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The Hainsa-guhya Prayers
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TEXTS 1-2
श्रीराजोवाच
देवासुरनृणां सर्गो नागानां मृगपक्षिणाम् । 
  सामासिकस्त्वया प्रोक्तो यस्तु स्वायम्भुवेऽन्तरे ॥ १ ॥ 
  तस्यैव व्यासमिच्छामि ज्ञातुं ते भगवन् यथा । 
  अनुसर्ग यथा शक्त्या ससर्ज भगवान् परः ॥ २ ॥
śrī-rājovāca 
  devāsura-nṛṇām sargo 
  nāgānām mṛga-pakṣiṇām 
  sāmāsikas tvayā prokto 
  yas tu svāyambhuve 'ntare 
 tasyaiva vyāsam icchāmi 
  jñātum te bhagavan yathā 
  anusargam yayā śaktyā 
  sasarja bhagavān paraḥ
śrī-rājā uvāca—the King said;  deva-asura-nṛṇām —of the demigods, the demons and the human beings;  sargaḥ —the creation;  nāgānām —of the Nāgas (serpentine living entities);  mṛga-pakṣiṇām —of the beasts and birds;  sāmāsikaḥ —briefly;  tvayā —by you;  proktaḥ —described;  yaḥ —which;  tu —however;  svāyambhuve —of Svāyambhuva Manu;  antare —within the period;  tasya —of this;  eva —indeed;  vyāsam —the detailed account;  icchāmi —I wish;  jñātum —to know;  te —from you;  bhagavan —O my lord;  yathā —as well as;  anusargam —the subsequent creation;  yayā —by which;  śaktyā —potency;  sasarja —created;  bhagavān —the Supreme Personality of Godhead;  paraḥ —transcendental.
TRANSLATION
The blessed King said to Śukadeva Gosvāmī: My dear lord, the demigods, demons, human beings, Nāgas, beasts and birds were created during the reign of Svāyambhuva Manu. You have spoken about this creation briefly [in the Third Canto]. Now I wish to know about it elaborately. I also wish to know about the potency of