Cosmogony and the Ninefold Creation: Rudra’s Origin and the Prelude to the Sāvitrī-Veda Narrative
मरीचिरत्रिश्च तथा अङ्गिराः पुलहः क्रतुः । पुलस्त्यश्च महातेजाः प्रचेता भृगुरेव च । नारदो दशमश्चैव वसिष्ठश्च महातपाः ॥ २.४२ ॥
marīcir atriś ca tathā aṅgirāḥ pulahaḥ kratuḥ | pulastyaś ca mahātejāḥ pracetā bhṛgur eva ca | nārado daśamaś caiva vasiṣṭhaś ca mahātapāḥ || 2.42 ||
مريچي وأتري، وكذلك أنغيراس وبولها وكراتو؛ وبولستيا ذو الإشراق العظيم؛ وبراچيتاس وبْهريغو أيضًا؛ وناردا عاشرهم؛ وفَسِشْتَهُ الزاهد العظيم.
Varāha (default framework; speaker not explicit in excerpt)
It preserves a Purāṇic-style catalog of primordial sages, reflecting how Sanskrit narrative traditions organized cosmology and lineage through authoritative ṛṣi lists.
No geographic location is named in this verse; it is focused on enumerating sages rather than sacred geography.
No direct ethical injunction is stated; the verse functions primarily as an authoritative enumeration establishing cosmological and genealogical context.
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