Shloka 5

Devanagari script

भृगुं पुलस्त्यं पुलहं क्रतुम् अङ्गिरसं तथा मरीचिं दक्षम् अत्रिं च वसिष्ठं चैव मानसान्

Transliteration

bhṛguṃ pulastyaṃ pulahaṃ kratum aṅgirasaṃ tathā marīciṃ dakṣam atriṃ ca vasiṣṭhaṃ caiva mānasān

Translation

Bhrigu, Pulastya, Pulaha, Kratu, and Angiras; likewise Marici, Daksha, Atri, and Vasishtha—these were the mind-born Prajapatis, brought forth to establish the ordered unfolding of creation by the supreme ordinance of Vishnu.

Word by Word

• भृगुम्: Bhṛgu
• भृगुम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भृगु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (Accusative); एकवचन

• पुलस्त्यम्: Pulastya
• पुलस्त्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुलस्त्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया; एकवचन

• पुलहम्: Pulaha
• पुलहम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुलह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया; एकवचन

• क्रतुम्: Kratu
• क्रतुम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रतु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया; एकवचन

• अङ्गिरसम्: Aṅgiras
• अङ्गिरसम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अङ्गिरस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया; एकवचन

• तथा: and also, likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/अनुक्रमवाचक (also, likewise)

• मरीचिम्: Marīci
• मरीचिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मरीचि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया; एकवचन

• दक्षम्: Dakṣa
• दक्षम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया; एकवचन

• अत्रिम्: Atri
• अत्रिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अत्रि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया; एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक (and)

• वसिष्ठम्: Vasiṣṭha
• वसिष्ठम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसिष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया; एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक (and)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Avadhāraṇa (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (emphatic particle: “indeed/just”)

• मानसान्: mind-born (sons)
• मानसान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मानस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया; बहुवचन; (एतान्) पुत्रान् इति विशेषण; पूर्वश्लोकस्थ ‘पुत्रान्’ इत्यस्य अनुवृत्ति

Speaker

Sage Parāśara (narrating to Maitreya)

Parashara-Maitreya Dialogue

Speaker: Parasara

Topic: Who are the mind-born progenitors produced to advance creation?

Teaching: Cosmological

Quality: authoritative

Cosmological Context

Creation Stage: Secondary

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: The named sages are mind-born progenitors through whom the expansion of beings and the transmission of sacred order proceed.

Vedantic Theme: Dharma

Application: Honor sources of knowledge and lineage (guru-paramparā) and cultivate disciplined creativity anchored in dharmic purpose.

Vishishtadvaita: Plurality of empowered agents (ṛṣis) operates within the unity of the Supreme’s ordinance—real diversity harmonized under one Lord.

Vaishnava Theology

Vishnu Form: Narayana

Bhakti Type: Shanta

Jagat Karana: Yes

Characters & Entities

• Bhrigu
• Pulastya
• Pulaha
• Kratu
• Angiras
• Marichi
• Daksha
• Atri
• Vasistha
• Manasa-putras (mind-born sages)

FAQs

What is the significance of the mind-born sages (Mānasaputras) in the Vishnu Purana?

They function as primordial progenitors whose spiritual and genealogical lines structure the world—linking cosmology to the later histories of gods, sages, and royal dynasties.

How does Sage Parāśara explain the ordering of creation in this section?

He lists the foundational rishis/prajāpatis as emanations that establish continuity—creation is not random, but an intelligible order unfolding through designated progenitors.

What is the theological importance of Lord Viṣṇu in this context?

Even when Viṣṇu is not named in the verse, the Purāṇic framework presents these progenitors as operating within His supreme ordinance—creation and lineage ultimately depend on the Highest Reality.