Shloka 20
अव्यक्तप्रभवो ब्रह्मा शाश्वतो नित्य अव्यय:।तस्मान्मरीचि स्संजज्ञे मरीचे: काश्यप: सुत:।।1.70.20।।
avyakta-prabhavo brahmā śāśvato nitya avyayaḥ |
tasmān marīciḥ sañjajñe marīceḥ kāśyapaḥ sutaḥ || 1.70.20 ||
অব্যক্ত থেকে ব্রহ্মা প্রকাশিত হলেন—তিনি শাশ্বত, নিত্য ও অব্যয়। তাঁর থেকেই মরীচি জন্মালেন, আর মরীচির পুত্র হলেন কাশ্যপ।
"The extremely righteous, renowned and most brilliant Kusadhwaja, my younger brother is (at present) ruling the sacred kingdom of Sankasya, which is like the aerial chariot Pushpaka, with darts planted in water as boundary on the bank of the auspicious, sacred river Ikshumati.
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