[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Minor Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa) › [Of Sūrya and Gaṇeśa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya) › [Mudgalapurana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala) › 2.28 # Mudgalapurana 2.28: kaśyapasṛṣṭivarṇanaṃ nāma aṣṭāviṃśatitamo'dhyāyaḥ Mudgalapurāṇa 2.28 - **Language:** Sanskrit ## Contents - [2.28.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.28.24) — 1 part - [2.28.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.28.48) — 2 parts ### kaśyapasṛṣṭivarṇanaṃ nāma aṣṭāviṃśatitamo'dhyāyaḥ ### [2.28.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.28.p1) śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ || > Homage to the glorious Gaṇeśa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.28.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.28.1) mudgala uvāca | dakṣaḥ prācetaso rājā tatāpa tapa uttamam | śatavarṣairgaṇādhyakṣaḥ prasanno varado'bhavat || > Mudgala said: / King Dakṣa, son of the Pracetases, performed excellent austerities; / after a hundred years, the Gaṇādhyakṣa was pleased and became the giver of a boon. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.28.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.28.2) gaṇeśavaradānena sa siddhaḥ sasṛje prajāḥ | devā yakṣā manuṣyāśca piśācādyāḥ sahasraśaḥ || > By the boon granted by Gaṇeśa, he, having attained perfection, created creatures: / gods, yakṣas, men, piśācas, and others by the thousands. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.28.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.28.3) nānāvidhāḥ prajāḥ sṛṣṭvā'vardhanta nayadā tadā | dharaṇyāṃ maithunīṃ sṛṣṭiṃ sasṛje sa prajāpatiḥ || > Having created various creatures, they then increased, bringing good conduct; / that Prajāpati created sexual creation upon the earth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.28.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.28.4) daśābhavan sahasrāṇāṃ putrāstasmān mahaujasaḥ | tānuvāca svayaṃ dakṣaḥ sṛjadhvaṃ tapasā yutāḥ || > From him were born ten thousand sons of great splendor; / Dakṣa himself said to them: “Produce offspring, being endowed with austerities.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.28.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.28.5) tatheti taṃ praṇamyādau gatāstapasa ādarāt | teṣāṃ mārge brahmaputro nāradaḥ sahasā''gataḥ || > Saying “So be it,” having first bowed to him, they respectfully departed for austerities. / On their path, Brahmā’s son Nārada came suddenly. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.28.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.28.6) uvāca vidhivattān sa yogamārgaṃ sanātanam | tena yuktāśca te sarve na cakruḥ sṛṣṭimuttamām || > He spoke to them according to rule about the eternal path of yoga; / joined with it, they all did not produce an excellent creation. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.28.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.28.7) karmamārgaṃ parityajya gāṇapatyāśca te'bhavan | gatāḥ svecchācarāḥ sarve bhramahīnā jitendriyāḥ || > Abandoning the path of action, they became Gāṇapatyas; / they all went wandering at their own will, free from delusion, having conquered their senses. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.28.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.28.8) jñātvā naṣṭān svaputrān sa punardakṣaḥ sasarja ha | asiknyāṃ caiva putrāṇāṃ sahasraṃ tejasā yutam || > Learning that his sons were lost, Dakṣa begot once again / in Asiknī a thousand sons endowed with splendor. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.28.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.28.9) sa tānuvāca prītātmā tapasā smṛṣṭimuttamām | kurudhvaṃ te praṇamyā''dau taṃ vanaṃ yayurādarāt || > Glad at heart, he said to them: “Produce the best creation through asceticism.” / Having bowed to him first, they respectfully went to the forest. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.28.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.28.10) punastānnāradastadvaddadau jñānaṃ sunirmalam | te'pi yogayutāḥ sarve yayuḥ svecchāvihāriṇaḥ || > Again, Nārada likewise imparted to them pure knowledge. / They too, all endowed with yoga, departed, roaming at their own will. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.28.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.28.11) jñātvā vṛttāntamugraṃ vai dakṣaḥ krodhasamanvitaḥ | śaśāpa nāradaṃ brahmaputraṃ paramabhāvikam || > Learning the terrible news, Dakṣa, filled with wrath, / cursed Nārada, the son of Brahmā, who was most pious: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.28.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.28.12) tvayā putrā madīyāśca nāśitāḥ karmamārgataḥ | varṇāśramakrameṇaiva yuktā bhraṣṭāḥ kṛtāḥ khalu || > “You have destroyed my sons from the path of action; / though established in the order of classes and life-stages, they were indeed made to fall away. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.28.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.28.13) nārada tvamato duṣṭa prajāhīno bhaviṣyasi | dvimuhūrtāt paraṃ kālaṃ na sthātuṃ śakyate tvayā || > Therefore, wicked Nārada, you shall remain without offspring; / you will not be able to stay \[in one place\] for more than two muhūrtas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.28.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.28.14) yatra kutra mahīdeśe svarge pātālake pade | bhramiṣyasi mahāduṣṭa macchāpānnātra saṃśayaḥ || > Wherever on earth, in heaven, or in the realm of the underworld, / you shall wander, O very wicked one, by my curse; of this there is no doubt.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.28.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.28.15) evaṃ śaptvā svayaṃ dakṣo yayau brahmāṇamādarāt | taṃ praṇamya jagannāthamuvāca vinayānvitaḥ || > Having thus cursed him, Dakṣa himself went respectfully to Brahmā. / Having bowed to that lord of the universe, he spoke with humility: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.28.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.28.16) sṛṣṭiṃ karomi deveśa kena mārgeṇa tadvada | nārado duṣṭabhāvena moghāṃ sṛṣṭiṃ sa me'karot || > “Lord of the gods, by which path should I make creation? Tell me that. / Out of evil intent, Nārada made my creation fruitless.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.28.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.28.17) tamuvāca tato brahmā sṛja kanyāḥ sulocanāḥ | tatheti sa yayau sthānaṃ svakīyaṃ sraṣṭumārabhat || > Then Brahmā said to him: “Beget fair-eyed daughters.” / Saying, “So be it,” he went to his own abode and began to create. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.28.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.28.18) ṣaṣṭiṃ dakṣo'sṛjatkanyā vīriṇyāṃ tejasānvitaḥ | cārurūpā mahābhāgā mātaraḥ sarvadehinām || > Full of splendor, Dakṣa begot sixty daughters in Vīriṇī, / fair of form, highly fortunate, the mothers of all embodied beings. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.28.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.28.19) dadau sa daśa dharmāya kaśyapāya trayodaśa | saptaviṃśatimabjāya catasro'riṣṭanemaye || > He gave ten to Dharma, thirteen to Kaśyapa, / twenty-seven to the Moon, and four to Ariṣṭanemi. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.28.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.28.20) dve dadau bahuputrāya dve kṛśāśvāya bhāvataḥ | dve cāpyaṅgirase tadvadvakṣye tāsāṃ ca vistaram || > He gave two to Bahuputra, two affectionately to Kṛśāśva, / and likewise two to Aṅgiras; and I shall declare their details. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.28.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.28.21) marutvatī vasuryāmī lambā bhānurarundhatī | saṅkalpā ca muhūrtā vai sādhyā viśvā ca bhāminī || > Marutvatī, Vasu, Yāmī, Lambā, Bhānu, Arundhatī, / Saṅkalpā, Muhūrtā, Sādhyā, and Viśvā the lovely lady— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.28.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.28.22) dharmapatnyo daśaitāśca tāsāṃ putrānnibodha ca | viśvedevāśca viśvāyāḥ sādhyāsādhyānajījanat || > these were the ten wives of Dharma; hear of their sons: / the Viśvedevas were born of Viśvā, and Sādhyā gave birth to the Sādhyas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.28.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.28.23) marutvatyāṃ marutvanto vasostu vasavaḥ smṛtāḥ | bhānośca bhānavaḥ sarve muhūrtāyā muhūrtakāḥ || > The Marutvants were born of Marutvatī, and the Vasus are recorded from Vasu; / from Bhānu were all the Bhānus, and from Muhūrtā the Muhūrtakas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.28.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.28.24) lambāyā nādaghoṣau ca yāmījo nāgavīthikaḥ | pṛthivyāṃ viṣamaṃ sarvamarundhatyāmajāyata || > From Lambā were born Nāda and Ghoṣa, and born of Yāmī was Nāgavīthika; / everything uneven on the earth was born of Arundhatī. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.28.24.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.28.24.p1) saṅkalpāyāstu saṅkalpā dharmaputrā ime smṛtāḥ | ( > From Saṅkalpā came the Saṅkalpas; these are recorded as the sons of Dharma. / ( > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.28.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.28.25) khaṃ. 2 a. 28 pāna 59) teṣāṃ putraiśca putrībhirakhilaṃ vardhitaṃ jagat || > khaṇḍa 2, adhyāya 28, page 59) By their sons and daughters the whole world was multiplied. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.28.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.28.26) āpo dhruvo'tha somaśca dhanyaścaivānalo'nilaḥ | pratyūṣo'tha prabhāsaśca vasavo'ṣṭau prakīrtitāḥ || > Āpa, Dhruva, Soma, Dhanya, Anala, Anila, / Pratyūṣa, and Prabhāsa are celebrated as the eight Vasus. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.28.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.28.27) aditiśca ditiḥ kadrurariṣṭā surasā danuḥ | surabhirvinatā caiva tāmrā krodhavaśā tvirā || > Aditi, Diti, Kadru, Ariṣṭā, Surasā, Danu, / Surabhi, Vinatā, Tāmrā, Krodhavaśā, Irā, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.28.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.28.28) muniḥ khaśā ca dharmajñā tāsāṃ putrānnibodha vai | vivasvānatha dhātā ca bhagastvaṣṭā tathāṃśakaḥ || > Muni, and Khaśā, knower of dharma—hear of their sons: / Vivasvān, Dhātṛ, Bhaga, Tvaṣṭṛ, and Aṃśa, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.28.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.28.29) varuṇādyāśca ye devā te sarve cāditeḥ sutāḥ | diteśca sakalā daityāḥ putrāḥ śāstreṣu sammatāḥ || > and the gods beginning with Varuṇa—all those are the sons of Aditi. / All the Daityas are recognized in the treatises as sons of Diti. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.28.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.28.30) tathaiva ca danoḥ putrāstārādyā dānavāḥ smṛtāḥ | tāro'tha vipracittiśca śambaraḥ kapilastathā || > And likewise the sons of Danu are recorded as the Dānavas headed by Tāra: / Tāra, Vipracitti, Śambara, Kapila, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.28.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.28.31) svarbhānuḥ saṅkaraścaiva vṛṣaparvā ca vīryavān | prādhānyenāsurāḥ śreṣṭhā dānavāḥ kathitā mayā || > Svarbhānu, Saṅkara, and powerful Vṛṣaparvan; / I have mentioned the foremost asuras, the principal Dānavas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.28.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.28.32) surasāyāḥ sahasraṃ ca sarpāṇāmabhavattathā | ariṣṭā janayāmāsa gandharvāṇāṃ sahasrakam || > From Surasā came a thousand serpents; / Ariṣṭā gave birth to a thousand Gandharvas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.28.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.28.33) śeṣādyāśca mahānāgāḥ kadroḥ putrāḥ prajāpate | tāmrā ca janayāmāsa kanyāṣaṭkaṃ sulocanam || > The great Nāgas beginning with Śeṣa were Kadru's sons, O Prajāpati; / and Tāmrā gave birth to six fair-eyed daughters: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.28.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.28.34) śukī śyenī ca bhāsī ca sugrīvā granthikā śuciḥ | tāsāṃ putrādibhiḥ sarvaṃ pakṣivṛndaṃ babhūva ha || > Śukī, Śyenī, Bhāsī, Sugrīvā, Granthikā, and Śuci; / from their sons and offspring the entire flock of birds came into being. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.28.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.28.35) surabhirjanayāmāsa mahiṣīrgāḥ prajāpate | irā vṛkṣalatā vallī tṛṇajātīśca sarvaśaḥ || > Surabhi gave birth to female buffaloes and cows, O Prajāpati; / Irā \[bore\] trees, creeping plants, vines, and all kinds of grasses. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.28.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.28.36) muneḥ putrāstathā proktā yakṣāḥ puṇyajanāstathā | rakṣogaṇaṃ krodhavaśā janayāmāsa dāruṇam || > The Yakṣas and Puṇyajanas are declared to be the sons of Muni; / Krodhavaśā gave birth to the terrible horde of Rākṣasas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.28.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.28.37) vinatāyāśca putrau dvāvaruṇo garuḍo'paraḥ | khaśāyāḥ khecarāḥ putrāḥ pretādyāśca prajāpate || > Vinatā had two sons: Aruṇa and the other, Garuḍa; / Khaśā's sons were the sky-goers, the Pretas, and others, O Prajāpati. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.28.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.28.38) ete kaśyapadāyādā jaṅgamasthāvarātmakāḥ | vaivasvatentare hyasmin prakhyātāḥ kathitā mayā || > These descendants of Kaśyapa, consisting of moving and stationary beings, / are celebrated in this Vaivasvata period, as declared by me. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.28.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.28.39) ariṣṭanemiputrāśca vedhaso rūpadhārakāḥ | bahuputrasya patnyostu catasro vidyutaḥ smṛtāḥ || > The sons of Ariṣṭanemi bore the forms of Vedhas; / and the two wives of Bahuputra are recorded as having four lightnings. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.28.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.28.40) tathā cāṅgirasaḥ patnyorṛṣayo vṛṣasatkṛtāḥ | kṛśāśvasya ca devarṣidevaḥ praharaṇaḥ sutaḥ || > And from the two wives of Aṅgiras were the sages honored by Vṛṣa; / and the son of Kṛśāśva was Praharaṇa, a god among divine sages. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.28.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.28.41) ete yugasahasrānte jāyante punareva ca | manvantareṣu sarveṣu tulyakāryaiḥ svanāmabhiḥ || > At the end of a thousand yugas these are born again and again / in all the manvantaras, with the same functions and names. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.28.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.28.42) putrān brahmarṣirutpādya kaśyapastoṣavarjitaḥ | tatāpa tapa ugraṃ vai putrārthe paramārthavit || > Having begotten sons, Kaśyapa, the brahmin-sage, remaining unsatisfied, / practiced fierce asceticism for the sake of sons, knowing the supreme reality. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.28.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.28.43) tasyaivaṃ tapataḥ putrau prādurbhūtau mahaujasau | vatsaraścāsito nāmnā tāvubhau brahmavādinau || > As he thus practiced austerities, two sons endowed with great majesty appeared, / Vatsara and Asita by name, both expositors of Brahman. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.28.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.28.44) vatsarānnaidhruvo jajñe raibhyaśca sumahāyaśāḥ | raibhyācca jajñire rudrāḥ putrā dyutimatāṃ varāḥ || > From Vatsara was born Naidhruva and the illustrious Raibhya; / and from Raibhya were born the Rudras, sons foremost among the radiant. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.28.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.28.45) cyavanasya sutā bhāryā naidhruvasya mahātmanaḥ | sumedhā janayāmāsa putrān vai kuṇḍapāyinaḥ || > Cyavana's daughter Sumedhā, the wife of the noble Naidhruva, / gave birth to sons, the Kuṇḍapāyins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.28.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.28.46) asitāccaikaparṇāyāṃ brahmiṣṭhaḥ samapadyata | nāmnā vai devalaḥ putro yogācāryaśca sa smṛtaḥ || > From Asita, in Ekaparṇā, was born a son most devoted to Brahman, / Devala by name, who is recorded as a master of yoga. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.28.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.28.47) śāṇḍilyaḥ paramo yogī sarvatattvārthavicchuciḥ | ityādyā bahavaḥ putrāḥ kaśyapasya mayoditāḥ || > Śāṇḍilya, the supreme yogin, pure, knowing the reality of all principles— / these and many other sons of Kaśyapa have been declared by me. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.28.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.28.48) ete ca smaraṇājjantoḥ kāmapūrā bhavanti ca | paṭhanānnātra sandeho mūlarūpāḥ prakīrtitāḥ || > By remembering them, a person's desires are fulfilled; / through reciting \[them\]—there is no doubt here—they are proclaimed as primary forms. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.28.48.c1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.28.48.c1) oṃ tatsaditi śrīmadāntye purāṇopaniṣadi śrīmanmaudgale mahāpurāṇe dvitīye khaṇḍe ekadantacarite kaśyapasṛṣṭivarṇanaṃ nāma aṣṭāviṃśatitamo'dhyāyaḥ || > Om tat sat. Thus ends the twenty-eighth chapter, named 'The Description of Kaśyapa's Creation,' in the story of Ekadanta, in the second section of the glorious and venerable Maudgala Mahāpurāṇa, the ultimate Purāṇic Upaniṣad. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.28.48.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.28.48.p2) khaṃ. 2 a. 21 pāna 60) > khaṇḍa 2, adhyāya 21, page 60) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala~en-mt.2.28.p1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (8) - [Liṅgapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.63.39) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Matsyapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.6.30) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Critical edition (BORI)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa*crit.3.81) — Sanskrit - [Nāradapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.2.2) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Brahmāṇḍapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.8.29) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Garuḍapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.6.56) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Liṅgapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.kappiyam.lingapurana.70.38-2) — Ativīrarāma Pāṇṭiyar 1500, Sanskrit - [Śabdakalpadruma](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.kosa.sabdakalpadruma.196.p1) — Rājā Sir Rādhākānta Deb, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.2.28) · Pramāṇa