अव्यक्तप्रभवो ब्रह्मा शाश्वतो नित्य अव्ययः॥ तस्मान्मरीचिः संजज्ञे मरीचे: कश्यपः सुतः। विवस्वान् कश्यपाज्जज्ञे मनुर्वैवस्वतः स्मृतः॥
avyaktaprabhavo brahmā śāśvato nitya avyayaḥ|| tasmānmarīciḥ saṃjajñe marīce: kaśyapaḥ sutaḥ| vivasvān kaśyapājjajñe manurvaivasvataḥ smṛtaḥ||
English Meaning
The perpetual, everlasting, and undeteriorating Brahmā sprang from the Unmanifest (Brahmā). From him sprang Marīci; and Kasyapa is son to Marīci. And from Kaśyapa sprung Vivasvat; and Manu is son to Vivasvat.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)