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Chapter 4: The Haṁsa-guhya Prayers

Verse 19 of 47
SB 6.4.19

मनसैवासृजत्पूर्वं प्रजापतिरिमाः प्रजाः देवासुरमनुष्यादीन्नभःस्थलजलौकसः

manasaivāsṛjat pūrvaṁ prajāpatir imāḥ prajāḥ devāsura-manuṣyādīn nabhaḥ-sthala-jalaukasaḥ

Synonyms

manasāby the mind; evaindeed; asṛjatcreated; pūrvamin the beginning; prajāpatiḥthe prajāpati (Dakṣa); imāḥthese; prajāḥliving entities; devathe demigods; asurathe demons; manuṣya-ādīnand other living entities, headed by the human beings; nabhaḥin the skies; sthalaon the land; jalaor within the water; okasaḥwho have their abodes..

Translation

With his mind, Prajāpati Dakṣa first created all kinds of demigods, demons, human beings, birds, beasts, aquatics and so on.

Verse 19 of 47
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