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The Description of Creation,^ - Verse 5

Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · 7 · Verse 5

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Sanskrit Original

तं दृष्ट्वासाधकं सर्गममन्यदपरं प्रभुः। तस्याभिध्यायतः सर्गस्तिर्यक्स्त्रोतो ऽभ्यवर्तत।।

taṃ dṛṣṭvāsādhakaṃ sargamamanyadaparaṃ prabhuḥ| tasyābhidhyāyataḥ sargastiryakstroto 'bhyavartata||

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Having observed that this creation is not accomplishing his object, the Lord thought of another creation. Even as he was pondering, the Tiryak-srotas (oblique currented creation i.e. the animal world) appeared.