूता भव्याश्च पृथुकाश्चा दिवौकसः । महानुभावा लेखाश्च पञ्चैते ह्यष्टका गणाः ॥ ३,१.
Āpyā, Prasūta, Bhavyā, Pṛthukā, and Lekhā—these five, together with three others, formed the eight groups of gods.
सुमेधा विरजाश्चैव हविष्मानुत्तमो मधुः । अतिनामा सहिष्णुश्च सप्तासन्निति चर्षयः ॥ ३,१.
Sumedhā, Virajā, Haviṣmān, Uttama, Madhu, Atināmā, and Sahiṣṇu—these seven were the sages.
ऊरुः पूरुः शतद्युम्नप्रमुखाः सुमहाबलाः । चाक्षुषस्य मनोः पुत्राः पृथिवीपतयोऽभवन् ॥ ३,१.
Ūru, Pūru, and Śatadyumna, foremost among the mighty—these were the sons of Cākṣuṣa Manu, who became rulers of the earth.
विवस्वतः सुतो विप्र श्राद्धदेवो महाद्युतिः । मनुः संवर्तते धीमान् सांप्रतं सप्तमेन्तरे ॥ ३,१.
O sage, the illustrious and wise Manu now presiding in the seventh interval is Śrāddhadeva, the son of Vivasvat.
आदित्यवसुरुद्राद्या देवाश्चात्र महामुने । पुरन्दरस्तथैवात्र मैत्रेय त्रिदशेश्वरः ॥ ३,१.
O great sage, here are the gods such as the Ādityas, Vasus, Rudras, and others; Purandara, the lord of the thirty gods, is also present here, Maitreya.
वशिष्ठः काश्यपोथात्रिर्जमदग्निः सगौतमः । विश्वामित्रभरद्वाजौ सप्त सप्तर्षयोऽभवन् ॥ ३,१.
Vasiṣṭha, Kāśyapa, Atri, Jamadagni, Gautama, Viśvāmitra, and Bharadvāja—these seven became the seven great sages.
इक्ष्वाकुश्च नृगश्चैव धृष्टः शर्यातिरेव च । नरिष्यन्तश्च विख्यातो नाभागोरिष्ट एव च ॥ ३,१.
Ikṣvāku, Nṛga, Dhṛṣṭa, Śaryāti, Nariṣyanta, the renowned Nābhāga, and Iṣṭa—these are also mentioned.
करूषश्च पृषध्रश्च सुमहांल्लोकविश्रुतः । मनोर्वैवस्वतस्यैते नव पुत्राः सुधार्मिकाः ॥ ३,१.
Karūṣa, Pṛṣadhra, and Sumahān, famed throughout the worlds—these are the nine righteous sons of Manu Vaivasvata.
विष्णुशक्तिरनौपम्या सत्त्वोद्रिक्ता स्थितौ स्थिता । मन्वन्तरेष्वशेषेषु देवत्वेनाधितिष्ठति ॥ ३,१.
The power of Viṣṇu, incomparable and abundant in purity, remains established in existence; in every Manvantara, it presides as divinity.
अंशेन तस्या जज्ञेऽसौ यज्ञःस्वायंभुवेन्तरे । आकूत्यां मानसो देव उत्पन्नः प्रथमेन्तरे ॥ ३,१.
In the Svāyambhuva Manvantara, a portion of that power was born as Yajña; in the first Manvantara, the mind-born god was produced from Ākūti.
ततः पुनः स वै देवः प्राप्ते स्वारोचिषेन्तरे । तुषितायां समुत्पन्नो ह्याजिषस्तुषितैः सह ॥ ३,१.
Then again, when the Svārociṣa Manvantara arrived, that god was born from Tuṣitā, known as Ājita, together with the Tuṣitas.
औत्तमप्यन्तरे देवस्तुषितस्तु पुनः स वै । सत्यायामभवत्सत्यः सत्यैः सह सुरोत्तमैः ॥ ३,१.
In the third Manvantara, called Uttama, that god was again Tuṣita; in Satyā, he became Satya, along with the excellent Satyas.