rja-stambhādayaḥ sapta
devāś ca tuṣitādayaḥ
ūrja-stambhādayaḥ sapta
ṛṣayo brahma-vādinaḥ
During the reign of Svārociṣa, the post of Indra was assumed by Rocana, the son of Yajña. Tuṣita and others became the principal devatās, and Ūrja, Stambha and others, brahmavādīs, became the seven sages.
|| 8.1.21||
ṛṣes tu vedaśirasas
tuṣitā nāma patny abhūt
tasyāṁ jajñe tato devo
vibhur ity abhiviśrutaḥ
The sage Vedaśirāṣ wife was Tuṣitā. From her womb was born the avatāra named Vibhu.
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aṣṭāśīti-sahasrāṇi
munayo ye dhṛta-vratāḥ
anvaśikṣan vrataṁ tasya
kaumāra-brahmacāriṇaḥ
Vibhu remained a brahmacāri and never married throughout his life. From him, eighty-eight thousand saintly persons fixed in their vows took lessons on proper conduct.
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tṛtīya uttamo nāma
priyavrata-suto manuḥ
pavanaḥ sṛñjayo yajña-
hotrādyās tat-sutā nṛpa
O King, the third Manu, Uttama, was the son of King Priyavrata. Among the sons of this Manu were Pavana, Sṛñjaya and Yajñahotra.
|| 8.1.24 ||
vasiṣṭha-tanayāḥ sapta
ṛṣayaḥ pramadādayaḥ
satyā vedaśrutā bhadrā
devā indras tu satyajit
During the reign of the third Manu, Pramada and other sons of Vasiṣṭha became the seven sages. The Satyas, Vedaśrutas and Bhadras became the devatās, and Satyajit became Indra.
|| 8.1.25 ||
dharmasya sūnṛtāyāṁ tu
bhagavān puruṣottamaḥ
satyasena iti khyāto
jātaḥ satyavrataiḥ saha
In this Manvantara, the Supreme Lord appeared from the womb of Sūnṛtā, who was the wife of Dharma. The Lord celebrated as Satyasena appeared with other devatās known as the Satyavratas.
|| 8.1.26 ||
so 'nṛta-vrata-duḥśīlān
asato yakṣa-rākṣasān
bhūta-druho bhūta-gaṇāṁś
cāvadhīt satyajit-sakhaḥ
Satyasena, along with his friend Satyajit, who was Indra, killed all the untruthful, impious and misbehaving Yakṣas, Rākṣasas and ghostly living entities, who gave pain to other living beings.
|| 8.1.27 ||
caturtha uttama-bhrātā
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