Mahabharatha
CHAPTER - II
Vaishampayana said', After having completed the mental creation, Prajapati became purusha. As his wife, he obtained shatarupa, who was not born from a womb. O great king. Shatarupa was created in accordance with dharma and in her greatness, She pervaded heaven. For ten thousand years, She tormented herself through extremely difficult austerities. Because of those blazing austerities, She obtained purusha as her husband.
O son ! This purusha is spoken of as
" Svayambhuva Manu". Seventy-One yugas are said to constitute to Manvantara. Through vairaja purusha, shatarupa had a son named "Vira".
Through Vira, Kamya had sons named Priyavrata and Uttanapada. O mighty armed one ! Kamya was the daughter of Kardama Prajapati. Kamya had four sons named Samrat, Kushi, Virat and prabhu. Atri Prajapati accepted Uttanapada as his son. Through Sunita , Uttanapada had four sons. Sunrita possessed excellent hips and was famous. She was Dharma's daughter. Following Dharma, The auspicious one became Dhruva's Mother. Through sunrita , Uttanapada Prajapati had sons named Dhruva,Kirtimat,Apyayasmat and Ayaspati.
Ripu's wife, Brihati, gave birth to Chakshusha and He possessed every kind of energy. Through Pushkarni , Virana's daughter , Chakshusha had a son named Chakshusha Manu. This great - souled Prajapati was thus descended from Virana's lineage. O foremost among the Bharatha lineage! Through Nangala, who was the daughter of vairaja Prajapati , this Manu had ten immensely energetic sons - Uru , Puru , Shatadyumna , Tapasvi , Satyavit , Kavi , Agnishtut , Atiratra , Sudyumna as the ninth and Abhimanyu as the tenth. These were Nangala's immensely energetic sons. Through Agni's daughter , Uru had six extremely radiant sons - Anga , Sumanasa , Khyati , Kratu , Angiras and Shiva. Through Sunita , Anga had a single son named Vena. Vena enraged all the great beings because of his oppressions. For the sake of offspring , the rishis kneaded his right arm. When the rishis kneaded his right arm, A great son was born. On seeing him, the sages exclaimed," This immensely energetic one will delight the subjects. He will obtain great fame'. 
When he was born, he wielded a bow and was clad in armour. He was full of energy and seemed to burn everything down. Vena's son, "Prithu", Protected everything and was the first of the "Kshatriyas". This lord of the earth consecrated himself for a royal sacrifice. Accomplished bards and minstrels were generated from this sacrifice. O great King ! O descendant of the Bharatha lineage ! Desiring to ensure subsistence for the subjects , with the gods and the large numbers of rishis , he milked the earth to obtain crops. Using their own respective vessels, the ancestors, the danavas, the gandharvas, large numbers of apsaras, the snakes, other sacred creatures , the herbs and the mountains also milked the earth. Having obtained their desired milk, they were able to sustain their lives.
Prithu had two sons named Antardhi and Palina and they were knowledgeable about Dharma. Through Antardhi , his wife , Shikhandini , had a son named Havirdhana. Agni's daughter was Dhishna. Through Havirdhana, She had six sons - Prachinabarhi , Shukra , Gaya , Krishna , Vraja and Ajina. The illustrious Prachinabarhi was a great Prajapati. O great king ! He made the subjects prosper , just as Havirdhana had. O Janamejaya ! As long as Prachinabarhi remained on earth , Prachinagra, Kusha(Green grass) covered the surface of the earth. After performing great austerities , the lord and king obtained the ocean's daughter, Savarna, as a wife. Through Savarna , the ocean's daughter, Prachinabarhi obtained ten sons. All of them were known as "prachetas" and they were accomplished in dhanurveda. All of them tormented themselves through great austerities and observed the same kind of Dharma , immersed in the water of the ocean for ten thousand years. When the prachetas were engaged in these austerities, the earth was no longer protected and became covered with trees. Consequently , the subjects were destroyed. The trees rose up into the sky and the wind was incapable of blowing. For ten thousand years, the subjects found it impossible to move. Realising this, all the prachetas resorted to their austerities and released wind and fire from their mouths. That wind uprooted and dried the trees. The terrible fire burnt them down. In this way , the trees were destroyed.
Using half of your energy and half of my energy, She will give birth to a learner son named Daksha Prajapati, Through your energy and my energy, he will be like a fire generated from a fire and will again populate what has been burnt down with subjects." The Prachetas agreed to Soma's words. They withdrew their rage from the trees and following Dharma, accepted Marisha as a wife.
On discerning that the trees were destroyed, but some branches were still left, the powerful King Soma approached and said ", O kings ! O all of you who are descended from Prachinabarhi ! Restrain your anger. You have made the earth bereft of trees. Pacify the fire and the wind now. This beautiful maiden is the daughter of the trees and is a source of riches. O sons ! Knowing what the future holds, I have borne her in my womb. This maiden is named "Marisha" and she has been fashioned from the trees. O immensely fortunate ones ! She will be your wife and will extend Soma's lineage.
O descendant of the Bharatha lineage! Through part of Soma and The ten prachetas, Marisha gave birth to the greatly energetic " Prajapati Daksha". To extend Soma's lineage , he had sons and created mobile and immobile objects,bipeds and quadrupeds. After this, through his mental powers, Daksha created women. He bestowed ten of these daughters on Soma and thirteen on Kashyapa. The lord bestowed the remainder, known as nakshatras, on king Soma. The gods,birds,cattle,Serpents,daityas,
Danavas,gandharvas,apsaras and all the other species were born from these. O Indra among King's! Since then, offspring have resulted from sexual intercourse. The earlier creation is said to be one that resulted from resolution , sight and touch.
Janamejaya asked,' You have earlier spoken about the creation of the gods, the danavas, the gandharvas the Serpents, the Rakshasas and the
great - souled Daksha. O unblemished one ! You have said that Daksha was born from Brahma's toe. How could the great ascetic again have been born as a son of the prachetas ? O brahmana ! I have a doubt about this and you should explain it to me. He was Soma's grandson. How did he become his father - in - law ? '
Vaishampayana replied ,' O descendant of the Bharatha lineage ! For all creatures,birth and destruction are perennial. Rishis and learned people are not confused on this account. O king ! Daksha and all the others are born in every Yuga and again die in every Yuga. The learned are not confused on this account.
O Lord of Men ! Who was elder and who was younger was not determined by who was born first. Austerities were supreme and power was the determining factor. A person who knows about Daksha's creation of mobile and immobile objects obtains offspring, traverses everything and attains greatness in the world of heaven'.
(Prajapati Daksha)
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