kalpānte 'nyan na kiñcana

ātmā yaḥ puruṣaḥ paraḥ

sa evāsīd idaṁ viśvaṁ

kalpānte 'nyan na kiñcana

The Supreme Person, the soul of all superior and inferior beings, existed at the end of the millennium, when neither this manifested cosmos nor anything else but him existed.

In order to understand the topic, he relates in five verses the dynasty of Manu from the beginning of creation, bringing in topics already spoken.

|| 9.1.9 ||

tasya nābheḥ samabhavat

padma-koṣo hiraṇmayaḥ

tasmiñ jajñe mahārāja

svayambhūś catur-ānanaḥ

O King Parīkṣit! From the navel of the Supreme Lord was generated a golden lotus, on which the four-faced Lord Brahmā took his birth.

|| 9.1.10 ||

marīcir manasas tasya

jajñe tasyāpi kaśyapaḥ

dākṣāyaṇyāṁ tato 'dityāṁ

vivasvān abhavat sutaḥ

From the mind of Lord Brahmā, Marīci took birth, and from Marīci, Kaśyapa appeared. From Kaśyapa, in the womb of Aditi, daughter of Dakṣa, Vivasvān took birth.

|| 9.1.11-12 ||

tato manuḥ śrāddhadevaḥ

saṁjñāyām āsa bhārata

śraddhāyāṁ janayām āsa

daśa putrān sa ātmavān

ikṣvāku-nṛga-śaryāti-

diṣṭa-dhṛṣṭa-karūṣakān

nariṣyantaṁ pṛṣadhraṁ ca

nabhagaṁ ca kaviṁ vibhuḥ

O King, best of the Bhārata dynasty! From Vivasvān, in the womb of Saṁjñā, Śrāddhadeva Manu was born. Śrāddhadeva Manu, having conquered his senses, begot ten sons in the womb of his wife, Śraddhā. The names of these sons were Ikṣvāku, Nṛga, Śaryāti, Diṣṭa, Dhṛṣṭa, Karūṣaka, Nariṣyanta, Pṛṣadhra, Nabhaga and Kavi.

|| 9.1.13 ||

aprajasya manoḥ pūrvaṁ

vasiṣṭho bhagavān kila

mitrā-varuṇayor iṣṭiṁ

prajārtham akarod vibhuḥ

Manu at first had no sons. Therefore, in order to get a son for him, the great saint Vasiṣṭha, who was very powerful in spiritual knowledge, performed a sacrifice to satisfy Mitra and Varuṇa.

 

This was previous to the birth to Ikṣvāku and other sons.

|| 9.1.14 ||

tatra śraddhā manoḥ patnī