Verse 56
The pair, and the world fills· Verses 49–56
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49Then, taking on another body, he set his mind on making; but the making even of those sages of great strength did not spread. 50Knowing that in his heart, Kaurava, he thought it over again: How strange this is of mine, that though I am busy with it always, 51the creatures do not increase. Surely fate is the hindrance here. And while he was doing everything fitly in this way, and looking to fate, 52the form of Ka became two, that which they call the body; and out of those two divided forms a pair came about. 53The male among them became Svayambhuva Manu, the son of the self-born, ruling himself; and the woman who was there, named Satarupa, was the queen of that great one.
54Then, by the way of the pair, the creatures did indeed increase; and he begot five children on Satarupa. 55Priyavrata and Uttanapada, and three daughters, Bharata: Akuti, Devahuti and Prasuti, best of the good. 56He gave Akuti to Ruci, the middle one to Kardama, and Prasuti to Daksa; and it was from them that the world was filled.