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The Description of Creation,^ - Verse 40

Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · 7 · Verse 40

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Sanskrit Original

उत्ससर्जासुरान सृष्ट्वा तां तनुं पुरुषोत्तमः। सा चोत्सृष्टा तनुस्तेन सद्यो रात्रिरजायत। सा तमोबहुला यस्मात प्रजास्तस्यांस्वपन्त्यतः।।

utsasarjāsurān sṛṣṭvā tāṃ tanuṃ puruṣottamaḥ| sā cotsṛṣṭā tanustena sadyo rātrirajāyata| sā tamobahulā yasmāt prajāstasyāṃsvapantyataḥ||

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Then the holy lord desirous of creating the four viz. Devas, Asuras, Pitrs and human beings, engaged himself therein.