[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Garuḍapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda) › [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt) › 1.5 # Garudapurana 1.5 English (machine translation) 1.5 - **Language:** English ## Contents - [1.5.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.5.38) — 1 part ### [1.5.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.5.1) Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa — 5 Hari said: Having created the order of this world and the next, and the mind-born creation of offspring, / the Lord then created the mind-born sons, the authors of offspring: ### [1.5.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.5.2) Dharma, Rudra, Manu, and Sanaka, Sanātana, / Bhṛgu, Sanatkumāra, Ruci, and likewise Śraddhā, ### [1.5.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.5.3) Marīci, Atri and Aṅgiras, Pulastya, Pulaha, Kratu, / Vasiṣṭha, Nārada, and likewise the Barhiṣad ancestors, ### [1.5.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.5.4) the Agniṣvāttas, the Kavyādas, the Ājyapas, the Sukālins, / the Upahūtas, and the Dīpyas—three bodiless \[classes of ancestors\], ### [1.5.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.5.5) and four embodied ones. From his right thumb the lotus-born \[Brahmā\] created the lord Dakṣa, / and from his left thumb his wife. ### [1.5.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.5.6) Upon her Dakṣa begat auspicious daughters. / He gave them to the sons of Brahmā, and Satī he gave to Rudra. ### [1.5.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.5.7) Rudra's sons were indeed innumerable and of great strength. / And to Bhṛgu he gave Khyāti, auspicious and peerless in beauty. ### [1.5.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.5.8) That auspicious woman bore to Bhṛgu Dhātṛ and Vidhātṛ, / and she bore Śrī, who is the consort of Nārāyaṇa. ### [1.5.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.5.9) Upon her Hari himself begat Bala and Unmāda. / Āyati and Niyati were the two daughters of the great-souled Manu; ### [1.5.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.5.10) they were the wives of Dhātṛ and Vidhātṛ. To those two were born two sons: / Prāṇa and Mṛkaṇḍu; from Mṛkaṇḍu came Mārkaṇḍeya. ### [1.5.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.5.11) Sambhūti, the wife of Marīci, gave birth to Paurṇamāsa; / Virajas and Sarvaga were the two sons of that great-souled one. ### [1.5.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.5.12) And to Smṛti, from Aṅgiras, sons were born and daughters: / Sinīvālī, Kuhū, Rākā, and Anumati. ### [1.5.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.5.13) Likewise Anasūyā bore to Atri faultless sons: / Soma, Durvāsas, and the yogin Datta. ### [1.5.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.5.14) In Prīti, wife of Pulastya, Dattoli was his son. / Karmaśa, Arthavīra, and Sahiṣṇu were the three sons ### [1.5.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.5.15) whom Kṣamā, the wife of the Prajāpati Pulaha, bore; / and Kratu's wife Sumati gave birth to the Bālakhilyas, ### [1.5.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.5.16) who were sixty thousand celibate sages, / the size of a thumb-joint, radiant with the splendour of the blazing sun. ### [1.5.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.5.17) In Ūrjā, seven sons were born to Vasiṣṭha: / Rajas, Gātra, Ūrdhvabāhu, Śaraṇa, Anagha, ### [1.5.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.5.18) Sutapas, and Śukra—all these were the spotless Seven Sages. / That Dakṣa also gave Svāhā to Fire who possessed a body. ### [1.5.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.5.19) From him Svāhā received three sons of noble vigor, O Hara: / Pāvaka, Pavamāna, and Śuci, who feed on water. ### [1.5.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.5.20) And to the ancestors Svadhā bore Menā and Vaitaraṇī; / those two were proclaimers of Brahman. On Menā, the Himālaya ### [1.5.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.5.21) begat Maināka, and Gaurī, who was previously Satī. / Then the Lord Brahmā, self-born in ancient times, ### [1.5.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.5.22) made himself Manu Svāyambhuva, the protector of offspring, O Hara; / and that woman Śatarūpā, whose sins were destroyed by austerities, ### [1.5.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.5.23) the divine and pervasive Manu Svāyambhuva took as his wife. / And from that man the goddess Śatarūpā gave birth to ### [1.5.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.5.24) Priyavrata and Uttānapāda, and two named Prasūti and Ākūti, / and Devahūti. Among these, Manu gave Ākūti to Ruci, ### [1.5.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.5.25) Prasūti to Dakṣa, and Devahūti to Kardama. / From Ruci came Yajña and Dakṣiṇā; and in Dakṣiṇā, from Yajña, ### [1.5.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.5.26) twelve sons of great power were born, named the Yāmas. / And Dakṣa created twenty-four excellent daughters: ### [1.5.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.5.27) Śraddhā, Calā, Dhṛti, Tuṣṭi, Puṣṭi, Medhā, Kriyā, / Buddhi, Lajjā, Vapus, Śānti, Ṛddhi, and Kīrti as the thirteenth. ### [1.5.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.5.28) The lord Dharma took these daughters of Dakṣa for wives. / Khyāti, Satī, Sambhūti, Smṛti, Prīti, Kṣamā, ### [1.5.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.5.29) Sannati, Anasūyā, Ūrjā, Svāhā, and Svadhā— / Bhṛgu, Bhava, Marīci, and the sage Aṅgiras, ### [1.5.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.5.30) Pulastya, Pulaha, Kratu the best of sages, / Atri, Vasiṣṭha, Agni, and the ancestors, in regular order, ### [1.5.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.5.31) the sages, the best of sages, took these daughters beginning with Khyāti. / Śraddhā bore Kāma, Calā \[bore\] Darpa, Dhṛti bore her son Niyama, ### [1.5.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.5.32) Tuṣṭi bore Santoṣa, Puṣṭi bore Lobha, / Medhā bore Śruta, Kriyā bore Daṇḍa, Laya, and Vinaya, ### [1.5.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.5.33) Buddhi bore Bodha, Lajjā bore Vinaya, Vapus bore her son / Vyavasāya, and Śānti gave birth to Kṣema. ### [1.5.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.5.34) Happiness, Prosperity, Fame, and Renown—these are the sons of Dharma. / And Rati is the wife of Kāma; Harṣa is said to be their son. ### [1.5.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.5.35) Once, Dakṣa performed a sacrifice with a horse sacrifice. / All his sons-in-law, being invited, went to the sacrifice, ### [1.5.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.5.36) accompanied by their wives, all except Rudra and goddess Satī. / Satī arrived uninvited and was insulted by Dakṣa himself. ### [1.5.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.5.37) Giving up her body, she was reborn from Himālaya in Menā. / As Gaurī, she became the wife of Śambhu; upon her, Vināyaka was born, ### [1.5.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.5.38) as well as Kumāra and Bhṛṅgīśa. Rudra, powerful and enraged, / having destroyed the sacrifice, the wielder of the Pināka cursed Dakṣa: / 'Born in the lineage of Dhruva, you shall become a mortal man!' ### [1.5.38.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.5.38.p1) Thus ends the fifth chapter, titled 'Creation by the Progenitor and Others', in the Ācārakāṇḍa, belonging to the first part in the first section of the glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa. ## Linked texts (1) - [Garuḍapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.5.1) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.5) · Pramāṇa