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SB 6.4.19

Devanāgarī

मनसैवासृजत्पूर्वं प्रजापतिरिमा: प्रजा: । देवासुरमनुष्यादीन्नभ:स्थलजलौकस: ॥ १९ ॥

Text

manasaivāsṛjat pūrvaṁ prajāpatir imāḥ prajāḥ devāsura-manuṣyādīn nabhaḥ-sthala-jalaukasaḥ

Synonyms

manasā—by the mind;eva—indeed;asṛjat—created;pūrvam—in the beginning;prajāpatiḥ—theprajāpati(Dakṣa);imāḥ—these;prajāḥ—living entities;deva—the demigods;asura—the demons;manuṣya-ādīn—and other living entities, headed by the human beings;nabhaḥ—in the skies;sthala—on the land;jala—or within the water;okasaḥ—who have their abodes.

Translation

With his mind, Prajāpati Dakṣa first created all kinds of demigods, demons, human beings, birds, beasts, aquatics and so on.

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