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Pulastya replied--- At the end of the previous kalpa when Lord Brahma awakened from his sleep, he
found the whole earth submerged in water. He meditated on Lord Vishnu, who took the incarnation of
'Varah' and retrieved the earth and established it in its original position. Lord Brahma then created all
the four worlds--Bhurloka, Bhuvarloka, Swargloka and Maharloka and divided the earth into seven
islands.
First of all, Lord Brahma created the 'Mahattatva'. After that he created the 'Tanmatras', Indriyas
(sense-organs), the immovable things like mountains, rivers, animals, deities, demons, human beings
etc.
2.1.3 The Four Prominen
Pulastya replied--- At the end of the previous kalpa when Lord Brahma awakened from his sleep, he
found the whole earth submerged in water. He meditated on Lord Vishnu, who took the incarnation of
'Varah' and retrieved the earth and established it in its original position. Lord Brahma then created all
the four worlds--Bhurloka, Bhuvarloka, Swargloka and Maharloka and divided the earth into seven
islands.
First of all, Lord Brahma created the 'Mahattatva'. After that he created the 'Tanmatras', Indriyas
(sense-organs), the immovable things like mountains, rivers, animals, deities, demons, human beings
etc.
2.1.3 The Four Prominent Castes
On being asked by Bhishma about the origin of the four prominent castes, Sage Pulastya said--- Lord
Brahma created the Brahmins and the Kshatriyas from his mouth and chest respectively. Similarly,
Vaishyas and Shudras manifested from Lord Brahma's thigh and feet respectively.Lord Brahma had
created his 'manasputras' with the objective of increasing the population and their names were Bhrigu,
Pulah, Kratu, Angira, Marichi, Daksha, Atri and Vashishth. But all of them were free from worldly
desires and extremely virtuous. Seeing his effort go in vain, Lord Brahma became furious, as a result of
which Rudra manifested from his forehead. Half of Rudra's body resembled like a male while the
remaining half appeared like a female.Lord Brahma instructed Rudra to detach the female form from his
body and commence copulative creation. Following his advice, Rudra detached the female part of his
body and created eleven male entities. Similarly he created various female entities from the female part
of his body.
This way, the first human pair-Manu and Shatarupa came into existence. In course of time four children
were born to them---Priyavrata, Uttanpad, Prasuti and Aakuti. Prasuti was married to Daksha Prajpati,
while Aakuti became the wife of Ruchi-Prajapati. Prasuti gave birth to 24 daughters-- Shraddha, Laxmi,
Dhriti, Pushti, Tushti, Medha, Kriya, Buddhi, Lajja, Vapu, Shanti, Keerti, Khyati, Sati, Sambhuti, Smriti,
Preeti, Kshama, Santati, Ansuya,Urja, Swaha and Swadha. Out of them, the former thirteen were the
wives of Dharma and the rest were married to various sages like Bhrigu, Shiv, Marichi, Angira, myself
(Pulastya), Pulaha, Kratu, Atri, Vashishth Agni, etc.Shraddha gave birth to 'Kaam', Laxmi to 'Daarpa,
Dhriti to Niyam, Tushti to Santosh, Pushti to Lobha, Medha to Shrut, Kriya to Dand, Nay and Vinay,
Buddhi to Bodh, Lajja to Vinay, Vapu to Vyavasay, Shanti to Kshama, Siddhi to Sukh and Keerti gave
birth to Yash. All of them were the sons of Dharma.
Kaam had a son named Harsh from his wife Nandi, Bhrigu's wife Khyati gave birth to a daughter named
Laxmi--the consort of Lord Vishnu. Lord Rudra accepted Sati--the daughter of Daksha Prajapati as his
wife. Hinsa was the wife of Adharm and gave birth to Anrit and Nikriti. Anrit had two sons---Maya and
Narak, while Nikriti had two daughters--Maaya and Vedana. Maaya married Maya while Vedana
became the wife of Narak. Maaya had a son named Mrityu--the lord of death and Vedana gave birth to
Dukh. Five children were born to Mrityu--Vyadhi, Jara, Shok, Trishna and Krodha. All of them were
celibates and had no progeny.
2.1.4 The Manifestations of Goddess Laxmi
Bheeshma expressed his desire to know about the manifestation of goddess Laxmi.
Pulastya replied-- Once, after being defeated by the demons, the deities went to Lord Vishnu and sought his help.
Lord Vishnu instructed them to collect all the medicinal herbs, and put them in the Ksheersagar, so that after the
churning of the ocean ambrosia could be retrieved.Lord Vishnu also advised them to use the Mandar mountain as
a Churner and the serpent--Sheshnag as a rope for churning the ocean.The deities then reached an agreement
with the demons according to which both the groups were supposed to unitedly churn the oce........
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Release date: 14 March 2017
ISBN-10 : B06XNZBQWJ |
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