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Garudapurana 1.6

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The glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa — [Chapter] 6 / Hari said: / From Uttānapāda, a son, Uttama, was born of Suruci, / and of Sunīti, a son, Dhruva; he attained an exalted place.

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Through the sage's grace, by worshipping the god of gods, Janārdana. / Dhruva's son was Śliṣṭi, of great strength and valour.

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His son was Prācīnabarhis, noble-minded; / his son was Divañjaya; his son was known as Ripu.

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The son of Ripu was the illustrious Manu Cākṣuṣa; / his son was the illustrious Ruru, and Aṅga was his son.

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Aṅga's son was Veṇa, an atheist devoid of dharma; / Veṇa, doing what was unrighteous, was struck down by the sages with kuśa grass.

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They churned his thigh for the sake of a son; then a son was born to him: / very short, with black limbs. Thereupon they said, 'Sit down (niṣīda)!'

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Hence was born the Niṣāda, who dwells on the Vindhya mountain. / Then the twice-born swiftly churned his right arm;

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from it was born his son, bearing the mental form of Viṣṇu, / named Pṛthu; the son of Veṇa went to heaven.

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The king milked the earth for the sustenance of his subjects. / Antardhāna was the son of Pṛthu, and Havirdhāna was his son.

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Prācīnabarhis was his son, who shone as sole king over the earth; / he indeed married the daughter of the Salt Ocean.

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From him, the daughter of the ocean bore ten Prācīnabarhises, / all known as the Pracetases, masters of the science of archery.

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Practising common virtues, they performed severe austerities, / lying in the waters of the ocean for ten thousand years.

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Having attained the status of Prajāpatis, Māriṣā became their wife / because of the curse of Bhavānī; from her, Dakṣa was born then.

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Dakṣa previously created the fourfold progeny by his mind, / but they did not multiply, being frowned upon by Hara.

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Then the Prajāpati desired to perform creation through sexual union. / He married Asiknī, the daughter of the Prajāpati Vīraṇa.

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A thousand sons were born to him upon the daughter of Vīraṇa; / instructed by Nārada, they went to find the end of the earth and never returned.

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When they were lost, Dakṣa created another thousand sons, / the Śabalāśvas; they too went the way of their brothers, O Hara!

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Enraged, Dakṣa then cursed Nārada: 'You shall take birth!' / And Nārada was born again as a son of the sage Kaśyapa.

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When his sacrifice was ruined, Dakṣa also cursed the fierce Maheśvara: / 'People will praise and worship you with rituals, O Śaṅkara,

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yet through enmity even in another birth they shall perish, O Śaṅkara!' / Therefore, one should never harbour enmity with anyone. / Then Dakṣa begot daughters upon Asiknī:

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sixty beautiful maidens; two he gave to Aṅgiras, / two he bestowed on Kṛśāśva, and ten on Dharma,

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fourteen to Kaśyapa, twenty-eight to Indu. / He gave to Bahuputra Suprabhā and Bhāminī,

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Manoramā, Bhānumatī, Viśālā, and Bahudā. / Dakṣa gave four to Ariṣṭanemi, O Mahādeva!

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And he gave Suprajā and Jayā to Kṛśāśva. / Arundhatī, Vasu, Jāmī, Lambā, Bhānu, Marudvatī,

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Saṅkalpā, Muhūrtā, Sādhyā, and Viśvā—these ten / are proclaimed the wives of Dharma. Now I will speak of Kaśyapa's [wives]:

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Aditi, Diti, Danu, Kālā, Anāyus, Siṃhikā, Muni, / Kadrū, Sādhyā, Harā, Krodhā, Vinatā, Surabhi, and Khagā.

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From Viśvā were born the Viśvedevas; Sādhyā gave birth to the Sādhyas; / upon Marudvatī, the Marutvants; and from Vasu, the Vasus;

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from Bhānu, the Bhānus, O Rudra; and from Muhūrtā, the Muhūrtajas; / from Lambā, Ghoṣa; and Nāgavīthī from Jāmī;

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everything belonging to the realm of earth was born of Marudvatī; / and from Saṅkalpā was born the all-pervading Saṅkalpa himself.

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Āpa, Dhruva, Soma, Dhara, Anila, Anala, / Pratyūṣa, and Prabhāsa—these are remembered by name as the Vasus.

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The sons of Āpa were Vetuṇḍa, Śrama, Śrānta, and Dhvani; / the son of Dhruva was the divine Kāla, the consumer of the worlds;

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Soma's son was the divine Varcas, through whom radiant [sons] are born; / Dhara's sons were Druhiṇa and Hutahavyavaha;

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upon Manoharā, [he begot] Śiśira, Prāṇa, and Ramaṇa. / Śivā was the wife of Anila; her son was Pulomaja,

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and Avijñātagati—these two were the sons of Anila. / The son of Agni was Kumāra, who was born in a clump of reed grass.

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His [brothers] were Śākha, Viśākha, and Naigameya, born from his back; / as the offspring of the Kṛttikās, he is remembered as Kārtikeya.

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They know the sage named Devala to be the son of Pratyūṣa; / Prabhāsa's [son] is Viśvakarman, renowned as the architect of the gods.

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Ajaikapād, Ahirbudhnya, Tvaṣṭṛ, and the valiant Rudra; / and the son of Tvaṣṭṛ was Viśvarūpa of great ascetic power.

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Hara, Bahurūpa, Tryambaka, Aparājita, / Vṛṣākapi, Śambhu, Kapardin, Raivata,

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Mṛgavyādha, Śarva, and Kapālin, O great sage— / these eleven Rudras are proclaimed the lords of the three worlds.

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From Kaśyapa and in Aditi were born the twelve suns: / Viṣṇu, Śakra, Aryaman, Dhātṛ, Tvaṣṭṛ, and likewise Pūṣan,

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Vivasvat, Savitṛ, Mitra, Varuṇa, / Aṃśumat, and Bhaga—these are known as the twelve Ādityas.

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Soma has twenty-seven wives known as the lunar asterisms. / Then Hiraṇyakaśipu and Hiraṇyākṣa were born of Diti.

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And there was a daughter, Siṃhikā, who was taken as wife by Vipracitti. / Hiraṇyakaśipu had four sons of vast might:

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Anuhrāda, Hrāda, and the valiant Prahrāda, / and Saṃhrāda was the youngest among them; Prahrāda was devoted to Viṣṇu.

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Saṃhrāda's sons were the long-lived Śibi and Bāṣkala; / Virocana was the son of Prahrāda, and Bali was born from Virocana.

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Bali indeed had a hundred sons, the eldest of whom was Bāṇa, O Bull-bannered [Rudra]! / The sons of Hiraṇyākṣa were all endowed with great strength:

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Utkura, Śakuni, Bhūtasantāpana, / Mahānāga, the mighty-armed Mahābāhu, and another, Kālanābha.

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The sons of Danu were Dvimūrdhan, Śaṅkara, / Ayomukha, Śaṅkuśiras, Kapila, Śambara,

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Ekacakra, the mighty-armed Mahābāhu, the very strong Tāraka, / Svarbhānu, Vṛṣaparvan, and Puloman the great asura.

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These are known as the sons of Danu, along with the valiant Vipracitti. / The daughter of Svarbhānu was Suprabhā; Śarmiṣṭhā was the daughter of Vṛṣaparvan.

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Upadānavī and Hayaśirā were renowned as excellent daughters. / Both daughters of Vaiśvānara were Pulomā and Kālakā.

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Both of these highly fortunate ones were wives of the son of Marīci [Kaśyapa]; / from the two of them came sixty thousand sons, the best among dānavas.

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The Paulomas and Kālakañjas are known as the descendants of Marīci's son [Kaśyapa]. / Likewise, the sons of Vipracitti born of Siṃhikā were:

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Vyaṃśa, the strong Śalya, the very mighty Nabha, / Vātāpi, Namuci, Ilvala, Khasṛmat,

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Añjaka, Naraka, and Kālanābha. / The Nivātakavaca daityas arose in the lineage of Prahrāda.

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Six daughters of great nature were renowned from Tāmrā: / Śukī, Śyenī, Bhāsī, Sugrīvī, Śuci, and Gṛdhrikā.

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Śukī gave birth to parrots, and Ulūkī to owls; / Śyenī to hawks, Bhāsī to kites, and Gṛdhrī to vultures.

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Śukī [bore] water-dwelling birds, while Sugrīvī gave birth to / horses, camels, and donkeys; thus is the lineage of Tāmrā proclaimed.

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[58] / Vinatā had two sons well-known as Garuḍa and Aruṇa; / Surasā had a thousand serpents of boundless energy.

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The hooded serpents born of Kadrū were a thousand of boundless energy; / the foremost among them, O Lord of Beings, were Śeṣa, Vāsuki, and Takṣaka,

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Śaṅkha, Śveta, Mahāpadma, Kambala and Aśvatara, / as well as the nāga Elāpatra, Karkoṭaka, and Dhanañjaya.

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Know the group born of Krodhā, and they are all equipped with fangs; / and Krodhā gave birth to piśācas of great power.

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Surabhi gave birth to cattle and buffaloes; / Irā gave birth to trees, creepers, climbing plants, and all kinds of grasses.

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Khagā [gave birth to] yakṣas and rakṣases, Muni to the apsarases, / and Ariṣṭā brought forth the gandharvas of great spirit.

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The forty-nine gods were indeed the Maruts: / Ekajyotis, Dvirjyotis, and Caturjyotis;

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Ekaśukra, Dviśukra, and the very powerful Triśukra; / Īdṛś, Sadṛś, Anyādṛś, and then Pratisadṛś;

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Mita, Samita, and the very mighty Sumita; / Ṛtajit, Satyajit, Suṣeṇa, and Senajit;

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Atimitra, Amitra, Dūramitra, Ajita, / Ṛta, Ṛtadharman, Vihartṛ, Varuṇa, Dhruva,

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Vidhāraṇa, and Durmedhas—this is recorded as one group; / Īdṛśa, Sadṛkṣa, Etādṛkṣa, Mitāśana,

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Etena, Prasadṛkṣa, Surata of great austerities, / Hetumat, Prasava, and likewise Surabha of great renown,

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Nādin, Ugra, Dhvani, Bhāsa, Vimukta, Vikṣipa, Saha, / Dyuti, Vasu, Anādhṛṣya, Lābhakāma, Jayin, Virāṭ,

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and the group named Udveṣaṇa in the seventh wind-layer. / All of this is the form of Hari—kings, dānavas, and gods.

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Manu and the others worshipped Hari through the retinue of the sun and the rest.

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Thus in the glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa, in the first section called the first part, in the ritual section on conduct, the sixth chapter, named 'Description of the Lineage of Uttānapāda and Others'.

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