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Creation of the Kumāras and Others
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atha —thus;  abhidhyāyataḥ —while thinking of;  sargam —creation;  daśa —ten;  putrāḥ —sons;  prajajñire —were begotten;  bhagavat —regarding the Personality of Godhead;  śakti —potency;  yuktasya —empowered with;  loka —the world;  santāna —generation;  hetavaḥ —the causes.
TRANSLATION
Brahmā, who was empowered by the Supreme Personality of Godhead, thought of generating living entities and begot ten sons for the extension of the generations.
TEXT 22
मरीचिरश्यङ्गिरसौ पुलस्त्यः पुलहः क्रतुः । भृगुर्वसिष्ठो दक्षश्च दशमस्तत्र नारदः ॥२२॥
marīcir atry-aṅgirasau pulastyaḥ pulahaḥ kratuḥ bhṛgur vasiṣṭho dakṣaś ca daśamas tatra nāradaḥ
marīciḥ, atri, aṅgirasau, pulastyaḥ, pulahaḥ, kratuḥ, bhṛguḥ, vasiṣṭhaḥ, dakṣaḥ —names of sons of Brahmā;  daśamaḥ —the tenth;  tatra —there;  nāradaḥ —Nārada.
TRANSLATION
Marīci, Atri, Aṅgirā, Pulastya, Pulaha, Kratu, Bhṛgu, Vasiṣṭha, Dakṣa, and the tenth son, Nārada, were thus born.
PURPORT
The whole process of the creation, maintenance and dissolution of the cosmic manifestation is meant to give the conditioned souls a chance to go back home, back to Godhead. Brahmā created Rudra to help him in his creative endeavor, but from the very beginning Rudra began to devour the whole creation, and thus he had to be stopped from such devastating activities. Brahmā therefore created another set of good children who were mostly in favor of worldly fruitive activities. He knew very well, however, that without devotional service to the Lord there is hardly any benefit for the conditioned souls, and therefore he at last created his worthy son Nārada, who is the supreme spiritual master of all transcendentalists. With-