Vishnu as Brahmā creates the world - Verse 45
Vishnu Purana (GRETIL; M. M. Pathak critical edition) · 1 · Verse 5.45
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Sanskrit Original
सर्पणात ते ऽभवन सर्पा हीनत्वाद अहयः स्मृताः ततः क्रुद्धो जगत्स्रष्टा क्रोधात्मानो विनिर्ममे वर्णेन कपिशेनोग्रा भूतास ते पिशिताशनाः ।।
sarpaṇāt te 'bhavan sarpā hīnatvād ahayaḥ smṛtāḥ tataḥ kruddho jagatsraṣṭā krodhātmāno vinirmame varṇena kapiśenogrā bhūtās te piśitāśanāḥ ||
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From the serpent, they became serpents, remembered as Ahayas due to their inferiority; then, the angry creator of the world, filled with wrath, created fierce beings with the color of a monkey, who were flesh-eaters.