Kaśyapa

Golden-hued, pure, purifying — those waters in which Kaśyapa was born, in which Indra was born;

By the sacred power of Asita, of Kaśyapa, and of Gaya — like female kin binding an inner treasure-sack, I bind up your good fortune.

He who is dear to svarga — [the son] of Kaśyapa — may he be ever wakeful in his own kingdom;

'Kaśyapa has a son known as Vibhāṇḍaka;

from Marīci, Kaśyapa is the son.

"When I previously gave the earth to Kaśyapa, Kaśyapa told me:

Born by the higher law, when he came into being together with those who grow together — when Agni was the father of Kaśyapa, Faith was the mother, Manu the sage.

The two who are called the yoked pair of Kaśyapa, the heaven-finders — whose universal ordinance and sacrifice the wise, having considered, observe.

O Ṛṣi among mantra-makers, magnifying Kaśyapa with his hymns of praise and his utterances — revere Soma the king, who was born as the lord of plants — flow around for Indra, O Indu.

I have heard the *dharmas* of Manu, as well as those of Vasiṣṭha and Kāśyapa.

the Lord Vipaśyin, Viśvabhū, Krakucchanda, Kanakamuni, Kāśyapa—all are called Buddhas of the past.

This is from the statement of Kaśyapa.

> If Daśamī is present for a little at sunrise, and Ekādaśī is complete, at the time when it is in the Śravaṇa *nakṣatra*, that *tithi* is called Vijayā.

"I will go and ask Kaśyapa;

Go, O goddess, to Janārdana (Viṣṇu).

Having made this resolve, the divine goddess, taking the form of a woman, Went to see Kaśyapa, and Kaśyapa saw her.