Verse 6

¹The bringing forth of gods and antigods and men, of snakes, of beasts and birds, you have told me in brief, as it was in Svayambhuva's period. ²I want to know it from you at length, revered one: by what power the highest Bhagavan brought forth the creation that came after. ³Hearing this full question of the royal sage, the son of Badarayana, the great yogin, welcomed it and spoke, best of sages. ⁴When the ten sons of Pracinabarhis, the Pracetas, came up out of the sea, they saw the earth covered over with trees. ⁵Angry at the trees, their fury lit by their austerity, they sent out wind and fire from their mouths, meaning to burn them.

⁶Seeing the trees burning in those two, best of the Kurus, the great Soma, the king, spoke, as though quieting the anger.