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SB 3.10.27

Devanāgarī

वैकृतास्रय एवैते देवसर्गश्च सत्तम । वैकारिकस्तु य: प्रोक्त: कौमारस्तूभयात्मक: ॥ २७ ॥

Text

vaikṛtās traya evaite deva-sargaś ca sattama vaikārikas tu yaḥ proktaḥ kaumāras tūbhayātmakaḥ

Synonyms

vaikṛtāḥ—creations of Brahmā;trayaḥ—three kinds;eva—certainly;ete—all these;deva-sargaḥ—appearance of the demigods;ca—also;sattama—O good Vidura;vaikārikaḥ—creation of demigods by nature;tu—but;yaḥ—which;proktaḥ—described before;kaumāraḥ—the four Kumāras;tu—but;ubhaya-ātmakaḥ—both ways (namelyvaikṛtaandprākṛta).

Translation

O good Vidura, these last three creations and the creation of demigods (the tenth creation) are vaikṛta creations, which are different from the previously described prākṛta (natural) creations. The appearance of the Kumāras is both.

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