CHAPTER VII.
Creation continued. Production of the mind-born sons of Brahma ; of the Prajapatis; of Sanandana and others; of Rudra and the eleven Rudras; of the Manu Swayambhuva and his wife Satarupa; of their children. The daughters of Daksha, and their marriage to Dharma and others. The progeny of Dharma and Adharma. The perpetual succession of worlds, and different modes of mundane dissolution.
PARASARA. — From Brahma, contmuing to meditate, were born mind-engendered progeny, with forms and faculties derived from his corporeal nature; embodied spirits, produced fromtheperson" of that all-wisef deity. All these beings, from the gods to inanimate things, appeared as I have related to you ; ^ being the abode of the three qualities. But, as they did not multiply themselves, Brahma created other mind-born sons, like himself; namely: Bhrigu, Pulastya, Pulaha, Kratu, Angiras, Marichi, Daksha, Atri, and Vasishtha. These are the nine Brahmas (or Brahmarshis) celebrated in the Purahas.^t Sanandana and the other sons of Brahma §
1 It is not clear which of the previous narratives is here re- ferred to ; but it seems most probable that the account in pp. 70-72 is intended.
2 Considerable variety prevails in this list of Prajapatis, Brah- maputras , Brahmas , or Brahmarshis ; but the variations are of
- Literally, "limbs", gdtfa.
t Dhimat. I See Original Sanskrit Texts, Part I., pp. 24, 25, and 80. § Yedhas, in the Sanskrit.
