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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 6, Ch. 6]
aryamṇo mātṛkā patnī tayoś carṣaṇayaḥ sutāḥ yatra vai mānuṣī jātir brahmaṇā copakalpitā
aryamṇaḥ—of Aryamā; mātṛkā—Mātṛkā; patnī—the wife; tayoḥ—by their union; carṣaṇayaḥ sutāḥ—many sons who were learned scholars; yatra—wherein; vai—indeed; mānuṣī—human; jātiḥ—species; brahmaṇā—by Lord Brahmā; ca—and; upakalpitā—was created.
TRANSLATION
From the womb of Mātṛkā, the wife of Aryamā, were born many learned scholars. Among them Lord Brahmā created the human species, which are endowed with an aptitude for self-examination.
TEXT 43
पूषानपत्यः पिष्टादो मग्नदन्तोऽभवत् पुरा । योऽसौ दक्षाय कुपितं जहास विवृतद्विजः ॥४३॥
pūṣānapatyaḥ piṣṭādo bhagna-danto 'bhavat purā yo 'sau dakṣāya kupitam jahāsa vivṛta-dvijaḥ
pūṣā—Pūṣā; anapatyaḥ—without children; piṣṭa-adaḥ—who lives by eating flour; bhagna-dantaḥ—with broken teeth; abhavat—became; purā—formerly; yaḥ—who; asau—that; dakṣāya—at Dakṣa; kupitam—very angry; jahāsa—laughed; vivṛta-dvijaḥ—uncovering his teeth.
TRANSLATION
Pūṣā had no sons. When Lord Śiva was angry at Dakṣa, Pūṣā had laughed at Lord Śiva and shown his teeth. Therefore he lost his teeth and had to live by eating only ground flour.