श्रीराजोवाच देवासुरनृणां सर्गो नागानां मृगपक्षिणाम् । सामासिकस्त्वया प्रोक्तो यस्तु स्वायम्भुवेऽन्तरे ॥ १ ॥ तस्यैव व्यासमिच्छामि ज्ञातुं ते भगवन् यथा । अनुसर्गं यया शक्त्या ससर्ज भगवान् पर: ॥ २ ॥
sri-rajovaca devasura-nrnam sargo naganam mrga-paksinam samasikas tvaya prokto yas tu svayambhuve ’ntare tasyaiva vyasam icchami jnatum te bhagavan yatha anusargam yaya saktya sasarja bhagavan parah
- sri-raja uvaca
- the King said
- deva-asura-nrnam
- of the demigods, the demons and the human beings
- sargah
- the creation
- naganam
- of the Nagas (serpentine living entities)
- mrga-paksinam
- of the beasts and birds
- samasikah
- briefly
- tvaya
- by you
- proktah
- described
- yah
- which
- tu
- however
- svayambhuve
- of Svayambhuva Manu
- antare
- within the period
- tasya
- of this
- eva
- indeed
- vyasam
- the detailed account
- icchami
- I wish
- jnatum
- to know
- te
- from you
- bhagavan
- O my lord
- yatha
- as well as
- anusargam
- the subsequent creation
- yaya
- by which
- saktya
- potency
- sasarja
- created
- bhagavan
- the Supreme Personality of Godhead
- parah
- transcendental
The blessed King said to Sukadeva Gosvami: My dear lord, the demigods, demons, human beings, Nagas, beasts and birds were created during the reign of Svayambhuva 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 the Supreme Personality of Godhead by which He brought about the secondary creation.