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अध्यायः 1
Pada III — Upodghāta, Chapter 1
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Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 1
अथ ब्रह्माण्डमहापुराणमध्यभागप्रारम्भः। पादः शेक्तो द्वितीयस्तु अनुषङ्गेन नस्त्वया। तृतीयं विस्तरात्पादं सोपोद्धातं प्रवर्त्तय।।
atha brahmāṇḍamahāpurāṇamadhyabhāgaprārambhaḥ| pādaḥ śekto dvitīyastu anuṣaṅgena nastvayā| tṛtīyaṃ vistarātpādaṃ sopoddhātaṃ pravarttaya||
Śāṃśapāyana requested: “The Second Pāda (section) has already been narrated to us along with its appendix (Anuṣaṅga). (Kindly) recount in details the Third Pāda along with its Introductory Part (Upodghāta).”
Birth of seven sages (saptarṣi): Race of Bhṛgu and Aṅgiras - Verse 2
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 2
कीर्त्तयिष्ये तृतीयं वः सोपोद्धातं सविस्तरम। पादं समुच्चयाद्विप्रा गदतो मे निबोधत।।
kīrttayiṣye tṛtīyaṃ vaḥ sopoddhātaṃ savistaram| pādaṃ samuccayādviprā gadato me nibodhata||
Sūta said: “I shall narrate to you all the Third Pāda (called) Upodghāta in details and in aggregate, O Brāhmaṇas. Understand it even as I recite.
Birth of seven sages (saptarṣi): Race of Bhṛgu and Aṅgiras - Verse 3
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 3
मनोर्वैवस्वतस्येमं सांप्रतं तु महात्मनः। विस्तरेणानुपूर्व्या च निसर्गं शृणुत द्विजाः।।
manorvaivasvatasyemaṃ sāṃprataṃ tu mahātmanaḥ| vistareṇānupūrvyā ca nisargaṃ śṛṇuta dvijāḥ||
Sūta said: Listen to the present creative activity of the noble-souled Vaivasvata Manu in details and in the proper order, O Brāhmaṇas.
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Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 4
चतुर्युगैकस प्तत्या संख्यातं पूर्वमेव तु। मह देवगणैश्चैव ऋषिभिर्दानवैस्सह।।
caturyugaikasa ptatyā saṃkhyātaṃ pūrvameva tu| maha devagaṇaiścaiva ṛṣibhirdānavaissaha||
Sūta said: It (the present Manvantara) has already been reckoned before as consisting of seventy-one sets of four Yugas.
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Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 5
पितृगन्धर्वयक्षैश्च रक्षोभूतमहोरगैः। मानुषैः पशुभिश्चैव पक्षिभिः स्थावरैः सह।।
pitṛgandharvayakṣaiśca rakṣobhūtamahoragaiḥ| mānuṣaiḥ paśubhiścaiva pakṣibhiḥ sthāvaraiḥ saha||
Sūta said: It (the present Manvantara) has already been reckoned before as consisting of seventy-one sets of four Yugas.
Birth of seven sages (saptarṣi): Race of Bhṛgu and Aṅgiras - Verse 6
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 6
मन्वादिकं भविष्यान्तमाख्यानैर्बहुभिर्युतम। वक्ष्ये वैवस्वतं सर्गं नमस्कृत्य विवस्वते।।
manvādikaṃ bhaviṣyāntamākhyānairbahubhiryutam| vakṣye vaivasvataṃ sargaṃ namaskṛtya vivasvate||
Sūta said: It (the present Manvantara) has already been reckoned before as consisting of seventy-one sets of four Yugas.
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Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 7
आद्ये मन्वन्तरे ऽतीताः सर्गप्रावर्त्तकास्तु ये। स्वायंभुवेंऽतरे पूर्वं सप्तासन्ये महर्षयः।।
ādye manvantare 'tītāḥ sargaprāvarttakāstu ye| svāyaṃbhuveṃ'tare pūrvaṃ saptāsanye maharṣayaḥ||
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Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 8
चाक्षुषस्यान्तरे ऽतीते प्राप्ते वैवस्वते पुनः। दक्षस्य च ऋषीणां च भृग्वादीनां महौजसाम।।
cākṣuṣasyāntare 'tīte prāpte vaivasvate punaḥ| dakṣasya ca ṛṣīṇāṃ ca bhṛgvādīnāṃ mahaujasām||
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Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 9
शापान्महेश्वरस्यासीत्प्रादुर्भावो महात्मनाम। भूयः सप्तर्षयस्त्वेवमुत्पन्नाः सप्त मानसाः।।
śāpānmaheśvarasyāsītprādurbhāvo mahātmanām| bhūyaḥ saptarṣayastvevamutpannāḥ sapta mānasāḥ||
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Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 10
पुत्रत्वे कल्पिताश्चैव स्वयमेव स्वयंभुवा। प्रजासंतानकृद्भिस्तैरुत्पदद्भिर्महात्मभिः।।
putratve kalpitāścaiva svayameva svayaṃbhuvā| prajāsaṃtānakṛdbhistairutpadadbhirmahātmabhiḥ||
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Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 11
पुनः प्रवर्त्तितः सर्गो यथापूर्वं यथाक्रमम। तेषां प्रसूतिं वक्ष्यामि विशुद्धज्ञानकर्मणाम।।
punaḥ pravarttitaḥ sargo yathāpūrvaṃ yathākramam| teṣāṃ prasūtiṃ vakṣyāmi viśuddhajñānakarmaṇām||
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Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 12
समासव्यासयोगाभ्यां यथावदनुपूर्वशः। येषामन्वयसंभूतैलर एको ऽयं सचराचरः। पुनरापूरितः सर्वो ग्रहनक्षत्रमण्डितः।।
samāsavyāsayogābhyāṃ yathāvadanupūrvaśaḥ| yeṣāmanvayasaṃbhūtailar eko 'yaṃ sacarācaraḥ| punarāpūritaḥ sarvo grahanakṣatramaṇḍitaḥ||
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Birth of seven sages (saptarṣi): Race of Bhṛgu and Aṅgiras - Verse 13
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 13
कथं सप्तर्षयः पूर्वमुत्पन्नाः सप्त मनसाः। पुत्रत्वे कल्पिताश्चैव तन्नो निगद सत्तम।।
kathaṃ saptarṣayaḥ pūrvamutpannāḥ sapta manasāḥ| putratve kalpitāścaiva tanno nigada sattama||
The sages said:: O excellent one! Please narrate (explain) to us how the seven sages (saptarṣi), who were previously born as mental sons-of god Brahmā, were made his own sons (again by Brahmā).
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Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 14
पूर्वं सप्तर्षयः प्रोक्ता ये वै स्वायंभुवेंऽतरे। मनोरन्तरमासाद्य पुनर्वैवस्वतं किल।।
pūrvaṃ saptarṣayaḥ proktā ye vai svāyaṃbhuveṃ'tare| manorantaramāsādya punarvaivasvataṃ kila||
Sūta said:: Those seven sages (saptarṣi) who had been mentioned as existing in Svāyambhuva Manvantara, became overwhelmed by the curse of Bhava (i.e. Śiva) when they reached the Vaivasvata Manvantara. They were unable to attain the (previous) power of penance. They lingered after reaching the Janaloka from where they could return but once.
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Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 15
भवाभिशाप संविद्धा अप्राप्तास्ते तदा तपः। उपपन्ना जने लोके सकृदागमनास्तु त।।
bhavābhiśāpa saṃviddhā aprāptāste tadā tapaḥ| upapannā jane loke sakṛdāgamanāstu ta||
Sūta said:: Those seven sages (saptarṣi) who had been mentioned as existing in Svāyambhuva Manvantara, became overwhelmed by the curse of Bhava (i.e. Śiva) when they reached the Vaivasvata Manvantara. They were unable to attain the (previous) power of penance. They lingered after reaching the Janaloka from where they could return but once.
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Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 16
ऊचुः सर्वे सदान्योन्यं जनलोके महार्षयः। एत एव महाभागा वरुणे वितते ऽध्वरे।।
ūcuḥ sarve sadānyonyaṃ janaloke mahārṣayaḥ| eta eva mahābhāgā varuṇe vitate 'dhvare||
Sūta said:: Those great sages began to tell one another constantly in the Janaloka—“We shall be born as these noble souls, when the holy sacrifice of Varuṇa will be elaborately-performed during the Cākṣuṣa Manvantara. We shall all be born as the sons of Pitāmaha (i.e. Brahmā). That shall be conducive to our great renown”.
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Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 17
सर्वे वयं प्रसूयामश्चाक्षुषस्यान्तरे मनोः। पितामहात्मजाः सर्वे तन्नः श्रेयो भविष्यति।।
sarve vayaṃ prasūyāmaścākṣuṣasyāntare manoḥ| pitāmahātmajāḥ sarve tannaḥ śreyo bhaviṣyati||
Sūta said:: Those great sages began to tell one another constantly in the Janaloka—“We shall be born as these noble souls, when the holy sacrifice of Varuṇa will be elaborately-performed during the Cākṣuṣa Manvantara. We shall all be born as the sons of Pitāmaha (i.e. Brahmā). That shall be conducive to our great renown”.
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Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 18
एवमुक्त्वा तु ते सर्वे चाक्षुषस्यान्तरे मनोः। स्वायंभुवेन्तरे प्राप्ताः सृष्ट्यर्थं ते भवेन तु।।
evamuktvā tu te sarve cākṣuṣasyāntare manoḥ| svāyaṃbhuventare prāptāḥ sṛṣṭyarthaṃ te bhavena tu||
Sūta said:: After saying thus, they, who had been cursed by Bhava in the course of Svāyambhuva Manvantara, became born in the Cākṣuṣa Manvantara, for further creation. They returned from Janaloka and were born here once again. They were born in the sacrifice of the great lord who had assumed the physical form of Varuṇa. This has been heard by us that the sages had their second birth, even as Brahmā, with a desire for begetting children, was performing the Homa in the fire by means of his semen.
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Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 19
जज्ञिरे ह पुनस्ते वै जनलोकादिहागताः। देवस्य महतो यज्ञे वारुणीं बिभ्रतस्तनुम।।
jajñire ha punaste vai janalokādihāgatāḥ| devasya mahato yajñe vāruṇīṃ bibhratastanum||
Sūta said:: After saying thus, they, who had been cursed by Bhava in the course of Svāyambhuva Manvantara, became born in the Cākṣuṣa Manvantara, for further creation. They returned from Janaloka and were born here once again. They were born in the sacrifice of the great lord who had assumed the physical form of Varuṇa. This has been heard by us that the sages had their second birth, even as Brahmā, with a desire for begetting children, was performing the Homa in the fire by means of his semen.
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Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 20
ब्रह्मणो जुह्वतः शुक्रमग्रौ पूर्वं प्रजेप्सया। ऋषयो जज्ञिरे दीर्घे द्वितीयमिति नः श्रुतम।।
brahmaṇo juhvataḥ śukramagrau pūrvaṃ prajepsayā| ṛṣayo jajñire dīrghe dvitīyamiti naḥ śrutam||
Sūta said:: After saying thus, they, who had been cursed by Bhava in the course of Svāyambhuva Manvantara, became born in the Cākṣuṣa Manvantara, for further creation. They returned from Janaloka and were born here once again. They were born in the sacrifice of the great lord who had assumed the physical form of Varuṇa. This has been heard by us that the sages had their second birth, even as Brahmā, with a desire for begetting children, was performing the Homa in the fire by means of his semen.
Birth of seven sages (saptarṣi): Race of Bhṛgu and Aṅgiras - Verse 21
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 21
भृग्वङ्गिरा मरीचिश्च पुलस्त्यः पुलहः क्रतुः। अत्रिश्चैव वसिष्ठश्च ह्यष्टौ ते ब्रह्मणः सुताः।।
bhṛgvaṅgirā marīciśca pulastyaḥ pulahaḥ kratuḥ| atriścaiva vasiṣṭhaśca hyaṣṭau te brahmaṇaḥ sutāḥ||
Sūta said:: There were the eight sons of Brahmā—viz. Bhṛgu, Aṅgiras, Marīci, Pulastya, Pulaha, Kratu, Atri and Vasiṣṭha.
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Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 22
तथास्य वितते यज्ञे देवाः सर्वे समागताः। यज्ञाङ्गानि च सर्वाणि वषठ्कारश्च मूर्त्तिमान।।
tathāsya vitate yajñe devāḥ sarve samāgatāḥ| yajñāṅgāni ca sarvāṇi vaṣaṭhkāraśca mūrttimān||
Sūta said:: In his elaborate sacrifice all the Devas had arrived and were present. So also the various ancillaries of sacrifice. Vaṣaṭkāra was there in an embodied form. The Sāman Mantras and thousands of Yajur Mantras were there in an embodied form. The Ṛgveda embellished with the specific order of words called Krama also appeared there.
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Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 23
मूर्त्तिमन्ति च सामानि यजूंषि च सहस्रशः। ऋग्वेदश्चाभवत्तत्र यश्च क्रमविभूषितः।।
mūrttimanti ca sāmāni yajūṃṣi ca sahasraśaḥ| ṛgvedaścābhavattatra yaśca kramavibhūṣitaḥ||
Sūta said:: In his elaborate sacrifice all the Devas had arrived and were present. So also the various ancillaries of sacrifice. Vaṣaṭkāra was there in an embodied form. The Sāman Mantras and thousands of Yajur Mantras were there in an embodied form. The Ṛgveda embellished with the specific order of words called Krama also appeared there.
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Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 24
यजुर्वेदश्च वृत्ताढ्य ओङ्कारवदनोज्ज्वलः। स्थितो यज्ञार्थसंपृक्तः सूक्तब्राह्मणमन्त्रवान।।
yajurvedaśca vṛttāḍhya oṅkāravadanojjvalaḥ| sthito yajñārthasaṃpṛktaḥ sūktabrāhmaṇamantravān||
Sūta said:: Yajurveda endowed with (relevant) metres brilliant with Oṃkāra as its mouth (face) was stationed here along with the Sūktas, Brāhmaṇas and Mantras and intermingled with the Arthas (objects, purposes) of the Yajña.
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Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 25
सामवेदश्च वृत्ताढ्यः सर्वगेयपुरः सरः। विश्वावस्वादिभिः सार्द्धं गन्धर्वैः संभृतो ऽभवत।।
sāmavedaśca vṛttāḍhyaḥ sarvageyapuraḥ saraḥ| viśvāvasvādibhiḥ sārddhaṃ gandharvaiḥ saṃbhṛto 'bhavat||
Sūta said:: Sāmaveda endowed with relevant metres and with all mantra-songs (which could be sung) at the head was present there along with Viśvāvasu and other Gandharvas.
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Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 26
ब्रह्मवेदस्तथा घोरैः कृत्वा विधिभिरन्वितः। प्रत्यङ्गिरसयोगैश्च द्विशरीरशिरो ऽभवत।।
brahmavedastathā ghoraiḥ kṛtvā vidhibhiranvitaḥ| pratyaṅgirasayogaiśca dviśarīraśiro 'bhavat||
Sūta said:: The Brahmaveda (Atharvaveda) was (present there) accompanied by terrible rites. Due to the accompaniment of Pratyaṅgirasas, it appeared as if it had two bodies and heads.
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Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 27
लक्षणा विस्तराः स्तोभा निरुक्तस्वर भक्तयः। आश्रयस्तु वषट्कारो निग्रहप्रग्रहावपि।।
lakṣaṇā vistarāḥ stobhā niruktasvara bhaktayaḥ| āśrayastu vaṣaṭkāro nigrahapragrahāvapi||
Sūta said:: The following (technical details about the recitation of Veda) were present (in their bodily forms): Lakṣaṇā (use of a cognate word for another), Vistara (extension, elongation), Stobha (chanted interjection in a Sāman), Nirukta (etymological interpretation), Svarabhakti (phonetically inserted vowel-sound) āśraya, Vaṣaṭkāra, nigraha and pragraha (vowel not subject to sandhi-rules).
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Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 28
दीप्तिमूर्त्तिरिलादेवी दिशश्चसदिगीश्वराः। देवकन्याश्च पत्न्यश्च तथा मातर एव च।।
dīptimūrttirilādevī diśaścasadigīśvarāḥ| devakanyāśca patnyaśca tathā mātara eva ca||
Sūta said:: (The following divinities were present in person there) The goddess Ilā (the Earth) of brilliant form, the quarters and the lords of quarters, celestial girls (devakanyā), wives and mothers of gods.
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Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 29
आययुः सर्व एवैते देवस्य यजतो मखे। मूर्तिमन्तः सुरूपाख्या वरुणस्य वपुर्भृतः।।
āyayuḥ sarva evaite devasya yajato makhe| mūrtimantaḥ surūpākhyā varuṇasya vapurbhṛtaḥ||
Sūta said:: All these, in their beautiful embodied forms arrived at the sacrifice when god Varuṇa assuming a physical body was performing the sacrifice. They were all endowed with beauty and splendour.
Birth of seven sages (saptarṣi): Race of Bhṛgu and Aṅgiras - Verse 30
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 30
स्वयंभु वस्तु ता दृष्ट्वा रेतः समपतद्भुवि। ब्रह्मर्षिभाविनोरऽथस्य विधानाच्च न संशयः।।
svayaṃbhu vastu tā dṛṣṭvā retaḥ samapatadbhuvi| brahmarṣibhāvinor'thasya vidhānācca na saṃśayaḥ||
Sūta said:: On seeing them the semen of the self-born lord fell on the ground. There is no doubt about this that this took place on account of the dispensation of the inevitable fact, the birth of Brahmanical sages.
Birth of seven sages (saptarṣi): Race of Bhṛgu and Aṅgiras - Verse 31
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 31
धृत्वा जुहाव हस्ताभ्यां स्रुवेण परिगृह्य च। आस्रवज्जुहुयां चक्रे मन्त्रवच्च पितामहः।।
dhṛtvā juhāva hastābhyāṃ sruveṇa parigṛhya ca| āsravajjuhuyāṃ cakre mantravacca pitāmahaḥ||
Sūta said:: Pitāmaha held it with both the hands and performed the Homa. He held it by means of the Sruvā (sacrificial ladle) and performed the Homa as it oozed out. He performed the Homa chanting the Mantras (simultaneously).
Birth of seven sages (saptarṣi): Race of Bhṛgu and Aṅgiras - Verse 32
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 32
ततः स जनयामास भूतग्रामं प्रजापतिः। तस्यार्वाक्तेजसश्चैव जज्ञे लोकेषु तैजसम।।
tataḥ sa janayāmāsa bhūtagrāmaṃ prajāpatiḥ| tasyārvāktejasaścaiva jajñe lokeṣu taijasam||
Sūta said:: Then Prajāpati (Lord of the subjects) created the collection of Bbūtas (Living beings or Elements). From his lower tejas (Brilliance), the Taijasa Brahman was born in the worlds.
Birth of seven sages (saptarṣi): Race of Bhṛgu and Aṅgiras - Verse 33
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 33
तमसा भावि याप्यत्वं यथा सत्त्वं तथा रजः। आज्यस्थाल्यामुपादाय स्वशुक्रं हुतवांश्च ह।।
tamasā bhāvi yāpyatvaṃ yathā sattvaṃ tathā rajaḥ| ājyasthālyāmupādāya svaśukraṃ hutavāṃśca ha||
Sūta said:: (Defective Text) The Āpyatva (Liquidity) is possible by means of Tamas, Sattva and Rajas. He held his own semen in the Ājyasthālī (Ghee-pan) and performed the Homa.
Birth of seven sages (saptarṣi): Race of Bhṛgu and Aṅgiras - Verse 34
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 34
शुक्रे हु ते ऽथ तस्मिंस्तु प्रादुर्भूता महर्षयः। ज्वलन्तो वपुषा युक्ताः सप्रभावैः स्वकैर्गुणैः।।
śukre hu te 'tha tasmiṃstu prādurbhūtā maharṣayaḥ| jvalanto vapuṣā yuktāḥ saprabhāvaiḥ svakairguṇaiḥ||
Sūta said:: When the Homa was performed by means of semen the great sages manifested themselves. They shone with brilliant bodies. They had their own inherent good qualities and potentialities.
Birth of seven sages (saptarṣi): Race of Bhṛgu and Aṅgiras - Verse 35
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 35
हुते चाग्नौ सकृच्छुक्रे ज्वालाया निसृतः कविः। हिरण्यगर्भस्तं दृष्ट्वा ज्वालां भित्त्वा विनिर्गतम।।
hute cāgnau sakṛcchukre jvālāyā nisṛtaḥ kaviḥ| hiraṇyagarbhastaṃ dṛṣṭvā jvālāṃ bhittvā vinirgatam||
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Birth of seven sages (saptarṣi): Race of Bhṛgu and Aṅgiras - Verse 36
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 36
भृगुस्त्वमिति चोवाच यस्मात्तस्मात्स वै भृगुः। महादेवस्तथोद्भूतो दृष्ट्वा ब्रह्माणमब्रवीत।।
bhṛgustvamiti covāca yasmāttasmātsa vai bhṛguḥ| mahādevastathodbhūto dṛṣṭvā brahmāṇamabravīt||
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Birth of seven sages (saptarṣi): Race of Bhṛgu and Aṅgiras - Verse 37
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 37
ममैष पुत्रकामस्य दीक्षितस्य त्वया प्रभो। विजज्ञे प्रथमं देव मम पुत्रो भवत्वयम।।
mamaiṣa putrakāmasya dīkṣitasya tvayā prabho| vijajñe prathamaṃ deva mama putro bhavatvayam||
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Birth of seven sages (saptarṣi): Race of Bhṛgu and Aṅgiras - Verse 38
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 38
तथेति समनुज्ञातो महादेवः स्वयंभुवा। पुत्रत्वे कल्पयामास महादेव स्तदा भृगुम।।
tatheti samanujñāto mahādevaḥ svayaṃbhuvā| putratve kalpayāmāsa mahādeva stadā bhṛgum||
Sūta said:: Saying “so be it”, Mahādeva was consented to by the Self-born lord. Then Mahādeva adopted Bhṛgu as his son.
Birth of seven sages (saptarṣi): Race of Bhṛgu and Aṅgiras - Verse 39
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 39
वारुणा भृगवस्तस्मात्तदपत्यं च स प्रभुः। द्वितीयं च ततः शुक्रमङ्गारेष्वजुहोत्प्रभुः।।
vāruṇā bhṛgavastasmāttadapatyaṃ ca sa prabhuḥ| dvitīyaṃ ca tataḥ śukramaṅgāreṣvajuhotprabhuḥ||
Sūta said:: Hence Bhṛgus are Vāruṇas (those pertaining to the race of Varuṇa). That lord is his child.
Birth of seven sages (saptarṣi): Race of Bhṛgu and Aṅgiras - Verse 40
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 40
अङ्गारेष्वङ्गिरो ऽङ्गानि संहतानि ततोङ्गिराः। संभूतिं तस्य तां दृष्ट्वा वह्निर्ब्रह्माणमब्रवीत।।
aṅgāreṣvaṅgiro 'ṅgāni saṃhatāni tatoṅgirāḥ| saṃbhūtiṃ tasya tāṃ dṛṣṭvā vahnirbrahmāṇamabravīt||
Sūta said:: The limbs of Aṅgiras were firmly united together over the charcoals (aṅgāra). Hence, he is (known as) Aṅgiras. On seeing his nativity, Vahni (the fire-god) spoke to god Brahmā.
Birth of seven sages (saptarṣi): Race of Bhṛgu and Aṅgiras - Verse 41
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 41
रेतोधास्तुभ्यमेवाहं द्वितीयो ऽयं ममास्त्विति। एवमस्त्विति सो ऽप्युक्तो ब्रह्मणा सदसस्पतिः।।
retodhāstubhyamevāhaṃ dvitīyo 'yaṃ mamāstviti| evamastviti so 'pyukto brahmaṇā sadasaspatiḥ||
Sūta said:: ‘It was I who bestowed the semen upon thee. Hence, let this second one be my (son).’ “Let it be so”, thus Sadasaspati (the fire-god) was replied to by Brahmā,
Birth of seven sages (saptarṣi): Race of Bhṛgu and Aṅgiras - Verse 42
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 42
जग्रा हाग्निस्त्वङ्गिरस आग्नेया इति नः श्रुतम। षट कृत्वा तु पुनः शुक्रे ब्रह्मणा लोककारिणा।।
jagrā hāgnistvaṅgirasa āgneyā iti naḥ śrutam| ṣaṭ kṛtvā tu punaḥ śukre brahmaṇā lokakāriṇā||
Sūta said:: Agni (the fire-god) accepted (him as his son), We have heard that the descendants of Aṅgiras are Āgneyas. The semen virile was further divided into six by Brahmā, the maker of the worlds and deposited into the fire by way of Homa. It is mentioned in the Vedas that Brahmās were born of it.
Birth of seven sages (saptarṣi): Race of Bhṛgu and Aṅgiras - Verse 43
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 43
हुते समभवंस्तस्मिन्यद ब्रह्माण इति श्रुतिः। मरीचिः प्रथमं तत्र मरीचिभ्यः समुत्थितः।।
hute samabhavaṃstasminyad brahmāṇa iti śrutiḥ| marīciḥ prathamaṃ tatra marīcibhyaḥ samutthitaḥ||
Sūta said:: Agni (the fire-god) accepted (him as his son), We have heard that the descendants of Aṅgiras are Āgneyas. The semen virile was further divided into six by Brahmā, the maker of the worlds and deposited into the fire by way of Homa. It is mentioned in the Vedas that Brahmās were born of it.
Birth of seven sages (saptarṣi): Race of Bhṛgu and Aṅgiras - Verse 44
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 44
क्रतौ तस्मिन्क्रतुर्जज्ञे यतस्तस्मात्स वै क्रतुः। अहं तृतीय इत्यत्रिस्तस्मादत्रिः स कीर्त्यते।।
kratau tasminkraturjajñe yatastasmātsa vai kratuḥ| ahaṃ tṛtīya ityatristasmādatriḥ sa kīrtyate||
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Birth of seven sages (saptarṣi): Race of Bhṛgu and Aṅgiras - Verse 45
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 45
केशैस्तु निचितैर्भूतः पुलस्त्यस्तेन स स्मृतः। केशैर्लंबैः समुद्भूतस्तस्मात्स पुलहः स्मृतः।।
keśaistu nicitairbhūtaḥ pulastyastena sa smṛtaḥ| keśairlaṃbaiḥ samudbhūtastasmātsa pulahaḥ smṛtaḥ||
Sūta said:: (The fourth sage) was born with overspreading hairs. Hence he is remembered as Pulastya. (The fifth sage) was born with long hairs. Hence he is remembered as Pulaha.
Birth of seven sages (saptarṣi): Race of Bhṛgu and Aṅgiras - Verse 46
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 46
वसुमध्यात्समुत्पन्नो वशी च वसुमान स्वयम। वसिष्ठ इति तत्त्वज्ञैः प्रोच्यते ब्रह्मवादिभिः।।
vasumadhyātsamutpanno vaśī ca vasumān svayam| vasiṣṭha iti tattvajñaiḥ procyate brahmavādibhiḥ||
Sūta said:: (The sixth sage) was born from among the Vasus and was himself self-controlled and master of Vasu (wealth). Hence, he is called Vasiṣṭha by the expounders of the Brahman (Veda) who are conversant with reality.
Birth of seven sages (saptarṣi): Race of Bhṛgu and Aṅgiras - Verse 47
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 47
इत्येते ब्रह्मणः पुत्रा मानसाः षण्महर्षयः। लोकस्य सन्तानकरा यैरिमा वर्द्धिताः प्रजाः।।
ityete brahmaṇaḥ putrā mānasāḥ ṣaṇmaharṣayaḥ| lokasya santānakarā yairimā varddhitāḥ prajāḥ||
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Birth of seven sages (saptarṣi): Race of Bhṛgu and Aṅgiras - Verse 48
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 48
प्रजापतय इत्येवं पठ्यन्ते ब्रह्मणःसुताः। अपरे पितरो नाम एतैरेव महर्षिभिः।।
prajāpataya ityevaṃ paṭhyante brahmaṇaḥsutāḥ| apare pitaro nāma etaireva maharṣibhiḥ||
Sūta said:: The sons of Brahmā are cited as Prajāpatis (the Lords of subjects or creation) also. Others named Pitṛs have been procreated by these great sages; (they have created) seven groups of Devas well known in all the seven worlds. They are the Ajeyas (those who could not be conquered). They are seven in number and they are well-known in all the seven worlds.
Birth of seven sages (saptarṣi): Race of Bhṛgu and Aṅgiras - Verse 49
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 49
उत्पादिता देवगणाः सप्त लोकेषु विश्रुताः। अजेयाश्च गणाः सप्त सप्तलोकेषु विश्रुताः।।
utpāditā devagaṇāḥ sapta lokeṣu viśrutāḥ| ajeyāśca gaṇāḥ sapta saptalokeṣu viśrutāḥ||
Sūta said:: The sons of Brahmā are cited as Prajāpatis (the Lords of subjects or creation) also. Others named Pitṛs have been procreated by these great sages; (they have created) seven groups of Devas well known in all the seven worlds. They are the Ajeyas (those who could not be conquered). They are seven in number and they are well-known in all the seven worlds.
Birth of seven sages (saptarṣi): Race of Bhṛgu and Aṅgiras - Verse 50
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 50
मारीया भार्गवाश्चैव तथैवाङ्गिरसो ऽपरे। पौलस्त्याः पौलहाश्चैव वासिष्ठाश्चैव विश्रुताः।।
mārīyā bhārgavāścaiva tathaivāṅgiraso 'pare| paulastyāḥ paulahāścaiva vāsiṣṭhāścaiva viśrutāḥ||
Sūta said:: They are well-known as Mārīcas, Bhārgavas, Āṅgirasas, Paulastyas, Paulahas, Vāsiṣṭhas and Ātreyas. They make the worlds of the Pitṛs flourish. These have been succinctly recounted. There are three more groups.
Birth of seven sages (saptarṣi): Race of Bhṛgu and Aṅgiras - Verse 51
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 51
आत्रेयाश्च गणाः प्रोक्ता पितॄणां लोकवर्द्धनाः। एते समासतः ख्याताः पुनरन्ये गणास्त्रयः।।
ātreyāśca gaṇāḥ proktā pitṝṇāṃ lokavarddhanāḥ| ete samāsataḥ khyātāḥ punaranye gaṇāstrayaḥ||
Sūta said:: They are well-known as Mārīcas, Bhārgavas, Āṅgirasas, Paulastyas, Paulahas, Vāsiṣṭhas and Ātreyas. They make the worlds of the Pitṛs flourish. These have been succinctly recounted. There are three more groups.
Birth of seven sages (saptarṣi): Race of Bhṛgu and Aṅgiras - Verse 52
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 52
अमर्त्ताश्चाप्रकाशाश्च ज्योतिष्मन्तश्च विश्रुताः। तेषां राजायमो देवो यमैर्विहतकल्मषः।।
amarttāścāprakāśāśca jyotiṣmantaśca viśrutāḥ| teṣāṃ rājāyamo devo yamairvihatakalmaṣaḥ||
Sūta said:: They are Amartas, Aprakāśas and the renowned Jyotiṣmants. Their king is Lord Yama who has got rid of all sins by means of Yamas (the famous ten qualities of restraining influence such as celibacy, non-violence, non-stealth etc. (Brahmacaryā, Ahiṃsā, Asteya, etc.)
Birth of seven sages (saptarṣi): Race of Bhṛgu and Aṅgiras - Verse 53
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 53
अपरं प्रजानां यतयस्ताञ्छृमुध्वमतन्द्रिताः। कश्यपः कर्दमः शेषो विक्रान्तः सुश्रवास्तथा।।
aparaṃ prajānāṃ yatayastāñchṛmudhvamatandritāḥ| kaśyapaḥ kardamaḥ śeṣo vikrāntaḥ suśravāstathā||
Sūta said:: There are other Prajāpatis. Listen to their (enumeration) attentively. They are Kaśyapa, Kardama, Śeṣa (?), Vikrānta, Suśravas, Bahuputra, Kumāra, Vivasvān, Śucivrata, Pracetas, Ariṣṭanemi and Bahula.
Birth of seven sages (saptarṣi): Race of Bhṛgu and Aṅgiras - Verse 54
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 54
बहुपुत्रः कुमारश्च विवस्वान्स शुचिव्रतः। प्रचेतसोरिष्टनेमिर्बहुलश्च प्रजापतिः।।
bahuputraḥ kumāraśca vivasvānsa śucivrataḥ| pracetasoriṣṭanemirbahulaśca prajāpatiḥ||
Sūta said:: There are other Prajāpatis. Listen to their (enumeration) attentively. They are Kaśyapa, Kardama, Śeṣa (?), Vikrānta, Suśravas, Bahuputra, Kumāra, Vivasvān, Śucivrata, Pracetas, Ariṣṭanemi and Bahula.
Birth of seven sages (saptarṣi): Race of Bhṛgu and Aṅgiras - Verse 55
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 55
इत्येवमादयो ऽन्ये ऽपि बहवो वै प्रजेश्वराः। कुशोच्चया वालखिल्याः सभूताः परमर्षयः।।
ityevamādayo 'nye 'pi bahavo vai prajeśvarāḥ| kuśoccayā vālakhilyāḥ sabhūtāḥ paramarṣayaḥ||
Sūta said:: These and many others are Prajeśvaras (Lords of subjects). Kuśoccayas and Vālakhilyas have become great sages. They had the velocity of the mind. They could go everywhere. They could enjoy all kinds of pleasures. Another set of Brahmanical sages have been born of Bhasman (sacred ashes). They are respected by other groups of Brahmanical sages.
Birth of seven sages (saptarṣi): Race of Bhṛgu and Aṅgiras - Verse 56
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 56
मनोजवाः सर्वगताः सर्वभोगाश्च ते ऽभवन। जाताश्च भस्मनो ह्यन्ये ब्रह्मर्षिगणसंमताः।।
manojavāḥ sarvagatāḥ sarvabhogāśca te 'bhavan| jātāśca bhasmano hyanye brahmarṣigaṇasaṃmatāḥ||
Sūta said:: These and many others are Prajeśvaras (Lords of subjects). Kuśoccayas and Vālakhilyas have become great sages. They had the velocity of the mind. They could go everywhere. They could enjoy all kinds of pleasures. Another set of Brahmanical sages have been born of Bhasman (sacred ashes). They are respected by other groups of Brahmanical sages.
Birth of seven sages (saptarṣi): Race of Bhṛgu and Aṅgiras - Verse 57
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 57
वैखानसा मुनिगणास्तपः श्रुतपरायणाः। नस्तो द्वावस्य चोत्पन्नावश्विनौ रूपसंमतौ।।
vaikhānasā munigaṇāstapaḥ śrutaparāyaṇāḥ| nasto dvāvasya cotpannāvaśvinau rūpasaṃmatau||
Sūta said:: The groups of sages (called) Vaikhānasas are earnestly devoted to penance and higher Veḍic learning.
Birth of seven sages (saptarṣi): Race of Bhṛgu and Aṅgiras - Verse 58
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 58
विदुर्जन्मर्क्षरजसो तथा तन्नेत्रसंचरात। अन्ये प्रजानां पतयः श्रोतोभ्यस्तस्य जज्ञिरे।।
vidurjanmarkṣarajaso tathā tannetrasaṃcarāt| anye prajānāṃ patayaḥ śrotobhyastasya jajñire||
Sūta said:: They know that the birth of Ṛkṣarajas was from the movement of his eyes. Other Prajāpatis were born of his ears.
Birth of seven sages (saptarṣi): Race of Bhṛgu and Aṅgiras - Verse 59
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 59
ऋषयो रोमकूपेभ्यस्तथा स्वेदमलोद्भवाः। अयने ऋतवो मासर्द्धमासाः पक्षसंधयः।।
ṛṣayo romakūpebhyastathā svedamalodbhavāḥ| ayane ṛtavo māsarddhamāsāḥ pakṣasaṃdhayaḥ||
Sūta said:: (Some) sages were born of the pores at the roots of his hairs. (Some) were born of his sweat-dirt.
Birth of seven sages (saptarṣi): Race of Bhṛgu and Aṅgiras - Verse 60
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 60
वत्सरा ये त्वहोरात्राः पित्तं ज्योतिश्च दारुणम। रौद्रं लोहितमित्याहुर्लोहितं कनकं स्मृतम।।
vatsarā ye tvahorātrāḥ pittaṃ jyotiśca dāruṇam| raudraṃ lohitamityāhurlohitaṃ kanakaṃ smṛtam||
Sūta said:: (Some) sages were born of the pores at the roots of his hairs. (Some) were born of his sweat-dirt.
Birth of seven sages (saptarṣi): Race of Bhṛgu and Aṅgiras - Verse 61
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 61
तत्तैजसमिति प्रोक्तं धूमाश्च पशवः स्मृताः। ये ऽर्चिषस्तस्य ते रुद्रास्तथादित्याः समृद्गताः।।
tattaijasamiti proktaṃ dhūmāśca paśavaḥ smṛtāḥ| ye 'rciṣastasya te rudrāstathādityāḥ samṛdgatāḥ||
Sūta said:: That is said to be Taijasa. The smokes are remembered as animals. What came out as his flames were Rudras. Similarly, the Ādityas (i.e. twelve suns) came out.
Birth of seven sages (saptarṣi): Race of Bhṛgu and Aṅgiras - Verse 62
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 62
अङ्गारेभ्यः समुत्पन्ना अर्चिषो दिव्यमानुषाः। आदिभूतो ऽस्य लोकस्य ब्रह्मा त्वं ब्रह्मसंभवः।।
aṅgārebhyaḥ samutpannā arciṣo divyamānuṣāḥ| ādibhūto 'sya lokasya brahmā tvaṃ brahmasaṃbhavaḥ||
Sūta said:: Sparks of divine and human (nature) were generated from the charcoals. Then Brahmā, the preceptor of the Devas (gods), was propitiated by the Devas. They spoke these words:—“You are the Primordial one in this world. You are Brahmā born of Brahman. You are the bestower of all desires”.
Birth of seven sages (saptarṣi): Race of Bhṛgu and Aṅgiras - Verse 63
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 63
सर्वकामदमित्याहुस्तथा वाक्यमुदाहरन। ब्रह्मा सुरगुरुस्तत्र त्रिदशैः संप्रसादितः।।
sarvakāmadamityāhustathā vākyamudāharan| brahmā suragurustatra tridaśaiḥ saṃprasāditaḥ||
Sūta said:: Sparks of divine and human (nature) were generated from the charcoals. Then Brahmā, the preceptor of the Devas (gods), was propitiated by the Devas. They spoke these words:—“You are the Primordial one in this world. You are Brahmā born of Brahman. You are the bestower of all desires”.
Birth of seven sages (saptarṣi): Race of Bhṛgu and Aṅgiras - Verse 64
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 64
इमेवै जनयिष्यन्ति प्रजाः सर्वाः प्रचेश्वराः। सर्वे प्रजानां पतयः सर्वे चापि तपस्विनः।।
imevai janayiṣyanti prajāḥ sarvāḥ praceśvarāḥ| sarve prajānāṃ patayaḥ sarve cāpi tapasvinaḥ||
Sūta said:: These lords of subjects will procreate subjects. All of them are Prajāpatis. All of them are sages who have performed austerities. These holy rites will sustain these worlds due to your grace. They will cause your family to flourish. They will make your splendour increase for ever. All those born of prajāpati will become scholars in the Vedas. All of them will be masters of speech. All of them will be holders of Vedic Mantrās.
Birth of seven sages (saptarṣi): Race of Bhṛgu and Aṅgiras - Verse 65
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 65
त्वत्प्रसादादिमांल्लोकान्धारयेयुरिमाः क्रियाः। त्वद्वंशवर्द्धनाः शश्वत्तव तेजोविवर्द्धनाः।।
tvatprasādādimāṃllokāndhārayeyurimāḥ kriyāḥ| tvadvaṃśavarddhanāḥ śaśvattava tejovivarddhanāḥ||
Sūta said:: These lords of subjects will procreate subjects. All of them are Prajāpatis. All of them are sages who have performed austerities. These holy rites will sustain these worlds due to your grace. They will cause your family to flourish. They will make your splendour increase for ever. All those born of prajāpati will become scholars in the Vedas. All of them will be masters of speech. All of them will be holders of Vedic Mantrās.
Birth of seven sages (saptarṣi): Race of Bhṛgu and Aṅgiras - Verse 66
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 66
भवेयुर्वेदविद्वांसः सर्वे वाक्पतयस्तथा। वेदमन्त्रधराः सर्वे प्रजापतिसमुद्भवाः।।
bhaveyurvedavidvāṃsaḥ sarve vākpatayastathā| vedamantradharāḥ sarve prajāpatisamudbhavāḥ||
Sūta said:: These lords of subjects will procreate subjects. All of them are Prajāpatis. All of them are sages who have performed austerities. These holy rites will sustain these worlds due to your grace. They will cause your family to flourish. They will make your splendour increase for ever. All those born of prajāpati will become scholars in the Vedas. All of them will be masters of speech. All of them will be holders of Vedic Mantrās.
Birth of seven sages (saptarṣi): Race of Bhṛgu and Aṅgiras - Verse 67
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 67
श्रयन्तु ब्रह्मसत्यं तु तपश्च परमं भुवि। सर्वे हि वयमेते च तवैव प्रसवः प्रभो।।
śrayantu brahmasatyaṃ tu tapaśca paramaṃ bhuvi| sarve hi vayamete ca tavaiva prasavaḥ prabho||
Sūta said:: Let all of them resort to Brahman, the truthful and the greatest penance on the Earth. All of us and these are, O lord, your own progeny.
Birth of seven sages (saptarṣi): Race of Bhṛgu and Aṅgiras - Verse 68
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 68
ब्रह्म च ब्रह्माणाश्चैव लोकश्चैव चराचराः। मरीचिमादितः कृत्वा देवाश्च ऋषिभिः सह।।
brahma ca brahmāṇāścaiva lokaścaiva carācarāḥ| marīcimāditaḥ kṛtvā devāśca ṛṣibhiḥ saha||
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Birth of seven sages (saptarṣi): Race of Bhṛgu and Aṅgiras - Verse 69
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 69
अपत्यानीति संचिन्त्य ते ऽपत्ये कामयामहे। तस्मिन यज्ञे महाभागा देवाश्च ऋषयश्च ये।।
apatyānīti saṃcintya te 'patye kāmayāmahe| tasmin yajñe mahābhāgā devāśca ṛṣayaśca ye||
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Birth of seven sages (saptarṣi): Race of Bhṛgu and Aṅgiras - Verse 70
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 70
एते त्वद्वंशसंभूताः स्थानकालाभिमानिनः। तव तेनैव रूपेण स्थापयेयुरिमाः प्रजाः।।
ete tvadvaṃśasaṃbhūtāḥ sthānakālābhimāninaḥ| tava tenaiva rūpeṇa sthāpayeyurimāḥ prajāḥ||
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Birth of seven sages (saptarṣi): Race of Bhṛgu and Aṅgiras - Verse 71
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 71
युगादिनिधनाश्चापि स्थापयन्तु इति द्विजाः। ततो ऽब्रवील्लोकगुरुः परमित्यभिधार यन।।
yugādinidhanāścāpi sthāpayantu iti dvijāḥ| tato 'bravīllokaguruḥ paramityabhidhāra yan||
Sūta said:: The Brāhmaṇas shall thus establish the beginnings and ends of the Yugas”.
Birth of seven sages (saptarṣi): Race of Bhṛgu and Aṅgiras - Verse 72
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 72
एतदेव विनिश्चित्य मया सृष्टा न संशयः। भवतां वंशसंभूताः पुनरेते महर्षयः।।
etadeva viniścitya mayā sṛṣṭā na saṃśayaḥ| bhavatāṃ vaṃśasaṃbhūtāḥ punarete maharṣayaḥ||
Sūta said:: It is after deciding like this that these great sages born of your race have been created by me. There is no doubt about this.
Birth of seven sages (saptarṣi): Race of Bhṛgu and Aṅgiras - Verse 73
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 73
तेषां भृगोः कीर्त्तयिष्ये वंशं पूर्वं महात्मनः। विस्तरेणानुपूर्व्या च प्रथमस्य प्रजापतेः।।
teṣāṃ bhṛgoḥ kīrttayiṣye vaṃśaṃ pūrvaṃ mahātmanaḥ| vistareṇānupūrvyā ca prathamasya prajāpateḥ||
Sūta said:: Of them, I shall narrate at the outset the race of the nobīe-souled Bhṛgu who was the first Prajāpati. I shall narrate it in detail and in due order.
Birth of seven sages (saptarṣi): Race of Bhṛgu and Aṅgiras - Verse 74
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 74
भार्ये भृगोरप्रतिमे उत्तमाभिजने शुभे। हिरण्यकशिपो कन्या दिव्या नाम परिश्रुता।।
bhārye bhṛgorapratime uttamābhijane śubhe| hiraṇyakaśipo kanyā divyā nāma pariśrutā||
Sūta said:: The two wives of Bhṛgu were of excellent nobility of birth. They were unrivalled and splendid. (One of them) was the daughter of Hiraṇyakaśipu, well-renowned by the name of Divyā. The second was Paulomī, the daughter of excellent complexion, of Puloman.
Birth of seven sages (saptarṣi): Race of Bhṛgu and Aṅgiras - Verse 75
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 75
पुलोम्नश्चव पौलोमी दुहिता वरवर्णिनी। भृगोस्त्वजनयद्दिव्या पुत्रं ब्रह्मविदां वरम।।
pulomnaścava paulomī duhitā varavarṇinī| bhṛgostvajanayaddivyā putraṃ brahmavidāṃ varam||
Sūta said:: The two wives of Bhṛgu were of excellent nobility of birth. They were unrivalled and splendid. (One of them) was the daughter of Hiraṇyakaśipu, well-renowned by the name of Divyā. The second was Paulomī, the daughter of excellent complexion, of Puloman.
Birth of seven sages (saptarṣi): Race of Bhṛgu and Aṅgiras - Verse 76
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 76
देवासुराणामाचार्यं शुक्रं कविवरं ग्रहम। शुक्र एवोशना नित्यमतः काव्यो ऽपि नामतः।।
devāsurāṇāmācāryaṃ śukraṃ kavivaraṃ graham| śukra evośanā nityamataḥ kāvyo 'pi nāmataḥ||
Sūta said:: The two wives of Bhṛgu were of excellent nobility of birth. They were unrivalled and splendid. (One of them) was the daughter of Hiraṇyakaśipu, well-renowned by the name of Divyā. The second was Paulomī, the daughter of excellent complexion, of Puloman.
Birth of seven sages (saptarṣi): Race of Bhṛgu and Aṅgiras - Verse 77
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 77
पितॄणां मानसी कन्या सोमपानां यशस्विनी। शुक्रस्य भार्या गौर्नाम विजज्ञे चतुरः सुतान।।
pitṝṇāṃ mānasī kanyā somapānāṃ yaśasvinī| śukrasya bhāryā gaurnāma vijajñe caturaḥ sutān||
Sūta said:: The mental daughter of the Manes named Somapās (imbibers of the Soma juice) was well-known by the name of Gau. She became the wife of Śukra and gave birth to his four sons.
Birth of seven sages (saptarṣi): Race of Bhṛgu and Aṅgiras - Verse 78
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 78
त्वष्टा चैव वरत्री च शण्डामकारै च तावुभौ। तेजसादित्यसंकाशा ब्रह्मकल्पाः प्रभावतः।।
tvaṣṭā caiva varatrī ca śaṇḍāmakārai ca tāvubhau| tejasādityasaṃkāśā brahmakalpāḥ prabhāvataḥ||
Sūta said:: They were Tvaṣṭṛ, Varatrin, Śaṇḍa and Marka. In splendour they resembled the Sun and in prowess they were as good as god Brahmā.
Birth of seven sages (saptarṣi): Race of Bhṛgu and Aṅgiras - Verse 79
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 79
रजतः पृथुरश्मिश्च विद्वान्यश्च बृहङ्गिराः। वरत्रिणः सुता ह्येते ब्रह्मिष्ठा दैत्ययाजकाः।।
rajataḥ pṛthuraśmiśca vidvānyaśca bṛhaṅgirāḥ| varatriṇaḥ sutā hyete brahmiṣṭhā daityayājakāḥ||
Sūta said:: The following were the sons of Varatrin viz.—Rajata, Pṛthu, Raśmi and the scholarly Bṛhaṃgiras. They were the priests performing the Yajñas of the Daityas. They were extremely skilled in sacred knowledge.
Birth of seven sages (saptarṣi): Race of Bhṛgu and Aṅgiras - Verse 80
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 80
इज्याधर्मविनाशार्थं मनुमेत्याभ्ययाजयन। निरस्यमानं वै धर्मं दृष्ट्वेन्द्रो मनुमाब्रवीत।।
ijyādharmavināśārthaṃ manumetyābhyayājayan| nirasyamānaṃ vai dharmaṃ dṛṣṭvendro manumābravīt||
Sūta said:: In order to destroy the holy rite of Ijyā (sacrifice), they approached Manu and began to perform Yajñas (in a distorted manner). On seeing Dharma vitiated, Indra said to Manu.
Birth of seven sages (saptarṣi): Race of Bhṛgu and Aṅgiras - Verse 81
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 81
एतैरेव तु कामं त्वां प्रापयिष्यामि याजनम। श्रुत्वेन्द्रस्य तु तद्वाक्यं तस्माद्देशादपाक्रमन।।
etaireva tu kāmaṃ tvāṃ prāpayiṣyāmi yājanam| śrutvendrasya tu tadvākyaṃ tasmāddeśādapākraman||
Sūta said:: “I shall make these people alone properly perform your Yajña”. On hearing those words of Indra, they (the sons of Varatrin) slipped away from that place.
Birth of seven sages (saptarṣi): Race of Bhṛgu and Aṅgiras - Verse 82
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 82
तिरोभूतेषु तेष्विन्द्रो मनुपत्नीमचेतनाम। ग्रहेण मोचयित्वा च ततश्चानुससार ताम।।
tirobhūteṣu teṣvindro manupatnīmacetanām| graheṇa mocayitvā ca tataścānusasāra tām||
Sūta said:: When they disappeared, Indra came to Manu’s wife who had become senseless and freed her from the evil planet. Then he pursued them.
Birth of seven sages (saptarṣi): Race of Bhṛgu and Aṅgiras - Verse 83
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 83
तत इन्द्रविनाशाय यतमानान्मुनींस्तु तान। तानागतान्पुनर्दृष्ट्वा दुष्टानिन्द्रो विहस्य तु।।
tata indravināśāya yatamānānmunīṃstu tān| tānāgatānpunardṛṣṭvā duṣṭānindro vihasya tu||
Sūta said:: Thereafter, those sages began to strive for the destruction of Indra. On seeing those vicious persons come, Indra laughed derisively.
Birth of seven sages (saptarṣi): Race of Bhṛgu and Aṅgiras - Verse 84
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 84
ततस्ता नदहत्क्रुद्धो वेद्यर्द्धे दक्षिणे ततः। तेषां तु धृष्यमाणानां तत्र शालावृकैः सह।।
tatastā nadahatkruddho vedyarddhe dakṣiṇe tataḥ| teṣāṃ tu dhṛṣyamāṇānāṃ tatra śālāvṛkaiḥ saha||
Sūta said:: Then, becoming furious he burned them in the southern half of the sacrificial platform. There they began to resist him along with their Śālāvṛkas (dogs, wolves). Even as they resisted him thus, their heads dropped down and became date-palms. It was thus that the sons of Varatrin were killed by Indra formerly.
Birth of seven sages (saptarṣi): Race of Bhṛgu and Aṅgiras - Verse 85
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 85
शीर्षाणि न्यपतंस्तानि खर्जूरा ह्यभवंस्ततः। एवं वरत्रिणः पुत्रा इन्द्रेण निहताः पुरा।।
śīrṣāṇi nyapataṃstāni kharjūrā hyabhavaṃstataḥ| evaṃ varatriṇaḥ putrā indreṇa nihatāḥ purā||
Sūta said:: Then, becoming furious he burned them in the southern half of the sacrificial platform. There they began to resist him along with their Śālāvṛkas (dogs, wolves). Even as they resisted him thus, their heads dropped down and became date-palms. It was thus that the sons of Varatrin were killed by Indra formerly.
Birth of seven sages (saptarṣi): Race of Bhṛgu and Aṅgiras - Verse 86
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 86
जयन्त्यां देवयानी तु शुक्रस्य दुहिताभवत। त्रिशिरा विश्वरूपस्तु त्वष्टुः पुत्रो ऽभवन्महान।।
jayantyāṃ devayānī tu śukrasya duhitābhavat| triśirā viśvarūpastu tvaṣṭuḥ putro 'bhavanmahān||
Sūta said:: Devayānī was born of Jayantī, as the daughter of Śukra. Triśiras alias Viśvarūpa was the great (elder) son of Tvaṣṭṛ. He was born of Yaśodharā, daughter of Virocana. He became very famous. He who is remembered as Viśvakarman was the younger brother of Viśvarūpa.
Birth of seven sages (saptarṣi): Race of Bhṛgu and Aṅgiras - Verse 87
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 87
यशोधरायामुत्पन्नो वैरोचन्यां महायशाः। विश्वरूपानुजश्चैव विश्वकर्मा च यः स्मृतः।।
yaśodharāyāmutpanno vairocanyāṃ mahāyaśāḥ| viśvarūpānujaścaiva viśvakarmā ca yaḥ smṛtaḥ||
Sūta said:: Devayānī was born of Jayantī, as the daughter of Śukra. Triśiras alias Viśvarūpa was the great (elder) son of Tvaṣṭṛ. He was born of Yaśodharā, daughter of Virocana. He became very famous. He who is remembered as Viśvakarman was the younger brother of Viśvarūpa.
Birth of seven sages (saptarṣi): Race of Bhṛgu and Aṅgiras - Verse 88
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 88
भृगोस्तु भृगवो देवा जज्ञिरे द्वादशात्मजाः। दिव्यानुसुषुवे कन्या काव्यस्यैवानुजा प्रभोः।।
bhṛgostu bhṛgavo devā jajñire dvādaśātmajāḥ| divyānusuṣuve kanyā kāvyasyaivānujā prabhoḥ||
Sūta said:: Divyā gave birth to a daughter, the younger sister of lord Śukra (Kāvya). Twelve resplendent (godly) sons were born to Bhṛgu and they were known as Bhṛgus (or Bhṛgu gods).
Birth of seven sages (saptarṣi): Race of Bhṛgu and Aṅgiras - Verse 89
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 89
भुवनोभावनश्चैव अन्त्यश्चान्त्यायनस्तथा। क्रतुः शुचिः स्वमूर्द्धा च व्याजश्च वसुदश्च यः।।
bhuvanobhāvanaścaiva antyaścāntyāyanastathā| kratuḥ śuciḥ svamūrddhā ca vyājaśca vasudaśca yaḥ||
Sūta said:: They were Bhuvana, Bhāvana, Antya, Antyāyana, Kratu, Śuci, Svamūrdhan, Vyāsa, Vasuda, Prabhava and Avyaya. The twelfth one is remembered as Adhipati. These are remembered as Bhṛgus. They are Devas (shining ones) worthy of Yajñas.
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प्रभवश्चाव्ययश्चैव द्वादशो ऽधिपतिः स्मृतः। इत्येते भृगवो देवाः स्मृता द्वादश यज्ञियाः।।
prabhavaścāvyayaścaiva dvādaśo 'dhipatiḥ smṛtaḥ| ityete bhṛgavo devāḥ smṛtā dvādaśa yajñiyāḥ||
Sūta said:: They were Bhuvana, Bhāvana, Antya, Antyāyana, Kratu, Śuci, Svamūrdhan, Vyāsa, Vasuda, Prabhava and Avyaya. The twelfth one is remembered as Adhipati. These are remembered as Bhṛgus. They are Devas (shining ones) worthy of Yajñas.
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Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 91
पौलोम्यजनयत्पुत्रं ब्रह्मिष्ठं वशिनं द्विजम। व्यादितः सो ऽष्टमे मासिगर्भः क्रूरेण रक्षसा।।
paulomyajanayatputraṃ brahmiṣṭhaṃ vaśinaṃ dvijam| vyāditaḥ so 'ṣṭame māsigarbhaḥ krūreṇa rakṣasā||
Sūta said:: Paulomī gave birth to a son engrossed in Brahman. He was a Brāhmaṇa of perfect self-control. (While he was in the womb) in the eighth month, he was swallowed by a cruel Rākṣasa. He slipped off and is therefore known as Cyavana. He is Pracetas as well, because he was conscious and alert. Cyavana alias Pracetas burned the man-eaters (demons) due to anger.
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Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 92
च्यवनाच्च्यवनः सो ऽथ चेतनात्तु प्रचेतनः। प्रचेताः श्च्यवनः क्रोधाद्दग्धवान्पुरुषादकान।।
cyavanāccyavanaḥ so 'tha cetanāttu pracetanaḥ| pracetāḥ ścyavanaḥ krodhāddagdhavānpuruṣādakān||
Sūta said:: Paulomī gave birth to a son engrossed in Brahman. He was a Brāhmaṇa of perfect self-control. (While he was in the womb) in the eighth month, he was swallowed by a cruel Rākṣasa. He slipped off and is therefore known as Cyavana. He is Pracetas as well, because he was conscious and alert. Cyavana alias Pracetas burned the man-eaters (demons) due to anger.
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Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 93
जनयामास पुत्रौ द्वौ सुकन्यायां सभार्गवः। आप्रवानं दधीचं च तावुभौ साधुसंमतौ।।
janayāmāsa putrau dvau sukanyāyāṃ sabhārgavaḥ| āpravānaṃ dadhīcaṃ ca tāvubhau sādhusaṃmatau||
Sūta said:: That scion of the family of Bhṛgu begot two sons of Sukanyā. Those two sons, viz. Āpravāna and Dadhīca were honoured by good people.
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सारस्वतः सरस्वत्यां दधीचस्योदपद्यत। ऋची पत्नी महाभागा अप्रवानस्य नाहुषी।।
sārasvataḥ sarasvatyāṃ dadhīcasyodapadyata| ṛcī patnī mahābhāgā apravānasya nāhuṣī||
Sūta said:: Sārasvata the son of Dadhīca, was born of Sarasvatī. The mighty virtuous Ṛcī, daughter of Nahuṣa, was the wife of Āpravāna.
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Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 95
तस्यामौर्व ऋषिर्जज्ञे ऊरुं भित्तवा महायशाः। और्वस्यासीदृचीकस्तु दीप्तो ऽग्निसमतेजसा।।
tasyāmaurva ṛṣirjajñe ūruṃ bhittavā mahāyaśāḥ| aurvasyāsīdṛcīkastu dīpto 'gnisamatejasā||
Sūta said:: The sage Āurva of great renown was born of her after piercing through the thigh. Ṛcīka was the son of Aurva. He shone with a brillance equal to that of fire.
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Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 96
जमदग्निरृचीकस्य सत्यवत्यामजायत। भृगोश्चरुविपर्यासे रौद्रवैष्णवयौः पुरा।।
jamadagnirṛcīkasya satyavatyāmajāyata| bhṛgoścaruviparyāse raudravaiṣṇavayauḥ purā||
Sūta said:: Jamadagni was born of satyavatī as the son of Ṛcīka, formerly when the Carus (sacrificial offering) pertaining to Rudra and Viṣṇu (? prepared by) Bhṛgu were interchanged.
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Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 97
जमनाद्वैष्मवस्याग्नेर्जमदग्निरजायत। रेणुकाजमदग्नेश्च शक्रतुल्यपराक्रमम।।
jamanādvaiṣmavasyāgnerjamadagnirajāyata| reṇukājamadagneśca śakratulyaparākramam||
Sūta said:: Jamadagni was so called because he devoured the fire pertaining to Viṣṇu. Reṇukā gave birth to Rāma the son of Jamadagni. He had unlimited splendour. He had the valour on a par with that of Indra. He had the inherent characteristics of both Brāhmaṇas and Kṣatriyas.
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Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 98
ब्रह्मक्षत्रमयं रामं सुषुवे ऽमिततेजसम। ओर्वस्यासीत्पुत्रशतं जमदग्निपुरोगमम।।
brahmakṣatramayaṃ rāmaṃ suṣuve 'mitatejasam| orvasyāsītputraśataṃ jamadagnipurogamam||
Sūta said:: Jamadagni was so called because he devoured the fire pertaining to Viṣṇu. Reṇukā gave birth to Rāma the son of Jamadagni. He had unlimited splendour. He had the valour on a par with that of Indra. He had the inherent characteristics of both Brāhmaṇas and Kṣatriyas.
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Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 99
तेषां पुत्र सहस्राणि भार्गवाणां परस्परात। ऋष्यतरेषु वै बाह्या बहवो भार्गवाः स्मृताः।।
teṣāṃ putra sahasrāṇi bhārgavāṇāṃ parasparāt| ṛṣyatareṣu vai bāhyā bahavo bhārgavāḥ smṛtāḥ||
Sūta said:: Due to inter-alliance, the families of Bhārgavas had thousands of sons. External Bhārgavas, it is remembered, are born amongst other sages also. They are many such as Vatsas, Vidas, Ārṣṭiṣeṇas, Yāskas, Vainyas, Śaunakas and the seventh group the Mitreyus. These clans are to be known as Bhārgavas.
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Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 100
वत्सा विदा आर्ष्टिषेणा यस्का वैन्याश्च शौनकाः। मित्रेयुः सप्तमा ह्येते पक्षा ज्ञेयास्तु भार्गवाः।।
vatsā vidā ārṣṭiṣeṇā yaskā vainyāśca śaunakāḥ| mitreyuḥ saptamā hyete pakṣā jñeyāstu bhārgavāḥ||
Sūta said:: Due to inter-alliance, the families of Bhārgavas had thousands of sons. External Bhārgavas, it is remembered, are born amongst other sages also. They are many such as Vatsas, Vidas, Ārṣṭiṣeṇas, Yāskas, Vainyas, Śaunakas and the seventh group the Mitreyus. These clans are to be known as Bhārgavas.
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Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 101
शृणुताङ्गिरसो वंशमग्नेः पुत्रस्य धीमतः। यस्यान्ववाये संभूता भारद्वाजाः सगौतमाः।।
śṛṇutāṅgiraso vaṃśamagneḥ putrasya dhīmataḥ| yasyānvavāye saṃbhūtā bhāradvājāḥ sagautamāḥ||
Sūta said:: Now, listen to the family of Aṅgiras, the intelligent son of Agni. It was in his family that Bhāradvājas along with Gautamas were born.
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Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 102
देवाश्चाङ्गिरसो मुख्यास्त्त्विषिमन्तो महौजसः। सुरूपा चैव मारीची कार्दमी च तथा स्वराट।।
devāścāṅgiraso mukhyāsttviṣimanto mahaujasaḥ| surūpā caiva mārīcī kārdamī ca tathā svarāṭ||
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Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 103
पथ्या च मानवी कन्या तिस्रो भार्या ह्यथर्वणः। अथर्वणस्तु दायादास्तासु जाताः कुलोद्वहाः।।
pathyā ca mānavī kanyā tisro bhāryā hyatharvaṇaḥ| atharvaṇastu dāyādāstāsu jātāḥ kulodvahāḥ||
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Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 104
उत्पन्ना महता चैव तपसा भावितात्मनः। बृहस्पतिं सुरूपायां गौतमं सुषुवे स्वराट।।
utpannā mahatā caiva tapasā bhāvitātmanaḥ| bṛhaspatiṃ surūpāyāṃ gautamaṃ suṣuve svarāṭ||
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Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 105
अयास्यं वामदेवं च उतथ्यमुशितिं तथा। धृष्णिः पुत्रस्तु पथ्यायाः संवर्त्तश्चैव मानसः।।
ayāsyaṃ vāmadevaṃ ca utathyamuśitiṃ tathā| dhṛṣṇiḥ putrastu pathyāyāḥ saṃvarttaścaiva mānasaḥ||
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Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 106
कितवश्चाप्ययास्यस्य शरद्वांश्चप्युतथ्यजः। अथोशिजो दीर्घतमा बृहदुक्थो वामदेवजः।।
kitavaścāpyayāsyasya śaradvāṃścapyutathyajaḥ| athośijo dīrghatamā bṛhaduktho vāmadevajaḥ||
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Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 107
धृष्णेः पुत्रः सुधन्वा तु ऋषभश्च सुधन्वनः। रथकाराः स्मृता देवा ऋभवो ये परिश्रुताः।।
dhṛṣṇeḥ putraḥ sudhanvā tu ṛṣabhaśca sudhanvanaḥ| rathakārāḥ smṛtā devā ṛbhavo ye pariśrutāḥ||
Sūta said:: Sudhanvan was the son of Dhṛṣṇi. Ṛṣabha was the son of Sudhanvan. Rathakāras (? Charioteers) are remembered as the Devas. They are well renowned as Ṛbhus.
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Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 108
बृहस्पतेर्भरद्वाजो विश्रुतः सुमहायशाः। बृहस्पतिं सुरूपायां गौतमं सुषुवे स्वराट।।
bṛhaspaterbharadvājo viśrutaḥ sumahāyaśāḥ| bṛhaspatiṃ surūpāyāṃ gautamaṃ suṣuve svarāṭ||
Sūta said:: Bharadvāja of very great fame, was born of Bṛhaspati. Gods junior to Bṛhaspati are known as Āṅgirasas.
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Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 109
औरसांगिरसः पुत्राः सुरूपायां विजज्ञिरे। आधार्यायुर्द्दनुर्दक्षो दमः प्राणस्त थैव च।।
aurasāṃgirasaḥ putrāḥ surūpāyāṃ vijajñire| ādhāryāyurddanurdakṣo damaḥ prāṇasta thaiva ca||
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Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 110
हविष्यांश्च हविष्णुश्च ऋतः सत्यश्च ते दश। अयास्याश्चप्युतथ्याश्च वामदेवास्तथौशिजाः।।
haviṣyāṃśca haviṣṇuśca ṛtaḥ satyaśca te daśa| ayāsyāścapyutathyāśca vāmadevāstathauśijāḥ||
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Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 111
भारद्वाजाः सांकृतयो गर्गाः कण्वरथीतराः। मुद्गला विष्णुवृद्धाश्च हरिताः कपयस्तथा।।
bhāradvājāḥ sāṃkṛtayo gargāḥ kaṇvarathītarāḥ| mudgalā viṣṇuvṛddhāśca haritāḥ kapayastathā||
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Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 112
तथा रूक्षभरद्वाजा आर्षभाः कितवस्तथा। एते चाङ्गिरसां पक्षा विज्ञेया दश पञ्च च।।
tathā rūkṣabharadvājā ārṣabhāḥ kitavastathā| ete cāṅgirasāṃ pakṣā vijñeyā daśa pañca ca||
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Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 113
ऋष्यन्तरेषु वै बाह्या बहवोङ्गिरसः स्मृताः। मरीचेरपि वक्ष्यामि भेद मुत्तमपूरुषम।।
ṛṣyantareṣu vai bāhyā bahavoṅgirasaḥ smṛtāḥ| marīcerapi vakṣyāmi bheda muttamapūruṣam||
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Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 114
यस्यान्ववाये संभूतं जगत्स्थावरजङ्गमम। मरीचिरापश्चकमे नाभिध्यायन्प्रजेप्सया।।
yasyānvavāye saṃbhūtaṃ jagatsthāvarajaṅgamam| marīcirāpaścakame nābhidhyāyanprajepsayā||
Sūta said:: It is in his family that the whole universe consisting of the mobile and the immobile beings, was born. Marīci loved the waters. With a desire for progeny, he began to contemplate and ponder over them. Thinking “Let a son endowed with all good qualities and having children for himself be born” He engaged himself in Yogic union. The holy lord was sanctified by means of penance.
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Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 115
पुत्रः सर्वगुणोपेतः प्रजावान्प्रभवेदिति। संयुज्यात्मानमेवन्तु तपसा भावितः प्रभुः।।
putraḥ sarvaguṇopetaḥ prajāvānprabhavediti| saṃyujyātmānamevantu tapasā bhāvitaḥ prabhuḥ||
Sūta said:: It is in his family that the whole universe consisting of the mobile and the immobile beings, was born. Marīci loved the waters. With a desire for progeny, he began to contemplate and ponder over them. Thinking “Let a son endowed with all good qualities and having children for himself be born” He engaged himself in Yogic union. The holy lord was sanctified by means of penance.
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Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 116
आहताश्च ततः सर्वा आपः समभवंस्तदा। तासु प्रणिहितात्मानमेकं सो ऽजनयत्प्रभुः।।
āhatāśca tataḥ sarvā āpaḥ samabhavaṃstadā| tāsu praṇihitātmānamekaṃ so 'janayatprabhuḥ||
Sūta said:: Thereupon, all the waters were struck. The holy lord procreated a son in them whose soul had been en grossed (in meditation). The son was unequalled. He was a Prajāpati, Ariṣṭanemi by name. Marīci who was engaged in penance, got the son who performed a penance amidst waters.
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Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 117
पुत्रमप्रतिमं नाम्नारिष्टनेमिं प्रजापतिम। पुत्रं मरीचिस्तपसि निरतः सो ऽप्स्वतीतपत।।
putramapratimaṃ nāmnāriṣṭanemiṃ prajāpatim| putraṃ marīcistapasi nirataḥ so 'psvatītapat||
Sūta said:: Thereupon, all the waters were struck. The holy lord procreated a son in them whose soul had been en grossed (in meditation). The son was unequalled. He was a Prajāpati, Ariṣṭanemi by name. Marīci who was engaged in penance, got the son who performed a penance amidst waters.
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Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 118
प्रध्याय हि सतीं वाचं पुत्रार्थी सरिरे स्थितः। सप्तवर्षसहस्राणि ततः सो ऽप्रतिमो ऽभवत।।
pradhyāya hi satīṃ vācaṃ putrārthī sarire sthitaḥ| saptavarṣasahasrāṇi tataḥ so 'pratimo 'bhavat||
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Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 119
कश्यपः सवितुर्विद्वांस्तेजसा ब्रह्मणा समः। मन्वन्तरेषु सर्वेषु ब्रह्मणोंऽशेन जायते।।
kaśyapaḥ saviturvidvāṃstejasā brahmaṇā samaḥ| manvantareṣu sarveṣu brahmaṇoṃ'śena jāyate||
Sūta said:: Kāśyapa was on a par with Savitṛ. He was equal to Brahmā in brilliance. He was a scholar. In every Manvantara, he is born by means of a part of Brahmā.
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Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 120
कन्यानिमित्तमत्युक्तो दक्षेण कुपितः प्रभुः। अपिबत्स तदा कश्यं कश्यं मद्यमिहोच्यते।।
kanyānimittamatyukto dakṣeṇa kupitaḥ prabhuḥ| apibatsa tadā kaśyaṃ kaśyaṃ madyamihocyate||
Sūta said:: When Dakṣa was over-bearing in his speech in regard to his daughters, the holy lord became angry. Then he drank Kaśya. Liquor is called by the name Kaśya.
Birth of seven sages (saptarṣi): Race of Bhṛgu and Aṅgiras - Verse 121
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 121
हास्ये कशिर्हि विज्ञेयो वाङ्मनः कश्यमुच्यते। कश्यं मद्यं स्मृतं विप्रैः कश्यपानां तु कश्यपः।।
hāsye kaśirhi vijñeyo vāṅmanaḥ kaśyamucyate| kaśyaṃ madyaṃ smṛtaṃ vipraiḥ kaśyapānāṃ tu kaśyapaḥ||
Sūta said:: When Dakṣa was over-bearing in his speech in regard to his daughters, the holy lord became angry. Then he drank Kaśya. Liquor is called by the name Kaśya.
Birth of seven sages (saptarṣi): Race of Bhṛgu and Aṅgiras - Verse 122
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 122
कशेति नाम यद्वाचो वाचा क्रूरमुदात्दृतम। दक्षाभिशप्तः कुपितः कश्यपस्तेन सो ऽभवत।।
kaśeti nāma yadvāco vācā krūramudātdṛtam| dakṣābhiśaptaḥ kupitaḥ kaśyapastena so 'bhavat||
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Birth of seven sages (saptarṣi): Race of Bhṛgu and Aṅgiras - Verse 123
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 123
तस्माच्च कश्यपायोक्तो ब्रह्मणा परमेष्ठिना। तस्मै प्राचेतसो दक्षः कन्यास्ताः प्रत्यपादयत।।
tasmācca kaśyapāyokto brahmaṇā parameṣṭhinā| tasmai prācetaso dakṣaḥ kanyāstāḥ pratyapādayat||
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Birth of seven sages (saptarṣi): Race of Bhṛgu and Aṅgiras - Verse 124
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 124
सर्वाश्च ब्रह्मवादिन्यः सर्वा वै लोकमातरः। इत्येतमृषिसर्गं तु पुण्यं यो वेद वारुणम।।
sarvāśca brahmavādinyaḥ sarvā vai lokamātaraḥ| ityetamṛṣisargaṃ tu puṇyaṃ yo veda vāruṇam||
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Birth of seven sages (saptarṣi): Race of Bhṛgu and Aṅgiras - Verse 125
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 125
आयुष्मान्पुण्यवाञ्छुद्धः सुखमाप्नोति शाश्वतम। धारणाच्छ्रवणाद्वापि सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यते।।
āyuṣmānpuṇyavāñchuddhaḥ sukhamāpnoti śāśvatam| dhāraṇācchravaṇādvāpi sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate||
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