Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c4.2498.4

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So they are my sons.” Brahmā the teacher of all the worlds and the grandfather of all living beings said, “They are my sons. I offered my sperm to the fire, and these sons were born therefrom. How can they be claimed by anybody else? Here, I am the utterer of the spell and the offerer of the sperm. I am the owner of the sperm. I am not the owner of the fruit? There is no contest on the point that the birth of Bhṛgu and others is from the oblation of my sperm.” The gods who heard these arguments bowed their heads before Brahmā and greeting him said, “Lord Brahmā, It is not only us that are born from you, but the entire world of living and non-living is born from you. So let Agni and Deva in the shape of Varuṇa have their wishes.”