Verse 21

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From the nine Brahmas to the royal lines· Verses 14–21

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the springing up of the nine Brahmas; the destroying of Daksa's sacrifice; then the doings of Dhruva, of Prthu, of Pracinabarhis; and his conversation with Narada; then the line of Priyavrata, brahmins; then the deeds of Nabhi, of Rsabha and of Bharata; the setting out of the islands, the lands and the oceans with their mountains and rivers; the arrangement of the wheel of lights; and how the world below and the hells stand; Daksa's birth from the Pracetas, and the offspring of his daughters, from whom came gods and antigods and men, and animals and trees and birds and the rest; the birth and the death of Tvastr's son, and of Diti's two sons, brahmins; and the doings of the lord of the Daityas, Prahlada, great of soul;

the telling of the ages of Manu; the release of the elephant king; and the descents of Visnu in the ages of Manu, the horse-headed one and the rest; the tortoise, Dhanvantari, the fish and the dwarf of the world's lord; and likewise the churning of the milk sea for the deathless drink, for those who live in heaven; the great war of gods and antigods; the recital of the royal lines; the birth of Iksvaku, and his line, and Sudyumna great of soul;