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Śibi was the Indra of that \[manvantara\], and the Bhīmarathas are remembered as his enemies. ### [1.87.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.87.17) The asura Bhīmaratha was slain by Hari in the form of a tortoise. The sons of Raivata Manu were Mahāprāṇa, Sādhaka, ### [1.87.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.87.18) Vanabandhu (or Balabandhu), Niramitra, Pratyaṅga, Parahā, Śuci, Dṛḍhavrata, and Ketuśṛṅga. His sages are described \[thus\]: ### [1.87.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.87.19) Vedaśrī, Vedabāhu, and likewise Ūrdhvabāhu, Hiraṇyaroman, Parjanya, Satyanetra (or Satyanāman), and Svadhāman. ### [1.87.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.87.20) The Abhūtarajasas, the gods Aśvamedhas, the Vaikuṇṭhas, and the Amṛtas are the four classes of gods; ### [1.87.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.87.21) in each class are fourteen gods. The powerful Vibhu was the Indra. Śānta was his enemy, a daitya slain by Viṣṇu in the form of a swan. ### [1.87.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.87.22) The sons of Cākṣuṣa Manu were Uru, Puru of great strength, Śatadyumna, Tapasvin, Satyabāhu, Kṛti, ### [1.87.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.87.23) Agniṣṭu, Atirātra, Sudyumna, and Nara. Haviṣmat, the glorious Uttama, Sudhāman, Virajas, ### [1.87.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.87.24) Abhimāna, Sahiṣṇu, and Madhuśrī are remembered as the sages. The Āryas, Prabhūtas, Bhāvyas, Lekhas, and Pṛthukas ### [1.87.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.87.25) are stated to be the five groups of eight celestials. Manojava was Indra; the enemy was Mahākāla of great arms. ### [1.87.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.87.26) He was slain by Hari, the sustainer of the worlds, in the form of a horse. These sons of Vaivasvata Manu are devoted to Viṣṇu: ### [1.87.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.87.27) Ikṣvāku, then Nābhāga, Dhṛṣṭa, and Śaryāti, Nariṣyanta, Pāṃsu, Nabha, and Nediṣṭha, ### [1.87.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.87.28) Karūṣa, Pṛṣadhra, and Sudyumna are the sons of the Manu. Atri, the blessed Vasiṣṭha, Jamadagni, Kaśyapa, ### [1.87.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.87.29) Gautama, Bharadvāja, and Viśvāmitra as the seventh \[are the sages\]. Likewise, the Maruts are celebrated as forty-nine; ### [1.87.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.87.30) the Ādityas, Vasus, and Sādhyas are three groups of twelve; the Rudras are declared as eleven, and the Vasus as eight; ### [1.87.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.87.31) the two Aśvins are specified, and the Viśvedevas as ten; the Āṅgirasa gods are ten; and there are nine classes of deities. ### [1.87.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.87.32) Śakra is named Tejasvin, and Hiraṇyākṣa is remembered as the foe; he named Hariṇyā \[Hiraṇyākṣa\] was slain by Viṣṇu in the form of a boar. ### [1.87.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.87.33) I shall tell of the sons of the future Manu named Sāvarṇi: Vijaya, Arvavīra, Nirmoha, Satyavāc, Kṛti, ### [1.87.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.87.34) Variṣṭha, Gariṣṭha, and Vācassamgati. Aśvatthāman, Kṛpa, Vyāsa, Gālava, Dīptimat, ### [1.87.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.87.35) Ṛṣyaśṛṅga, and Rāma are celebrated as the seven sages. The Sutapas, the Amṛtābhas, and the Mukhyas are the gods; ### [1.87.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.87.36) each group among those gods is remembered as having twenty \[members\]. Bali, the son of Virocana, will be their Indra. ### [1.87.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.87.37) Having given these three strides to Viṣṇu who begged \[for them\], and having relinquished the prosperity of Indra's station, he will then attain perfection. ### [1.87.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.87.38) Hear the sons of the ninth \[Manu\], Dakṣasāvarṇi, son of Varuṇa: Dhṛtiketu, Dīptiketu, Pañcahasta, Nirāmaya, Pṛthuśravas, Bṛhaddyumna, Ṛcīka, and Bṛhadguṇa. ### [1.87.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.87.39) Medhātithi, Dyuti, Savasa, Vasu, Jyotiṣmat, Havya, and Kavya are the sages; the lord is Vibhu. ### [1.87.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.87.40) The Paras, Marīcis, Garbhas, and Sudharmans are the three \[classes of gods\]; Kālakākṣa is the enemy of the gods, and Padmanābha is his slayer. The gods then will be \[in classes\], each class of twelve; their Indra, O Hara, will be the wondrous and heroic \[Adbhuta\]. ### [1.87.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.87.41) Hear the sons of the tenth Manu, the son of Dharma: Sukṣetra, Uttamaujas, and the heroic Bhūriśreṇya, ### [1.87.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.87.42) Śatānīka, Niramitra, Vṛṣasena, Jayadratha, Bhūridyumna, and Suvarcas; the mighty Śānti will be Indra. ### [1.87.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.87.43) Apomūrti, Haviṣmat, Sukṛti, Avyaya, Nābhāga, Apratimaujas, and Saurabha are the sages. ### [1.87.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.87.44) At that time the group of deities, called Prāṇas, will number one hundred; their Indra will be Śānti of great strength. Bali is the enemy; Hari will strike him down with a mace. ### [1.87.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.87.45) I shall declare to you the sons of the eleventh \[Manu\], the son of Rudra: Sarvatraga, Suśarman, Devānīka, Puru, Guru, ### [1.87.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.87.46) Kṣetravarṇa, Dṛḍheṣu, Ārdraka, and Putraka. Haviṣmat, Haviṣya, Varuṇa, Viśvavistara, ### [1.87.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.87.47) Viṣṇu, and Agnitejas are proclaimed as the seven sages. The Vihaṅgamas, Kāmagamas, and Nirmāṇarucis, ### [1.87.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.87.48) each group of them consists of thirty, and Vṛṣa is their Indra. Daśagrīva is his enemy; Hari, assuming a glorious form, will slay him. ### [1.87.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.87.49) Hear the sons of the twelfth Manu, the son of Dakṣa: Devavat, Upadeva, Devaśreṣṭha, Vidūratha, ### [1.87.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.87.50) Mitravat, Mitradeva, the valorous Mitrabindu, Mitravāha, and Pravāha are the sons of the Dakṣaputra Manu. ### [1.87.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.87.51) Tapasvin, Sutapas, Tapomūrti, Taporati, Tapodhṛti, Dyuti, and another, Tapodhana, is the seventh. ### [1.87.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.87.52) The Svadharmans, Sutapases, Haritas, and Rohitāśvas are the groups of deities; each group consists of ten. ### [1.87.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.87.53) Ṛtadhāman is Indra there, and Tāraka is named his foe; Hari, becoming a eunuch, will slay him, O Śaṅkara. ### [1.87.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.87.54) Learn from me the sons of the thirteenth Manu, Raucya: Citrasena, Vicitra, Tapodharmarata, Dhṛti, ### [1.87.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.87.55) Sunetra, Kṣetravṛtti, Sunaya, Dharmapa, and Dṛḍha. Dhṛtimat, Avyaya, Niśārūpa, Nirutsuka, ### [1.87.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.87.56) Nirmoha, and Tattvadarśin are celebrated as the seven sages. The Suromans, Sudharmans, and Sukarmans are the gods; ### [1.87.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.87.57) there are thirty-three divisions of the gods in that \[manvantara\]. Divaspati is Indra; the enemy is a dānava named Iṣṭibha. ### [1.87.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.87.58) And Mādhava will slay him in the form of a peacock. Hear from me the sons of the fourteenth Manu, Bhautya: ### [1.87.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.87.59) Uru, Gabhīra, Dhṛṣṭa, Tarasvin, Graha, Abhimānin, Pravīra, Jiṣṇu, Saṃkrandana, Tejasvin, and Durlabha are these sons of Bhautya Manu. ### [1.87.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.87.60) Agnīdhra, Agnibāhu, Māgadha, Śuci, Ajita, Mukta, and Śukra are proclaimed the seven sages. ### [1.87.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.87.61) The Cākṣuṣas, the Karmaniṣṭhas, the Pavitras, the Bhrājins, and the Vacovṛddhas are declared the five classes of gods, each with seven \[deities\]. ### [1.87.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.87.62) Śuci is Indra; the great Daitya slayer of enemies is Hari himself. The one God was divided into four forms by Viṣṇu in the form of Vyāsa, ### [1.87.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.87.63) and then the Purāṇas and the eighteen branches of learning \[were produced\]: the auxiliary limbs \[of the Veda\], the four Vedas, Mīmāṃsā, the detailed Nyāya, ### [1.87.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.87.64) Purāṇa, Dharmaśāstra, Āyurveda, and Arthaśāstra, Dhanurveda, and Gāndharva—these are indeed the eighteen branches of learning. ### [1.87.64.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.87.64.p1) Thus ends the eighty-seventh chapter, entitled “Description of the Manus and Their Lineages,” in the section on conduct of life, being the first part of the first section in the glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa. ## Linked texts (1) - [Garuḍapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.87.1) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.87) · Pramāṇa