Vamana Purana — Harihara Revelation, Shloka 71
Harihara Revelation and the Kurukshetra Tirtha Cycle: Sthanu in Vishnu and the Sanctification of Saptasarasvata
अव्याक्तात् मभवन्त्येते त्रयो व्यक्ता महामुने अतो मरीचिप्रमुखास्तथान्ये ऽपि सहस्रशः
avyāktāt mabhavantyete trayo vyaktā mahāmune ato marīcipramukhāstathānye 'pi sahasraśaḥ
Mula sa Di-nahahayag (Avyakta), ang tatlong ito ay nagiging hayag, O dakilang muni. Mula sa kanila sumibol si Marīci at ang iba pang mga Prajāpati, gayundin ang marami pang iba, sa libo-libo.
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FAQs
Marīci is a primeval ṛṣi and Prajāpati, commonly counted among the mind-born sons of Brahmā. He functions as a progenitor through whom further lineages of sages, gods, and beings unfold.
Within this chapter’s sequence, ‘the three’ refers to the triad of guṇa-conditioned cosmic principles previously enumerated in the surrounding verses (including the tāmasa and rājasa forms just described). The verse summarizes their emergence from avyakta into vyakta manifestation.
It is an idiom for vast multiplicity—countless emanations and lineages—emphasizing the profusion of created categories rather than a fixed numeric count.