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शौनक उवाच ॥ देवानां दानवानां च गन्धर्वोरगरक्षसाम् ॥ सृष्टिं तु विस्तरेणेमां सूतपुत्र वदाशु मे ॥ १॥
Śaunaka said:— O son of Sūta, tell me quickly about the details of the creation of the gods, Dānavas, Gandharvas, serpents and Rākṣasas.
english translation
सूत उवाच ॥ यदा न ववृधे सा तु वीरणस्य प्रजापतिः ॥ सुतां सुतपसा युक्तामाह्वयत्सर्गकारणात् ॥ २ ॥
Sūta said:— When the creation did not multiply, the patriarch asked the daughter of Vīraṇa, endowed with penance, for the purpose of creation.
english translation
स मैथुनेन धर्मेण ससर्ज विविधाः प्रजाः ॥ ताः शृणु त्वं महाप्राज्ञ कथयामि समासतः ॥ ३ ॥
He created different people by the process of copulation. O intelligent one, listen to them. I shall explain in brief.
english translation
तस्यां पुत्रसहस्राणि वीरिण्यां पंच वीर्यवान्॥ आश्रित्य जनयामास दक्ष एव प्रजापतिः ॥ ४॥
Uniting with her, the powerful patriarch begot of Vīriṇī five thousand sons.
english translation
एतान्सृष्टांस्तु तान्दृष्ट्वा नारदः प्राह वै मुनिः ॥ सर्वं स तु समुत्पन्नो नारदः परमेष्ठिनः ॥ ५॥
Seeing these beings created the sage Narada addressed them as follows Everything was created by Narada the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
english translation