Chapter 2
अध्यायः 2
Pada III — Upodghāta, Chapter 2
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+ Add ShlokaThe progeny of Prajāpati: the race of Dakṣa - Verse 1
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 2 · Verse 1
विनिवृत्ते प्रजासर्गे षष्ठे वै चाक्षुषस्य ह। प्रजाः सृजेति व्यदिष्टः स्वयं दक्षः स्वयंभुवा।।
vinivṛtte prajāsarge ṣaṣṭhe vai cākṣuṣasya ha| prajāḥ sṛjeti vyadiṣṭaḥ svayaṃ dakṣaḥ svayaṃbhuvā||
Sūta said:: When the sixth creation of subjects i.e. that of Cākṣuṣa (Manvantara) had been (annihilated and) withdrawn, Dakṣa was commanded by the self-born lord himself—“Create the Subjects”.
The progeny of Prajāpati: the race of Dakṣa - Verse 2
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 2 · Verse 2
ससर्ज सर्वभूतानि गतिमन्ति ध्रुवाणि च। मानसानि च भूतानि स पूर्वमसृजत्प्रभुः।।
sasarja sarvabhūtāni gatimanti dhruvāṇi ca| mānasāni ca bhūtāni sa pūrvamasṛjatprabhuḥ||
Sūta said:: He (i.e. Dakṣa) created all the living beings, the mobile ones as well as the immobile ones. At the outset, the lord created mental living beings.
The progeny of Prajāpati: the race of Dakṣa - Verse 3
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 2 · Verse 3
ऋषीन्देवांश्च गन्धर्वान्मनुष्योरगराक्षसान। यक्षभूतपिशाचांश्च वयः पशुमृगांस्तथा।।
ṛṣīndevāṃśca gandharvānmanuṣyoragarākṣasān| yakṣabhūtapiśācāṃśca vayaḥ paśumṛgāṃstathā||
Sūta said:: He created (mentally) the sages, the Devas, the Gandharvas, the human beings, the serpents, the Rākṣasas, the Yakṣas, the Bhūtas (goblins), the Piśācas (ghosts, evil spirits) the birds, the animals and the cattle,
The progeny of Prajāpati: the race of Dakṣa - Verse 4
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 2 · Verse 4
यदास्य मनसा सृष्टा न व्यवर्द्धन्त ताः प्रजाः। अपध्याता भगवता महादेवेन धीमता।।
yadāsya manasā sṛṣṭā na vyavarddhanta tāḥ prajāḥ| apadhyātā bhagavatā mahādevena dhīmatā||
Sūta said:: When those subjects created mentally by him did not multiply, they were cursed mentally by the great intelligent lord of great splendour and dignity.
The progeny of Prajāpati: the race of Dakṣa - Verse 5
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 2 · Verse 5
स मैथुनेन भावेन सिसृक्षुर्विविधाः प्रजाः। असिक्रीमावहद्भार्यां वीरणस्य प्रजापतेः।।
sa maithunena bhāvena sisṛkṣurvividhāḥ prajāḥ| asikrīmāvahadbhāryāṃ vīraṇasya prajāpateḥ||
Sūta said:: Desirous of creating the diverse subjects by means of copulation, he married Asiknī, the daughter of Vīraṇa the Prajāpati. She was endowed with great power of penance. She was the sustainer of the worlds. It was by her that this entire universe consisting of the mobile and the immobile beings was held up.
The progeny of Prajāpati: the race of Dakṣa - Verse 6
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 2 · Verse 6
सुतां सुमहता युक्तां तपसा लोक धारिणीम। यया धृतमिदं सर्वं जगत्स्थावरजङ्गमम।।
sutāṃ sumahatā yuktāṃ tapasā loka dhāriṇīm| yayā dhṛtamidaṃ sarvaṃ jagatsthāvarajaṅgamam||
Sūta said:: Desirous of creating the diverse subjects by means of copulation, he married Asiknī, the daughter of Vīraṇa the Prajāpati. She was endowed with great power of penance. She was the sustainer of the worlds. It was by her that this entire universe consisting of the mobile and the immobile beings was held up.
The progeny of Prajāpati: the race of Dakṣa - Verse 7
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 2 · Verse 7
अत्राप्युदाहरन्तीमौ श्लोकौ प्राचेतसां प्रति। दक्षस्योद्वहतो भार्यांमसिक्रीं वैरणीं पुरा।।
atrāpyudāharantīmau ślokau prācetasāṃ prati| dakṣasyodvahato bhāryāṃmasikrīṃ vairaṇīṃ purā||
Sūta said:: In this connection they cite the following verses as regards the descendants of Pracetas:—
The progeny of Prajāpati: the race of Dakṣa - Verse 8
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 2 · Verse 8
कृपानां नियुतं दक्षं सर्पिणां साभिमानिनाम। नदीगिरिष्बसज्जन्तं पृष्ठतो ऽनुययौ प्रभुम।।
kṛpānāṃ niyutaṃ dakṣaṃ sarpiṇāṃ sābhimāninām| nadīgiriṣbasajjantaṃ pṛṣṭhato 'nuyayau prabhum||
Sūta said:: In this connection they cite the following verses as regards the descendants of Pracetas:—
The progeny of Prajāpati: the race of Dakṣa - Verse 9
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 2 · Verse 9
तं दृष्ट्वा ऋषिभिः प्रोक्तं प्रतिष्ठास्यति वै प्रजाः। प्रथमो ऽत्र द्वितीयस्तु दक्षः स हि प्रजापतिः।।
taṃ dṛṣṭvā ṛṣibhiḥ proktaṃ pratiṣṭhāsyati vai prajāḥ| prathamo 'tra dvitīyastu dakṣaḥ sa hi prajāpatiḥ||
Sūta said:: In this connection they cite the following verses as regards the descendants of Pracetas:—
The progeny of Prajāpati: the race of Dakṣa - Verse 10
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 2 · Verse 10
अथागच्छद्यथाकालं प्रहीनां नियुतं तु यत। असिक्रीं वैरणीं तत्र दक्षः प्राचेतसो ऽवहत।।
athāgacchadyathākālaṃ prahīnāṃ niyutaṃ tu yat| asikrīṃ vairaṇīṃ tatra dakṣaḥ prācetaso 'vahat||
Sūta said:: Thereafter, the one million serpents went away in due course. Dakṣa, the son of Pracetas, married Asiknī the daughter of Vīraṇa there.
The progeny of Prajāpati: the race of Dakṣa - Verse 11
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 2 · Verse 11
अथ पुत्रसहस्रं स वैरण्याममितौजसम। असिक्न्यां जनयामास दक्षः प्राचे तसः प्रभुः।।
atha putrasahasraṃ sa vairaṇyāmamitaujasam| asiknyāṃ janayāmāsa dakṣaḥ prāce tasaḥ prabhuḥ||
Sūta said:: Thereafter, lord Dakṣa, son of Pracetas, begot a thousand sons of Asiknī, the daughter of Vīraṇa. They had unlimited prowess.
The progeny of Prajāpati: the race of Dakṣa - Verse 12
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 2 · Verse 12
तांस्तु दृष्ट्वा महातेजाः स विवर्द्धयिषुः प्रजाः। देवर्षिप्रियसंवादो नारदो ब्रह्मणः सुतः।।
tāṃstu dṛṣṭvā mahātejāḥ sa vivarddhayiṣuḥ prajāḥ| devarṣipriyasaṃvādo nārado brahmaṇaḥ sutaḥ||
Sūta said:: On seeing them, that (Dakṣa) of great splendour became desirous of causing the subjects to multiply.
The progeny of Prajāpati: the race of Dakṣa - Verse 13
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 2 · Verse 13
नाशाय वचनं तेषां शापयैवात्मनो ऽब्रवीत। यः कश्यपसुतस्याथ परमेष्ठी व्यजायत।।
nāśāya vacanaṃ teṣāṃ śāpayaivātmano 'bravīt| yaḥ kaśyapasutasyātha parameṣṭhī vyajāyata||
Sūta said:: On seeing them, that (Dakṣa) of great splendour became desirous of causing the subjects to multiply.
The progeny of Prajāpati: the race of Dakṣa - Verse 14
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 2 · Verse 14
मानसः कश्यपस्यासीद्दक्षशापवशात्पुनः। तस्मात्स काश्यपस्याथ द्वितीयो मानसो ऽभवत।।
mānasaḥ kaśyapasyāsīddakṣaśāpavaśātpunaḥ| tasmātsa kāśyapasyātha dvitīyo mānaso 'bhavat||
Sūta said:: On seeing them, that (Dakṣa) of great splendour became desirous of causing the subjects to multiply.
The progeny of Prajāpati: the race of Dakṣa - Verse 15
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 2 · Verse 15
स हि पूर्वं समुत्पन्नो नारदः परमेष्ठिनः। तेन वृक्षस्य पुत्रा वै हर्यश्वा इति विश्रुताः।।
sa hi pūrvaṃ samutpanno nāradaḥ parameṣṭhinaḥ| tena vṛkṣasya putrā vai haryaśvā iti viśrutāḥ||
Sūta said:: That Nārada had formerly been born of Parameṣṭhin. Dakṣa’s sons well-known as Haryaśvas were wholly destroyed for the sake of Dharma (?) There is no doubt that all of them were destroyed by fate. The infuriated lord Dakṣa prepared himself for cursing him.
The progeny of Prajāpati: the race of Dakṣa - Verse 16
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 2 · Verse 16
धर्मार्थं नाशिताः सर्वे विधिना च न संशयः। तस्योद्यतस्तदा दक्षः क्रुद्धः शापाय वै प्रभुः।।
dharmārthaṃ nāśitāḥ sarve vidhinā ca na saṃśayaḥ| tasyodyatastadā dakṣaḥ kruddhaḥ śāpāya vai prabhuḥ||
Sūta said:: That Nārada had formerly been born of Parameṣṭhin. Dakṣa’s sons well-known as Haryaśvas were wholly destroyed for the sake of Dharma (?) There is no doubt that all of them were destroyed by fate. The infuriated lord Dakṣa prepared himself for cursing him.
The progeny of Prajāpati: the race of Dakṣa - Verse 17
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 2 · Verse 17
ब्रह्मर्षीन्वै पुरस्कृत्य याचितः परमेष्ठिना। ततो ऽभिसंधिं चक्रे वै दक्षश्च परमेष्ठिना।।
brahmarṣīnvai puraskṛtya yācitaḥ parameṣṭhinā| tato 'bhisaṃdhiṃ cakre vai dakṣaśca parameṣṭhinā||
Sūta said:: Accompanied with Brahmarṣis (Brahmanical sages) ahead of him, he was requested by the highest god Brahmā, Thereafter, Dakṣa came to a stipulated understanding with Parameṣṭhin “Let Nārada become your son, through my daugher.” Thereafter, Dakṣa gave his beloved daughter to Parameṣṭhin. Hence, sage Nārada was reborn on account of the fear of his curse.
The progeny of Prajāpati: the race of Dakṣa - Verse 18
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 2 · Verse 18
कन्यायां नारदो मह्यं तव पुत्रो भवेदिति। ततो दक्षः सुतां प्रदात प्रियां वै परमेष्ठिने। तस्मात्स नारदो जज्ञे भूयः शापभयदृषिः।।
kanyāyāṃ nārado mahyaṃ tava putro bhavediti| tato dakṣaḥ sutāṃ pradāt priyāṃ vai parameṣṭhine| tasmātsa nārado jajñe bhūyaḥ śāpabhayadṛṣiḥ||
Sūta said:: Accompanied with Brahmarṣis (Brahmanical sages) ahead of him, he was requested by the highest god Brahmā, Thereafter, Dakṣa came to a stipulated understanding with Parameṣṭhin “Let Nārada become your son, through my daugher.” Thereafter, Dakṣa gave his beloved daughter to Parameṣṭhin. Hence, sage Nārada was reborn on account of the fear of his curse.
The progeny of Prajāpati: the race of Dakṣa - Verse 19
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 2 · Verse 19
कथं वै नाशिताः पूर्वं नारदेन सुरर्षिणा। प्रजापतिसुतास्ते वै श्रोतुमिच्छामि तत्त्वतः।।
kathaṃ vai nāśitāḥ pūrvaṃ nāradena surarṣiṇā| prajāpatisutāste vai śrotumicchāmi tattvataḥ||
Śaṃśapāyana said:: “How were the sons of Prajāpati formerly destroyed by the divine sage Nārada? I wish to know this factually (in details)
The progeny of Prajāpati: the race of Dakṣa - Verse 20
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 2 · Verse 20
दक्षपुत्राश्च हर्यश्वा विवर्धयिषवः प्रजाः। समागता महावीर्या नारदस्तानुवाच ह।।
dakṣaputrāśca haryaśvā vivardhayiṣavaḥ prajāḥ| samāgatā mahāvīryā nāradastānuvāca ha||
Sūta said:: Haryaśvas, the sons of Dakṣa, were desirous of causing the subjects to flourish. Those sons of great virility assembled. Nārada spoke to them.
The progeny of Prajāpati: the race of Dakṣa - Verse 21
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 2 · Verse 21
बालिशा बत यूयं वै न प्रजानीथ भूतलम। अन्तरूर्ध्वमधश्चैव कथं स्रक्ष्यथ वै प्रजाः।।
bāliśā bata yūyaṃ vai na prajānītha bhūtalam| antarūrdhvamadhaścaiva kathaṃ srakṣyatha vai prajāḥ||
Sūta said:: “Alas, all of you are childish. You do not know the surface of the Earth internally nor do you know the space above or below. How will you create the subjects?”
The progeny of Prajāpati: the race of Dakṣa - Verse 22
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 2 · Verse 22
ते तु तद्वचन श्रुत्वा प्याताः सर्वतो दिशम। अधापि म निवर्त्तन्ते समुद्रस्था इवापगाः।।
te tu tadvacana śrutvā pyātāḥ sarvato diśam| adhāpi ma nivarttante samudrasthā ivāpagāḥ||
Sūta said:: On hearing his words, they went away in all directions. Till today they have not returned like the rivers that have fallen into the Ocean.
The progeny of Prajāpati: the race of Dakṣa - Verse 23
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 2 · Verse 23
अथ तेषु प्रणष्टेषु दक्षः प्राचे तसः पुनः। वैरण्यामेव पुत्राणां सहस्रमसृजत्प्रभुः।।
atha teṣu praṇaṣṭeṣu dakṣaḥ prāce tasaḥ punaḥ| vairaṇyāmeva putrāṇāṃ sahasramasṛjatprabhuḥ||
Sūta said:: When they were lost, lord Dakṣa, the son of Pracetas, once again begot a thousand sons of Vairaṇī.
The progeny of Prajāpati: the race of Dakṣa - Verse 24
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 2 · Verse 24
प्रजा विवर्द्धयिषवः शबलाश्वाः पुनस्तु ते। पूर्वमुक्तं वचस्तद्वै श्राविता नारदेन ह।।
prajā vivarddhayiṣavaḥ śabalāśvāḥ punastu te| pūrvamuktaṃ vacastadvai śrāvitā nāradena ha||
Sūta said:: These sons (known as) Śabalāśvas, were desirous of causing the subjects to flourish. They were told once again by Nārada the same words uttered by him before.
The progeny of Prajāpati: the race of Dakṣa - Verse 25
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 2 · Verse 25
अन्योन्यमूचुस्ते सर्वे सम्यगाह ऋषिः स्वयम। भ्रातॄणां पदवीं चैव गन्तव्या नात्र संशयः।।
anyonyamūcuste sarve samyagāha ṛṣiḥ svayam| bhrātṝṇāṃ padavīṃ caiva gantavyā nātra saṃśayaḥ||
Sūta said:: They said amongst themselves:—
The progeny of Prajāpati: the race of Dakṣa - Verse 26
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 2 · Verse 26
ज्ञात्वा प्रमाणं पृथ्व्या वै सुखं स्रक्ष्यामहे प्रजाः। प्रकाशाः स्वस्थमनसा यथावदनुशासिताः।।
jñātvā pramāṇaṃ pṛthvyā vai sukhaṃ srakṣyāmahe prajāḥ| prakāśāḥ svasthamanasā yathāvadanuśāsitāḥ||
Sūta said:: They said amongst themselves:—
The progeny of Prajāpati: the race of Dakṣa - Verse 27
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 2 · Verse 27
ते ऽपि तेनैव मार्गेण प्रयाताः सर्वतो दिशम। अद्यापि न निवर्त्तन्ते विस्तारायमलिप्सवः।।
te 'pi tenaiva mārgeṇa prayātāḥ sarvato diśam| adyāpi na nivarttante vistārāyamalipsavaḥ||
Sūta said:: They too went in all directions along the same path, desirous of getting at the magnitude and extent of the Earth. They have not returned till today.
The progeny of Prajāpati: the race of Dakṣa - Verse 28
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 2 · Verse 28
ततः प्रभृति वै भ्राता भ्रातुरन्वेषणे रतः। प्रयतो नश्यति क्षिप्रं तन्न कार्यं विजानता।।
tataḥ prabhṛti vai bhrātā bhrāturanveṣaṇe rataḥ| prayato naśyati kṣipraṃ tanna kāryaṃ vijānatā||
Sūta said:: Thereafter, if a brother goes in search of his (lost) brother he perishes himself quickly. That should not be undertaken by a person who knows this.
The progeny of Prajāpati: the race of Dakṣa - Verse 29
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 2 · Verse 29
नष्टेषु शबलाश्वेषु दक्षः क्रुद्धो ऽशपद्विभुः। नारदं नाशमेहीति गर्भवासं वसेति च।।
naṣṭeṣu śabalāśveṣu dakṣaḥ kruddho 'śapadvibhuḥ| nāradaṃ nāśamehīti garbhavāsaṃ vaseti ca||
Sūta said:: When the Śabalāśvas too perished, lord Dakṣa became infuriated. He cursed Nārada thus—“Become perished. Stay in a womb.”
The progeny of Prajāpati: the race of Dakṣa - Verse 30
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 2 · Verse 30
तदा तेष्वपि नष्टेषु महात्मा स प्रभुः किल। षष्टिं दक्षो ऽसृजत्कन्या वैरण्यामेव विश्रुताः।।
tadā teṣvapi naṣṭeṣu mahātmā sa prabhuḥ kila| ṣaṣṭiṃ dakṣo 'sṛjatkanyā vairaṇyāmeva viśrutāḥ||
Sūta said:: When they were destroyed, that noble-souled lord Dakṣa begot of Vairaṇī herself sixty well known daughters.
The progeny of Prajāpati: the race of Dakṣa - Verse 31
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 2 · Verse 31
तास्तदा प्रतिजग्राह पत्न्यर्थं कश्यपः सुताः। धर्मः सोमश्च भगवांस्तथा चान्ये महर्षयः।।
tāstadā pratijagrāha patnyarthaṃ kaśyapaḥ sutāḥ| dharmaḥ somaśca bhagavāṃstathā cānye maharṣayaḥ||
Sūta said:: Kāśyapa, Dharma, Soma, the lord (Moon) and other great sages took those daughters as wives.
The progeny of Prajāpati: the race of Dakṣa - Verse 32
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 2 · Verse 32
इमां विसृष्टिं दक्षस्य कृत्स्नां यो वेद तत्त्वतः। आयुष्मान्कीर्त्तिमान्धन्यः प्रजावाश्च भवत्युत।।
imāṃ visṛṣṭiṃ dakṣasya kṛtsnāṃ yo veda tattvataḥ| āyuṣmānkīrttimāndhanyaḥ prajāvāśca bhavatyuta||
Sūta said:: He who knows factually this creation of Dakṣa entirely shall become blessed, well renowned and long-lived. He shall have progeny.