Varāha-uddhāraṇa and the Re-constitution of Bhū-maṇḍala
Earth after Pralaya
पशवः पक्षिणश्चैव न तदासन्सरीसृपाः / नोद्विजा नोत्कटाश्चैव धर्मस्य प्रक्रिया तु सा
paśavaḥ pakṣiṇaścaiva na tadāsansarīsṛpāḥ / nodvijā notkaṭāścaiva dharmasya prakriyā tu sā
Then there were beasts and birds, but no creeping reptiles. None were fearsome, none were fierce; such was the very course of dharma in that age.