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Conversation Between Maitreya and Vidura
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TEXT 48
येऽहीयन्तामुतः केशा अहयस्तेऽङ्ग जज्ञिरे । सर्पाः प्रसर्पतः क्रूरा नागा भोगोरुकन्धराः ॥४८॥
ye 'hīyantāmutaḥ keśā ahayas te 'nga jajñire sarpāḥ prasarpataḥ krūrā nāgā bhogoru-kandharāḥ
ye—which; ahīyanta—dropped out; amutaḥ—from that; keśāḥ—hairs; ahayaḥ—snakes; te—they; anga—O dear Vidura; jajñire—took birth as; sarpāḥ—snakes; prasarpataḥ—from the crawling body; krūrāḥ—envious; nāgāḥ—cobras; bhoga—with hoods; uru—big; kandharāḥ—whose necks.
TRANSLATION
O dear Vidura, the hair that dropped from that body transformed into snakes, and even while the body crawled along with his hands and feet contracted, there sprang from it ferocious serpents and Nāgas with their hoods expanded.
TEXT 49
स आत्मानं मन्यमानः कृतकृत्यमिवात्मभूः । तदा मनून् ससर्जन्ते मनसा लोकभावनान् ॥४९॥
sa ātmānam inanyamānaḥ kṛta-kṛtyam ivātmabhūḥ tadā manūn sasarjānte manasā loka-bhāvanān
saḥ—Lord Brahmā; ātmānam—himself; manyamānaḥ—considering; kṛta-kṛtyam—had accomplished the object of life; iva—as if; ātma-bhūḥ—born from the Supreme; tadā—then; manūn—the Manus; sasarja—created; ante—at the end; manasā—from his mind; loka—of the world; bhāvanān—promoting the welfare.
TRANSLATION
One day Brahmā, the self-born, the first living creature, felt as if the object of his life had been accomplished. At that time he evolved from his mind the Manus, who promote the welfare activities of the universe.