The Life of Ballālasena 2.9

Vyāsa said:
“The Puruṣa has a thousand heads, a thousand eyes, and a thousand feet.
Having covered the earth on all sides, he stood beyond it by ten fingers.

From him Virāj was born, and from Virāj the primal Puruṣa.
Then, as he meditated, Rudra was born from his forehead.

The moon was born from his mind; the sun was born from his eye;
Indra and Agni were born from his mouth; and Vāyu was born from his breath.”

Marīci, Atri, Aṅgiras, Pulastya, Pulaha, Kratu,
and Vasiṣṭha—that [creator] of great splendor emitted these seven mind-born sons.

For the propagation of the worlds, from his mouth, arms, thighs, and feet,
he brought forth the Brahmin, the Kṣatriya, the Vaiśya, and the Śūdra.

When the creatures being created did not multiply at all,
dividing his own body in two, by one half he became male,
and by the other half female; upon her he brought forth diverse progeny.

Pervading heaven and earth by their majesty they abide;
seven groups of Ancestors have been spoken of by me in the Purāṇa:

The Vairājas, the Agniṣvāttas, and likewise the Barhiṣads are recorded,
and the Sukālins, the Haviṣmats, the Susvadhas, and the Somapās.

Among these, the first three, O kings, are recorded as formless Ancestors;
and those beginning with the Sukālins are four. Just these are recorded as the seven groups.

The Somasads are sons of Virāj; the Agniṣvāttas are born from Marīci;
the Barhiṣads come from Pulastya; the Sukālins are born from Vasiṣṭha;
the Susvadhas are born from Pulaha; while the Somapās are sons of Kavi.

Desiring fruits, Brahmins, Kṣatriyas, Vaiśyas, and Śūdras
meditate upon the Sukālins, the Haviṣmats, the Susvadhas, and the Somapās.

Where these foremost groups of Ancestors are proclaimed,
among them, too, the infinite lineage of sons and grandsons is to be known.

Viśva, Viśvabhuk, Ārādhya, Dharma, Dhanya, Śubhānana,
Bhūtida, Bhūtikṛt, and Bhūti: these are nine groups of Ancestors.

Kalyāṇa, Kalyatākartṛ, Kalya, Kalyatarāśraya,
Kalyatāhetu, and Anagha: these are recorded as six groups.

Vara, Vareṇya, Varada, Puṣṭida, Tuṣṭida,
Viśvapātṛ, and Dhātṛ: thus are these seven groups.

Mahat, Mahātman, Mahita, Mahimāvat, and Mahābala:
likewise these are five groups of Ancestors that destroy sin.

Sukhada, Dhanada, and another Dharmada, and Bhūtida:
thus is this set of four groups of Ancestors described.

Thus ends the ninth chapter, entitled 'The Account of Creation and Secondary Creation,' in the Vyāsa Purāṇa of the Vallālacarita.

Now begins the tenth chapter.