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The progeny of Rudra: birth of Bhṛgu and others - Verse 32

Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · 9 · Verse 32

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Sanskrit Original

स्वां तनुं स तदा ब्रह्मा समपोहत भास्वराम। द्विधा कृत्वा स्वकं देहमर्द्धेन पुरुषो ऽभवत।।

svāṃ tanuṃ sa tadā brahmā samapohata bhāsvarām| dvidhā kṛtvā svakaṃ dehamarddhena puruṣo 'bhavat||

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Adharma is in the nature of return flow (?) and Hiṃsā (Violence) is inauspicious by nature. Then when he was obstructed and the nature of the covering was manifest, Brahmā discarded his own shining physical body. After dividing his own body into two, he became a man by one half.