Srimad Bhagavatam 9.1.10-12

[makarand]

TEXT 10

marīcir manasas tasya

jajñe tasyāpi kaśyapaḥ

dākṣāyaṇyāṁ tato ’dityāṁ

vivasvān abhavat sutaḥ

SYNONYMS

marīciḥ—the great saintly person known as Marīci; manasaḥ tasya—from the mind of Lord Brahmā; jajñe—took birth; tasya api—from Marīci; kaśyapaḥ—Kaśyapa (took birth); dākṣāyaṇyām—in the womb of the daughter of Mahārāja Dakṣa; tataḥ—thereafter; adityām—in the womb of Aditi; vivasvān—Vivasvān; abhavat—took birth; sutaḥ—a son.

TRANSLATION

From the mind of Lord Brahmā, Marīci took birth, and from the semen of Marīci, Kaśyapa appeared from the womb of the daughter of Dakṣa Mahārāja. From Kaśyapa, by the womb of Aditi, Vivasvān took birth.

TEXTS 11–12

tato manuḥ śrāddhadevaḥ

saṁjñāyām āsa bhārata

śraddhāyāṁ janayām āsa

daśa putrān sa ātmavān

ikṣvāku-nṛga-śaryāti-

diṣṭa-dhṛṣṭa-karūṣakān

nariṣyantaṁ pṛṣadhraṁ ca

nabhagaṁ ca kaviṁ vibhuḥ

SYNONYMS

tataḥ—from Vivasvān; manuḥ śrāddhadevaḥ—the Manu named Śrāddhadeva; saṁjñāyām—in the womb of Saṁjñā (the wife of Vivasvān); āsa—was born; bhārata—O best of the Bhārata dynasty; śraddhāyām—in the womb of Śraddhā (the wife of Śrāddhadeva); janayām āsa—begot; daśa—ten; putrān—sons; saḥ—that Śrāddhadeva; ātmavān—having conquered his senses; ikṣvāku-nṛga-śaryāti-diṣṭa-dhṛṣṭa-karūṣakān—named Ikṣvāku, Nṛga, Śaryāti, Diṣṭa, Dhṛṣṭa and Karūṣaka; nariṣyantam—Nariṣyanta; pṛṣadhram ca—and Pṛṣadhra; nabhagam ca—and Nabhaga; kavim—Kavi; vibhuḥ—the great.

TRANSLATION

O King, best of the Bhārata dynasty, from Vivasvān, by the womb of Saṁjñā, Śrāddhadeva Manu was born. Śrāddhadeva Manu, having conquered his senses, begot ten sons in the womb of his wife, Śraddhā. The names of these sons were Ikṣvāku, Nṛga, Śaryāti, Diṣṭa, Dhṛṣṭa, Karūṣaka, Nariṣyanta, Pṛṣadhra, Nabhaga and Kavi.