Canto 3: The Status QuoChapter 10: Divisions of the Creation

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 3.10.27

vaikṛtās traya evaite

deva-sargaś ca sattama

vaikārikas tu yaḥ proktaḥ

kaumāras tūbhayātmakaḥ

SYNONYMS

vaikṛtāḥ — creations of Brahmā; trayaḥ — three kinds; eva — certainly; ete — all these; deva-sargaḥ — appearance of the demigods; ca — also; sattamaO good Vidura; vaikārikaḥ — creation of demigods by nature; tu — but; yaḥ — which; proktaḥ — described before; kaumāraḥ — the four Kumāras; tu — but; ubhaya-ātmakaḥ — both ways (namely vaikṛta and prākṛta).

TRANSLATION

O good Vidura, these last three creations and the creation of demigods (the tenth creation) are vaikṛta creations, which are different from the previously described prākṛta (natural) creations. The appearance of the Kumāras is both.

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