प्राणश् चैव मृकण्डुश् च मार्कण्डेयो मृकण्डुतः ततो वेदशिरा जज्ञे प्राणस्यापि सुतं शृणु॥ ४ ॥
prāṇaś caiva mṛkaṇḍuś ca mārkaṇḍeyo mṛkaṇḍutaḥ tato vedaśirā jajñe prāṇasyāpi sutaṃ śṛṇu
English
born of Bhrigu and Kyati namely Dhata and Bidliata. Two daughters, by name Ayati and Niyati were born of the high- souled Meru. And DliJta and Bidháta took them as their wives. Theý* gave birth to two sons named PrSna and Mirkandu. Of Mirkandu again was born a son named Márkandeya. And hear then again, a'son was born of Prðna by name Vedacira. Of the other sons of Prána one vvas named Kritim&n and the other Rájaván. And in this way did spread the family of the great Ðhrigu. Maricha's spouse Sargljhuti gave birth to a son named Paurnamasam. And of him were born two sons named Birajá and Sarvaga. And their sons I shall mention, twice-born one, when I shall relate the lineage at leisure. And Angiri's wife Smriti gave birth to four daughters, named Sinibali, Kuhoo, Rák5 and Anumati. And by Atri, Anasuya gave birth to three sons untouched by sin named Soma, Durblsi and the sage Dattatreyo. And Pulastya's wife Preeti gave birth to a child named Dattoli, who in his former birth or in the Sayambhava Manwlntara was known as the sage Agistya. KshamJ, the wife of the Patriarch Pulaha was the mother of three sons; Kardama, Avarian and Sahishnu. The wife of Kratu, Sannati, brought forth the sixty tliousand BSlakhilyas, pigmy sages, no bigger than a joint of the thumb, chaste, pious. resplendent as the rays of the Sun. Vasishtha had seven sons by his wife Urjja, Rajas, Gatra, Urdhabhahu, Basana, Anagha, Sutapas and Sukra, the seven pure sages. The Agni, named Abhimani, who is the eldest born of BrahmS, had, by SwahS, three sons of surpassing brilliancy :— Pavaka, Pavamana and Suchi who drinks up water. They had forty- five sons who (with the son of Brahma, the Agni named Abhimani and his three descendants) constitute the forty-nine Fires. I have mentioned the progenitors (Pritras) who were created by Brahma. Of those by Agnishwattas and Varhishads the former being devoid and the latter, possesaed of Fires*