Srimad Bhagavatam. Canto 4: Creation of the Fourth Order

Chapter 1: Genealogical Table of the Daughters of Manu. Text 8

तुषिता नाम ते देवा आसन्स्वायम्भुवान्तरे ।
मरीचिमिश्रा ऋषयो यज्ञः सुरगणेश्वरः ॥८॥

tuá¹£itÄ nÄma te devÄ
Äsan svÄyambhuvÄntare
marÄ«ci-miÅ›rÄ á¹›á¹£ayo
yajñaḥ sura-gaṇeśvaraḥ

 tuá¹£itÄḥ - the category of the Tuá¹£itas; nÄma - of the name; te - all of them; devÄḥ - demigods; Äsan - became; svÄyambhuva - the name of the Manu; antare - at that period; marÄ«ci-miÅ›rÄḥ - headed by MarÄ«ci; á¹›á¹£ayaḥ - great sages; yajñaḥ - the incarnation of Lord Viṣṇu; sura-gaṇa-Ä«Å›varaḥ - the king of the demigods.


Text

During the time of SvÄyambhuva Manu, these sons all became the demigods collectively named the Tuá¹£itas. MarÄ«ci became the head of the seven ṛṣis, and Yajña became the king of the demigods, Indra.

Purport

During the life of SvÄyambhuva Manu, six kinds of living entities were generated from the demigods known as the Tuá¹£itas, from the sages headed by MarÄ«ci, and from descendants of Yajña, 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, aá¹Å›ÄvatÄras, sureÅ›varas and ṛṣis. Yajña, being the incarnation of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, became the leader of the demigods, Indra.