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TEXT 8
tusita nama te deva
asan svayambhuvantare
marici-misra rsayo
yajnah sura-ganesvarah
SYNONYMS
tusitahthe category of the Tusitas; namaof the name; teall of them; devahdemigods; asanbecame; svayambhuvathe name of the Manu; antareat that period; marici-misrahheaded by Marici; rsayahgreat sages; yajnahthe incarnation of Lord Visnu; sura-gana-isvarahthe king of the demigods.
TRANSLATION
During the time of Svayambhuva Manu, these sons all became the demigods collectively named the Tusitas. Marici became the head of the seven rsis, and Yajna became the king of the demigods, Indra.
PURPORT
During the life of Svayambhuva Manu, six kinds of living entities were generated from the demigods known as the Tusitas, from the sages headed by Marici, and from descendants of Yajna, king of the demigods, and all of them expanded their progeny to observe the order of the Lord to fill the universe with living entities. These six kinds of living entities are known as manus, devas, manu-putras, amsavataras, suresvaras and rsis. Yajna, being the incarnation of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, became the leader of the demigods, Indra.
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