Sūta said: The eternal lord had at the outset created Ṛbhu and Sanatkumāra. These two eldest sons became the divine expounders of Brahman. Being free from sexual desire they remained bachelors and rose equal in wisdom to Brahmā. They were omniscient and possessed of all merits. I shall now state succinctly the names of the wives of the brahmanical sages and the birth of their progenies, O excellent sages.