Kashyapa's Lineage

Suta said

Their names are Aditi, Diti, Surasa, Arishtela, Danu, Surabhi, Vinata, Ila, Tamra, Krodhavasha, Kadru and Muni. Indra among brahmanas, hear their offspring. In the earlier manvantara there were twelve excellent, supreme gods called the Tushitas. In the interval between the end of the Chakshusha manvantara and the start of the Vaivasvata, for the worlds' welfare, those illustrious ones gathered and said to each other: come, let us quickly enter Aditi's womb, and when the new manvantara arrives we will be born; that will be best. All of them said this in Chakshusha Manu's manvantara, and they have been born as sons of Kashyapa, Marichi's son, and Aditi, Daksha's daughter. Vishnu and Shakra were born again. The twelve infinitely energetic Adityas are Aryama, Dhatri, Tvashta, Pusha, Vivasvat, Savitar, Mitra, Varuna, Amsha and Bhaga. In the Chakshusha manvantara the gods were called Tushitas and in the Vaivasvata they are called the twelve Adityas. Shounaka, so in order I have told Aditi's offspring. Soma's twenty-seven wives are mentioned, excellent in their vows, all yoginis, said to have given their names to the nakshatras. Arishtanemi's wives had sixteen offspring. The learned Bahuputra's sons are said to be four. The sons of the divine sage Krishashva are said to be the gods' weapons. So when a thousand yugas are over all are born again as they will. Son, sage, Dhumrakesha was also born through his wife Archi, and his two wives were Svadha and Sati, Svadha the elder and Sati the younger. Svadha bore the ancestors and Sati the Angirases. So at the end of a thousand mahayugas they are born again as they will. There are thirty-three categories of gods, said also to have origin and destruction. Maitreya, as the sun always rises and sets, so from one yuga to another the gods are created.

We have heard that from Kashyapa two sons were born to Diti, Hiranyakashipu and valiant Hiranyaksha. She also had a daughter, Simhika, married to Viprachitti. Hiranyakashipu had four sons famed for energy: Anuhlada, Hlada, valiant Samhlada and the youngest, Prahlada, of such discerning intelligence that he was devoted to Vishnu. Through Surya, Anuhlada's sons were Puloma and Mahisha. Through his wife Dhamani, Hlada had sons Vatapi and Ilvala. Through his wife Kriti, Samhlada had a son, Panchajana. Prahlada's son was Virochana, and through his wife Devi, Virochana had Bali. Lord among sages, through Ashana, Bali had a hundred sons. Bali was devoted to Shiva, one of his great devotees, a giver and generous, remembered for auspicious deeds and austerities. He had a very intelligent son, Bana, supreme among Shiva's devotees, who by satisfying Shiva properly became a ganapati. You have already heard the story of great-souled Bana, in whose battle Krishna was pleased with his bravery. Hiranyaksha had five learned, very strong sons: Kukura, Shakuni, Bhuta-santapana, Mahanada and the brave Kalanabha. Sage, I have told of Diti's sons; now hear of Danu's. Danu had a hundred sons fierce in valour: Ayomukha, Shambara, Kapola, Vamana, Vaishvanara, Puloma, Vidravana, Mahashira, Svarbhanu, Vrishaparva and valiant Viprachitti. All were Danu's sons through Kashyapa. Faultless sage, now hear of their children. Svarbhanu's daughter was Prabha and Puloma's daughter Shachi. Upadanavi, Hayashira and Sharmishtha were Vrishaparva's daughters. Vaishvanara's daughters were Pulomaa and Pulomika, who married Marichi's very energetic son and bore many sons. Marichi's son was great in austerity, and through them he had sixty thousand sons, who delighted the danavas: the very strong danavas called Poulamas and Kalakhanjas. They lived in Hiranyapura and, by the grandfather's favour, could not be killed by the gods; they were killed by Arjuna. Through Simhika, Viprachitti had sons, fierce in valour because of the union of a daitya and a danava: thirteen very strong ones called Saimhikeyas, namely Rahu, Shalya, very strong Bala, Mahabala, Vatapi, Namuchi, Ilvala, Svasripa, Ajika, Naraka, Kalanabha, Sharamana and Sharakalpa. They extended their lines, and their sons and grandsons extended Danu's lineage; many were born and are not described in detail. The Nivatakavachas and Maruts were born in the line of the daitya Samhlada, pure in self and engaged in austerities.

Tamra is said to have had very spirited sons like Shanmukha. Her daughters are said to be Kaki, Shyeni, Bhasi, Sugrivi, Shuki, Gridhrika, Ashvi and Uluki. Kaki bore crows, Uluki owls, Shyeni hawks, Bhasi kites, Gridhrika vultures, Shuki parrots and Sugrivi auspicious birds. Tamra, Kashyapa's beloved, bore horses, camels and donkeys. Vinata had two sons, Garuda and Aruna. Suparna was best among birds and Aruna was known for his deeds. Surasa bore a thousand very energetic snakes, great-souled many-hooded ones that travel through the sky, the foremost kings being Shesha, Vasuki, Takshaka, Airavata, Mahapadma, Kambala, Ashvatara, Elaputra, Padma, Karkotaka, Dhananjaya, Mahanila, Mahakarna, Dhritarashtra, Balahaka, Kuhara, Pushpadanta, Durmukha, Sumukha, Khararoma and Kharapani, and many others. Krodhavasha bore hordes, all fanged. There were birds born from eggs, on land and in water, and it is held there were animals too. Anayusha had fifty very strong sons, the foremost Bala, Vriksha, Vikshara and Brihat. Surabhi bore hares and buffaloes. All trees, creepers, vines and grasses were born of Ila. Khasa bore yakshas and rakshasas, Muni the apsaras, and Arishta the snakes, who exceeded the best of humans in power. Lord among sages, Suta said he had thus described Kashyapa's descendants, whose sons and grandsons numbered hundreds of thousands.