Chapter 4
अध्यायः 4
Pada III — Upodghāta, Chapter 4
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Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 4 · Verse 1
ब्रह्मणा वै मुखात्सृष्टा जया देवाः प्रजेप्सया। सर्वे मन्त्रशरीरास्ते स्मृता मन्वन्तरेष्विह।।
brahmaṇā vai mukhātsṛṣṭā jayā devāḥ prajepsayā| sarve mantraśarīrāste smṛtā manvantareṣviha||
Sūta said:: The Devas (called) Jayas were created by Brahmā out of his mouth, due to a desire for progeny. All of them are remembered as having Mantras for their bodies in the different Manvantaras.
Pronunciation of a curse on Jayas - Verse 2
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 4 · Verse 2
दर्शश्च पौर्णमासश्च बृहत्साम रथन्तरम। चितिश्च सुचितिश्चैव ह्याकूतिः कूतिरेव च।।
darśaśca paurṇamāsaśca bṛhatsāma rathantaram| citiśca sucitiścaiva hyākūtiḥ kūtireva ca||
Sūta said:: “The following are the twelve Yajñas viz.—Darśa, Paurṇamāsa, Bṛhat, Sāman, Rathantara, Citi, Suciti, Ākūti, Kūti, Vijñāta, Vijñātṛ and Manas. Perform these sacrifices after taking a wife unto you, maintaining the Agnihotra fire.”
Pronunciation of a curse on Jayas - Verse 3
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 4 · Verse 3
विज्ञातश्चैव विज्ञाता मना यज्ञश्च द्वादशः। दाराग्निहोत्रसंबन्धं वितत्य यजतेति च।।
vijñātaścaiva vijñātā manā yajñaśca dvādaśaḥ| dārāgnihotrasaṃbandhaṃ vitatya yajateti ca||
Sūta said:: “The following are the twelve Yajñas viz.—Darśa, Paurṇamāsa, Bṛhat, Sāman, Rathantara, Citi, Suciti, Ākūti, Kūti, Vijñāta, Vijñātṛ and Manas. Perform these sacrifices after taking a wife unto you, maintaining the Agnihotra fire.”
Pronunciation of a curse on Jayas - Verse 4
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 4 · Verse 4
एवमुक्त्वा तु तान्ब्रह्मा तत्रैवान्तरधात्प्रभुः। ततस्ते नाभ्यनन्दन्त तद्वाक्यं परमेष्ठिनः।।
evamuktvā tu tānbrahmā tatraivāntaradhātprabhuḥ| tataste nābhyanandanta tadvākyaṃ parameṣṭhinaḥ||
Sūta said:: After telling them (i.e. Jayas) thus, the lord vanished there itself. Thereupon, they did not approve of these words of Parameṣṭhin.
Pronunciation of a curse on Jayas - Verse 5
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 4 · Verse 5
संन्यस्येह च कर्माणि वासनाः कर्मजाश्च वै। यमेष्वंवावन्तिष्ठन्ते दोषं दृष्ट्वा तु कर्मसु।।
saṃnyasyeha ca karmāṇi vāsanāḥ karmajāśca vai| yameṣvaṃvāvantiṣṭhante doṣaṃ dṛṣṭvā tu karmasu||
Sūta said:: After observing defects in the Karmans (holy rites etc.), they discarded Karmans as well as the Vāsanās (desires or unconscious impressions) born of Karmans. They began to adhere strictly to Yamas (Restraints, self-controls, etc.).
Pronunciation of a curse on Jayas - Verse 6
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 4 · Verse 6
क्षयाति शययुक्तं च ते दृष्ट्वा कर्मणां फलम। जुगुप्संतः प्रसूतिं च निःसत्त्वा निर्ममाभवन।।
kṣayāti śayayuktaṃ ca te dṛṣṭvā karmaṇāṃ phalam| jugupsaṃtaḥ prasūtiṃ ca niḥsattvā nirmamābhavan||
Sūta said:: They observed the fruit of Karmans as attended with excess of destruction and deterioration. They entertained contempt for progeny. They became Nissattvas (free from inborn nature or natural characteristics) and Nirmamas (free from the desire of possession).
Pronunciation of a curse on Jayas - Verse 7
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 4 · Verse 7
अजन्म काङ्क्षमाणास्ते निर्मुक्ता दोषदर्शिनः। अर्थं धर्मं च कामं च हित्वा ते वै व्यवस्थिताः।।
ajanma kāṅkṣamāṇāste nirmuktā doṣadarśinaḥ| arthaṃ dharmaṃ ca kāmaṃ ca hitvā te vai vyavasthitāḥ||
Sūta said:: Desirous of Liberation (literally absence of birth, cessation of birth), they got rid of them after observing the defects (in Karmans). They abandoned Artha (wealth), Dharma (customary observances of castes) and Kāma (Love), and stabilised themselves on Mokṣa, the last Puruṣārtha).
Pronunciation of a curse on Jayas - Verse 8
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 4 · Verse 8
परमं ज्ञानमास्थाय तत्संक्षिप्य सुसंस्थिताः। तेषां तु तमभिप्रायं ज्ञात्वा ब्रह्मा तु कोपितः।।
paramaṃ jñānamāsthāya tatsaṃkṣipya susaṃsthitāḥ| teṣāṃ tu tamabhiprāyaṃ jñātvā brahmā tu kopitaḥ||
Sūta said:: They adopted the great knowledge and established themselves very well after condensing (assimilating) it (?). On coining to know of their intention, Brahmā became infuriated.
Pronunciation of a curse on Jayas - Verse 9
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 4 · Verse 9
तानब्रवीत्ततो ब्रह्मा निरुत्साहान्सुरानथ। प्रजार्थमिह यूयं वै मया सृष्टाः स्थ नान्यथा।।
tānabravīttato brahmā nirutsāhānsurānatha| prajārthamiha yūyaṃ vai mayā sṛṣṭāḥ stha nānyathā||
Sūta said:: Thereupon, Brahmā spoke to those Devas lacking in enthusiasm:—“It is for the sake of progeny that you have been created by me and not otherwise.
Pronunciation of a curse on Jayas - Verse 10
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 4 · Verse 10
प्रसूयध्वं यजध्वं चेत्युक्तवानस्मि वः पुरा। यस्माद्वाक्यमनादृत्य मम वैराग्यमास्थिताः।।
prasūyadhvaṃ yajadhvaṃ cetyuktavānasmi vaḥ purā| yasmādvākyamanādṛtya mama vairāgyamāsthitāḥ||
Sūta said:: Moreover, I have already told you formerly this—Procreate in plenty and perform sacrifices. You disregarded my instruction and adopted Vairāgya (detachment).
Pronunciation of a curse on Jayas - Verse 11
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 4 · Verse 11
जुगुप्समानाः स्वं जन्म संततिं नाभ्यनन्दत। कर्मणां न कृतो ऽभ्यासो ह्यमृतत्वाभिकाङ्क्षया।।
jugupsamānāḥ svaṃ janma saṃtatiṃ nābhyanandata| karmaṇāṃ na kṛto 'bhyāso hyamṛtatvābhikāṅkṣayā||
Sūta said:: You hated your own birth and did not relish progeny. You did not practise Karmans because of your desire for immortality (Mokṣa). Hence, you will have repetition (of birth) for seven times.”
Pronunciation of a curse on Jayas - Verse 12
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 4 · Verse 12
तस्माद्यूयमिहावृत्तिं सप्तकृत्वो ह्यवाप्स्यथ। ते शप्ता ब्रह्मणा देवा जयास्तं वै प्रसादयन।।
tasmādyūyamihāvṛttiṃ saptakṛtvo hyavāpsyatha| te śaptā brahmaṇā devā jayāstaṃ vai prasādayan||
Sūta said:: You hated your own birth and did not relish progeny. You did not practise Karmans because of your desire for immortality (Mokṣa). Hence, you will have repetition (of birth) for seven times.”
Pronunciation of a curse on Jayas - Verse 13
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 4 · Verse 13
क्षमास्माकं महादेव यदज्ञानात्मकं प्रभो। प्रणतान्वै सानुनयं ब्रह्मा तानब्रवीत्पुनः।।
kṣamāsmākaṃ mahādeva yadajñānātmakaṃ prabho| praṇatānvai sānunayaṃ brahmā tānabravītpunaḥ||
Sūta said:: “O great lord, forgive our faults of the nature of ignorance.”
Pronunciation of a curse on Jayas - Verse 14
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 4 · Verse 14
लोके ऽप्यथानुभुञ्जीत कः स्वातन्त्र्यमिहार्हति। मयागतं तु सर्वं हि कथमच्छन्दतो मम।।
loke 'pyathānubhuñjīta kaḥ svātantryamihārhati| mayāgataṃ tu sarvaṃ hi kathamacchandato mama||
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Pronunciation of a curse on Jayas - Verse 15
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 4 · Verse 15
प्रतिपत्स्यन्ति भूतानि शुभं वा यदि वोत्तरम। लोके यदपि किञ्चिद्वैशं वा शं वा व्यवस्थितम।।
pratipatsyanti bhūtāni śubhaṃ vā yadi vottaram| loke yadapi kiñcidvaiśaṃ vā śaṃ vā vyavasthitam||
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Pronunciation of a curse on Jayas - Verse 16
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 4 · Verse 16
बुद्ध्यात्मना मया व्याप्तं को मां लोके ऽतिवर्त्तयेत। भूताना मीहितं यच्च यच्चाप्येषां विचिन्तितम।।
buddhyātmanā mayā vyāptaṃ ko māṃ loke 'tivarttayet| bhūtānā mīhitaṃ yacca yaccāpyeṣāṃ vicintitam||
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Pronunciation of a curse on Jayas - Verse 17
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 4 · Verse 17
तथोपचरितं यच्च तत्सर्वं विदितं मम। मया बद्धमिदं सर्वं चजगत्स्थावरजङ्गमम।।
tathopacaritaṃ yacca tatsarvaṃ viditaṃ mama| mayā baddhamidaṃ sarvaṃ cajagatsthāvarajaṅgamam||
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Pronunciation of a curse on Jayas - Verse 18
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 4 · Verse 18
आशामयेन बन्धेन कस्तं छेत्तुमिहोत्सहेत। यस्माद्वहति दृप्तो वै सर्वार्थमिह नान्यथा।।
āśāmayena bandhena kastaṃ chettumihotsahet| yasmādvahati dṛpto vai sarvārthamiha nānyathā||
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Pronunciation of a curse on Jayas - Verse 19
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 4 · Verse 19
इति कर्माण्यनारभ्य कामं छन्दाद्विमोक्षते। एवं संभाष्य तान्देवान जयानध्यात्मचेतसः।।
iti karmāṇyanārabhya kāmaṃ chandādvimokṣate| evaṃ saṃbhāṣya tāndevān jayānadhyātmacetasaḥ||
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Pronunciation of a curse on Jayas - Verse 20
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 4 · Verse 20
अथ वीक्ष्य पुनश्चाह ध्रुवं दड्यान्प्रजापतिः। यस्मान्मानभिसंधाय सन्यासादिः कृतः सुराः।।
atha vīkṣya punaścāha dhruvaṃ daḍyānprajāpatiḥ| yasmānmānabhisaṃdhāya sanyāsādiḥ kṛtaḥ surāḥ||
Sūta said:: “O Devas, without referring to me, renunciation etc. was carried out by you so the activity pursued by me is (also) extensive. Let it be resulting in your happiness. Let it be born with a divinity.
Pronunciation of a curse on Jayas - Verse 21
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 4 · Verse 21
तस्मात्स विपुलायत्तो व्यापारस्त्वथ मत्कृतः। भविता च सुखोदर्के दिव्यभावेन जायताम।।
tasmātsa vipulāyatto vyāpārastvatha matkṛtaḥ| bhavitā ca sukhodarke divyabhāvena jāyatām||
Sūta said:: “O Devas, without referring to me, renunciation etc. was carried out by you so the activity pursued by me is (also) extensive. Let it be resulting in your happiness. Let it be born with a divinity.
Pronunciation of a curse on Jayas - Verse 22
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 4 · Verse 22
आत्मच्छन्देन वो जन्म भविष्यति सुरोत्तमाः। मन्वन्तरेषु संसिद्धाः सप्तस्वाविर्भविष्यथ।।
ātmacchandena vo janma bhaviṣyati surottamāḥ| manvantareṣu saṃsiddhāḥ saptasvāvirbhaviṣyatha||
Sūta said:: O excellent Devas, your birth will be in accordance with your own desire. In the seven Manvantaras you will manifest yourselves as Siddhas (persons of great spiritual achievement). In those Manvantaras beginning with the Svāyam-bhuva and ending with Vaivasvata.
Pronunciation of a curse on Jayas - Verse 23
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 4 · Verse 23
वैवस्वतान्तेषु सुरास्तथा स्वायंभुवादिषु। एवं च ब्रह्मणा तत्र श्लोको गीतः पुरातनः।।
vaivasvatānteṣu surāstathā svāyaṃbhuvādiṣu| evaṃ ca brahmaṇā tatra śloko gītaḥ purātanaḥ||
Sūta said:: O excellent Devas, your birth will be in accordance with your own desire. In the seven Manvantaras you will manifest yourselves as Siddhas (persons of great spiritual achievement). In those Manvantaras beginning with the Svāyam-bhuva and ending with Vaivasvata.
Pronunciation of a curse on Jayas - Verse 24
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 4 · Verse 24
त्रयी विद्या ब्रह्ममयप्रसूतिः श्राद्धं तपो यज्ञमनुप्रदानम। एतानि नित्यैः महसा रजोभिर्भूत्वा विभुर्वसते ऽन्यत्प्रशस्तम।।
trayī vidyā brahmamayaprasūtiḥ śrāddhaṃ tapo yajñamanupradānam| etāni nityaiḥ mahasā rajobhirbhūtvā vibhurvasate 'nyatpraśastam||
Sūta said:: The lore of three Vedas, the progeny in the form of Brahman (?), Śrāddha, Penance, Yajña, granting of gifts—the lord abides by these along with the Rajas of perpetual nature (?). The lord occupies the other praiseworthy thing (?). After explaining the meaning of the verse he spoke to the Devas, (called) Jayas “You will come back to me when the Vaivasvata Manvantara passes off.”
Pronunciation of a curse on Jayas - Verse 25
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 4 · Verse 25
एवं श्लोकार्थमुक्त्वा तु जयान्देवानथाब्रवीत। वैवस्वतेंऽतरेतीते मत्समीपमिहैष्यथ।।
evaṃ ślokārthamuktvā tu jayāndevānathābravīt| vaivasvateṃ'taretīte matsamīpamihaiṣyatha||
Sūta said:: The lore of three Vedas, the progeny in the form of Brahman (?), Śrāddha, Penance, Yajña, granting of gifts—the lord abides by these along with the Rajas of perpetual nature (?). The lord occupies the other praiseworthy thing (?). After explaining the meaning of the verse he spoke to the Devas, (called) Jayas “You will come back to me when the Vaivasvata Manvantara passes off.”
Pronunciation of a curse on Jayas - Verse 26
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 4 · Verse 26
ततो देवस्तिरोभूत ईश्वरो ङ्यकुतोभयः। प्रपन्नाधारणामाद्यां युक्त्वा योगबलान्विताम।।
tato devastirobhūta īśvaro ṅyakutobhayaḥ| prapannādhāraṇāmādyāṃ yuktvā yogabalānvitām||
Sūta said:: Thereupon, the lord who has no fear from anywhere vanished after adopting the original Dhāraṇā accompanied by yogic power.
Pronunciation of a curse on Jayas - Verse 27
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 4 · Verse 27
ततस्तेन रुषा शप्तास्ते ऽभवन्द्वादशाजिताः। जया इति समाख्याताः कृता एवं विसन्निभाः।।
tatastena ruṣā śaptāste 'bhavandvādaśājitāḥ| jayā iti samākhyātāḥ kṛtā evaṃ visannibhāḥ||
Sūta said:: Then those twelve Ajitas were angrily cursed by him. Thus those who were called Jayas were rendered just the opposite (i.e. the “Victorious ones” were ‘defeated’).
Pronunciation of a curse on Jayas - Verse 28
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 4 · Verse 28
ततः स्वायंभुवे तस्मिन्सर्गे ऽतीते तु वै सुराः। पुनस्ते तुषिता देवा जाताः स्वारोचिषेंऽतरे।।
tataḥ svāyaṃbhuve tasminsarge 'tīte tu vai surāḥ| punaste tuṣitā devā jātāḥ svārociṣeṃ'tare||
Sūta said:: When the Svāyambhuva Manvantara passed off, those Suras were born as Tuṣitas in the Svārociṣa Manvantara. Then, they were born as the sons of Satyā, (wife) of Uttama the Manu. Therefore, those Devas in the Auttama Manvantara are remembered as Satyas.
Pronunciation of a curse on Jayas - Verse 29
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 4 · Verse 29
उत्तमस्य मनोः पुत्राः सत्यायां जज्ञिरे तदा। ततः सत्याः स्मृता देवा औत्तमे चान्तरे मनोः।।
uttamasya manoḥ putrāḥ satyāyāṃ jajñire tadā| tataḥ satyāḥ smṛtā devā auttame cāntare manoḥ||
Sūta said:: When the Svāyambhuva Manvantara passed off, those Suras were born as Tuṣitas in the Svārociṣa Manvantara. Then, they were born as the sons of Satyā, (wife) of Uttama the Manu. Therefore, those Devas in the Auttama Manvantara are remembered as Satyas.
Pronunciation of a curse on Jayas - Verse 30
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 4 · Verse 30
हरिण्यां नाम तुषिता जज्ञिरे द्वादशेव तु। हरयोनाम ते देवा यज्ञभाजस्तदाभवन।।
hariṇyāṃ nāma tuṣitā jajñire dvādaśeva tu| harayonāma te devā yajñabhājastadābhavan||
Sūta said:: All those twelve Devas (called) Tuṣitas were born of Hariṇī then. Those Devas in the name of Haris became the partakers of Yajña.
Pronunciation of a curse on Jayas - Verse 31
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 4 · Verse 31
ततस्ते हरयो देवाः प्राप्ते चारिष्ठवेन्तरे?।। विकुण्ठायां पुनस्ते वै वरिष्ठा जज्ञिरे सुराः।।
tataste harayo devāḥ prāpte cāriṣṭhaventare?|| vikuṇṭhāyāṃ punaste vai variṣṭhā jajñire surāḥ||
Sūta said:: When the Ariṣṭava Manvantara (? i.e. Raivata) arrived those excellent Devas called Haris were born of Vikuṇṭhā.
Pronunciation of a curse on Jayas - Verse 32
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 4 · Verse 32
वैकुण्ठा नाम ते देवाः पञ्चमस्यान्तरे मानोः। ततस्ते वै पुनर्देवा वैकुण्ठाः प्राप्य चाक्षुषम।।
vaikuṇṭhā nāma te devāḥ pañcamasyāntare mānoḥ| tataste vai punardevā vaikuṇṭhāḥ prāpya cākṣuṣam||
Sūta said:: They are the Devas named Vaikuṇṭha in the fifth Manvantara; when the Cākṣusa Manvantara arrived, those Devas called Vaikuṇṭhas were born as Sādhyas.
Pronunciation of a curse on Jayas - Verse 33
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 4 · Verse 33
ततस्ते वै पुनः साध्याः संक्षीणे चाक्षुषेन्तरे। उपस्थिते पुनः सर्गे मनोर्वैवस्वतस्य ह।।
tataste vai punaḥ sādhyāḥ saṃkṣīṇe cākṣuṣentare| upasthite punaḥ sarge manorvaivasvatasya ha||
Sūta said:: They are the Devas named Vaikuṇṭha in the fifth Manvantara; when the Cākṣusa Manvantara arrived, those Devas called Vaikuṇṭhas were born as Sādhyas.
Pronunciation of a curse on Jayas - Verse 34
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 4 · Verse 34
अंशेन साध्यास्ते ऽदित्यां मारीचात्कश्यपात्पुनः। जज्ञिरे द्वादशादित्या वर्त्तमानेन्तरं सुराः।।
aṃśena sādhyāste 'dityāṃ mārīcātkaśyapātpunaḥ| jajñire dvādaśādityā varttamānentaraṃ surāḥ||
Sūta said:: They are the Devas named Vaikuṇṭha in the fifth Manvantara; when the Cākṣusa Manvantara arrived, those Devas called Vaikuṇṭhas were born as Sādhyas.
Pronunciation of a curse on Jayas - Verse 35
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 4 · Verse 35
यदा चैते समुत्पन्नाश्चाक्षुषस्यान्तरे मनोः। शप्ताः स्वयंभुवा साध्या जज्ञिरे द्वादशामराः।।
yadā caite samutpannāścākṣuṣasyāntare manoḥ| śaptāḥ svayaṃbhuvā sādhyā jajñire dvādaśāmarāḥ||
Sūta said:: When these twelve immortal ones were born in the Cākṣuṣa Manvantara, they had been cursed by the self-born lord and they were known as Sādhyas.
Pronunciation of a curse on Jayas - Verse 36
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 4 · Verse 36
एवं शृणोति यो मर्त्योजयस्तस्य भवेत्सदा। जयानां श्रद्धया युक्तः प्रत्यध्यायं तु गच्छति।।
evaṃ śṛṇoti yo martyojayastasya bhavetsadā| jayānāṃ śraddhayā yuktaḥ pratyadhyāyaṃ tu gacchati||
Sūta said:: When these twelve immortal ones were born in the Cākṣuṣa Manvantara, they had been cursed by the self-born lord and they were known as Sādhyas.
Pronunciation of a curse on Jayas - Verse 37
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 4 · Verse 37
इत्येता वृत्तयः सप्त देवानां जन्मलक्षणाः। परिक्रान्ता मया वो ऽद्या किं भूयः श्रोतुमिच्छथ।।
ityetā vṛttayaḥ sapta devānāṃ janmalakṣaṇāḥ| parikrāntā mayā vo 'dyā kiṃ bhūyaḥ śrotumicchatha||
Sūta said:: Thus are the seven Vṛttis (activities) characterised by the births of the Devas. That account has been narrated to-you today. What else do you wish to hear?