Shloka 1

Adhyaya 63: Daksha’s Progeny, Kashyapa’s Offspring, and the Rishi-Vamshas that Sustain the Worlds

Devanagari script

इति श्रीलिङ्गमहापुराणे पूर्वभागे भुवनकोशे ध्रुवसंस्थानवर्णनं नाम द्विषष्टितमो ऽध्यायः ऋषय ऊचुः देवानां दानवानां च गन्धर्वोरगरक्षसाम् उत्पत्तिं ब्रूहि सूताद्य यथाक्रममनुत्तमम्

Transliteration

iti śrīliṅgamahāpurāṇe pūrvabhāge bhuvanakośe dhruvasaṃsthānavarṇanaṃ nāma dviṣaṣṭitamo 'dhyāyaḥ ṛṣaya ūcuḥ devānāṃ dānavānāṃ ca gandharvoragarakṣasām utpattiṃ brūhi sūtādya yathākramamanuttamam

Translation

Assim, no Śrī Liṅga Mahāpurāṇa, na parte anterior (Pūrva-bhāga), na seção do Bhuvanakośa, inicia-se o sexagésimo terceiro capítulo, intitulado “Descrição da Morada de Dhruva”. Os sábios disseram: “Ó Sūta, conta-nos agora—de modo supremo e na devida ordem—a origem dos Devas, dos Dānavas, dos Gandharvas, dos Nāgas e dos Rākṣasas.”

Word by Word

• iti: thus

• śrī-liṅga-mahāpurāṇe: in the revered Liṅga Mahāpurāṇa

• pūrva-bhāge: in the first section (Pūrva-bhāga)

• bhuvana-kośe: in the cosmic-sheath/cosmography section

• dhruva-saṃsthāna-varṇanam: description of Dhruva’s station/abode

• nāma: named

• dviṣaṣṭitamaḥ adhyāyaḥ: the sixty-third chapter

• ṛṣayaḥ ūcuḥ: the sages said

• devānām: of the gods (Devas)

• dānavānām: of the Dānavas

• ca: and

• gandharva: Gandharvas (celestial musicians)

• uraga: serpents/Nāgas

• rakṣasām: of the Rākṣasas

• utpattim: origin/birth

• brūhi: tell (you should speak)

• sūta: O Sūta

• adya: now/today

• yathā-kramam: in due order

• anuttamam: unsurpassed, excellent.

Speaker

Sages (Ṛṣis) addressing Sūta Gosvāmin