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Knowledge about the world - Verse 184

Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · 7 · Verse 184

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Sanskrit Original

ब्रह्मणां लोकतन्त्रेण आद्ये मन्वन्तरे पुरा। पंथानो देवयाना ये तेषां द्वारं रंविः स्मृतः। तथैव पितृयानानां चन्द्रमा द्वारमुच्यते।।

brahmaṇāṃ lokatantreṇa ādye manvantare purā| paṃthāno devayānā ye teṣāṃ dvāraṃ raṃviḥ smṛtaḥ| tathaiva pitṛyānānāṃ candramā dvāramucyate||

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Sūta said: Formerly, in the first Manvantara (these had been created) by Brahmā who administered the worlds. Ravi (the sun) is remembered as the entrance to those paths that (are known as) Devayānas. The moon (Candramas) is mentioned as the entrance of Pitṛyānas.