Description of Creation Continued

Shounaka said

Son of a suta, please quickly tell me in detail of the creation of gods, danavas, gandharvas, uragas and rakshasas.

Suta answered

When creation did not progress, Prajapati, for creation's sake, asked Virana's daughter, great in austerity, and made many kinds of beings by the dharma of union. Wise sage, I will tell it briefly; listen. Through Virini, Prajapati Daksha had five thousand valiant sons. Seeing they had been created, the sage Narada spoke to them. Earlier Narada, Brahma's son, had heard that all creation would come through Kashyapa and Daksha's daughters, so he said to them: you are foolish, you know nothing of the directions, so how can you create without knowing that? Get to know the earth. Addressed so, they all set off energetically to learn the directions, and, unable to reach the end, did not return to their father's house. Knowing this, he again had five hundred sons. But Narada, who saw everything, spoke to them again: without knowing the earth's dimensions how can you create? You are all foolish; what is this creation you are about to begin? Hearing him Daksha's sons, the Subalashvas, left in search of the directions as the Haryashvas had before. They reached the infinite limits of Pushkara and were defeated, and like rivers headed to the ocean have not returned. Since then, sage, if a brother goes searching for a brother he is destroyed, and a learned person should not undertake such a task. Prajapati Daksha learned that they too were destroyed and in rage cursed the great-souled Narada: "You who love quarrels will never find stability in any one place, and in your presence people will always quarrel." We have heard that Prajapati Daksha was consoled by Brahma. Through Virini he had sixty daughters. He gave ten to Dharma, thirteen to Kashyapa, twenty-seven to Soma, four to Arishtanemi, two to Brahmaputra, two to Angiras and two to learned Krishashva. Suta told Shounaka to hear their names.

Dharma's wives were Arundhati, Surya, Lamba, Bhanu, Marutvati, Sankalpa, Muhurta, Sadhya and Vishva. Hear their offspring: Vishva bore the Vishvadevas and Sadhya the Sadhyas; Marutvati's sons were the Marutvats, and Vasu's sons are the Vasus; Bhanu's sons were all the Bhanus and from Muhurta were born the Muhurtajas. Ghosha was born of Lamba and Yami's daughter was Nagavithi. All uneven things on earth came from Arundhati. From Sankalpa was born Sankalpa, the resolution which has the nature of truth. Shounaka, Vasu had eight sons, Aya and others: Aya, Dhruva, Soma, Dhara, Anila, Anala, Pratyusha and Prabhasa, the names of the eight Vasus. Aya's sons were Vaitandya, Shrama, Shanta and Muni. Dhruva's son was the illustrious Kala, whose power works in the worlds. Soma's son was the illustrious Varcha, from whom radiance comes. Through Manohara, Dhara's sons were Dravina, Hutahavyavaha, Shishira, Prana and Ramana. Shiva was Anila's wife and her sons were Manojava and Avijnatagati, Anila's two sons. Agni's prosperous son Kumara was born in a reed clump, and his descendants were Shakha, Vishakha and Naigameya. He is called Kartikeya because he was the Krittikas' son. Pratyusha's son was the rishi Devala, who had two learned sons with offspring. Brihaspati's sister, a supreme lady who kept celibacy, accomplished in yoga, roamed the whole earth and became the wife of Prabhasa, the eighth Vasu. The very fortunate Prajapati Vishvakarma was born of her, maker of thousands of crafts and architect of the gods. The foremost artisan made all kinds of ornaments and all the gods' vimanas, and humans earn their living by the great-souled one's craft. By another version, his wife Sarupa bore crores of Rudras, such as Raivata, Aja, Bhava, Bhima, Vama, Ugra, Vrishakapi, Ajaikapada, Ahirbudhnya, Bahurupa and Mahat. The foremost eleven are Ajaikapada, Ahirbudhnya, Tvashta, valiant Rudra, Hara, Bahurupa, unvanquished Tryambaka, Vrishakapi, Shambhu, Kapardin and Raivata. These are the eleven Rudras, lords of the three worlds, and a hundred infinitely energetic Rudras are also mentioned. Suta then said to hear the names of Kashyapa's wives.