Manas Putra
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A 'mind-born' son — created directly from a part of the creator's own being rather than through birth, as when Brahma, by Shiva's grace, created sages like Marichi, Bhrigu, Angira, and Narada from his eyes, heart, head, and other parts of himself.
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Who were the Manas Putras Brahma created by Shiva's grace?
Through Shiva's grace, Brahma created mind-born sons from various parts of his body — Marichi from his eyes, Bhrigu from his heart, Angira from his head, Narada from his lower torso, and others — before splitting his own body into Swayambhuva Manu and Shatarupa to begin human progeny.
Sunandan, Nandan, Vishwanandan and Upanandan were produced to help Brahma in the Shwet Lohit kalpa
After Brahma ji worshipped and meditated on Sadyojata Shiva with the Sadyojata Prapadyami mantra, many kumars of white hue, of the form of the Parabrahma Parameshwar, were produced to assist him in the work of creation. Their names were Sunandan, Nandan, Vishwanandan and Upanandan.
Viraja, Vivaha, Vishoka and Vishwabhavan were born in the Rakta kalpa, and Vamadeva gave the power to create
Brahma ji folded his hands and bowed to the red-hued form, whose name is Vamadeva Shiva. After his grace, four sons were again produced — manasik sons of Brahma ji named Viraja, Vivaha, Vishoka and Vishwabhavan. Vamadeva Shiva gave Brahma ji knowledge there and again bestowed the shakti to bring forth the srishti.
Who was the first daughter to appear from Brahma?
Brahma gave birth to all his manas putras — among them all the rishis, the Sapta Rishis and the rest, Narad and everyone. After that the first daughter appeared, whose name is Sandhya. When creation was to be produced, Daksha Prajapati and the others had all been fashioned first.
How did Sandhya come to appear?
Brahma became wholly deluded by self-enchantment — that whatever he wished would happen, and he began to think himself very great. When such self-enchantment arose and he began to consider himself possessed of lordship, then from his mind an excellent young woman of very beautiful form was produced, whose name became Sandhya: Pratah Sandhya and Sayam Sandhya, two forms.
Twenty-one days of brahmacharya settles an ordinary sadhak — set that against crores of years of tapas
That you do an ordinary sadhana, keeping brahmacharya for twenty-one days, and after twenty-one days, on the twenty-second, no kaam bhavana arises within you. And he is Brahma himself, the father of this jagat, who made the creation, who has been foremost through five kalpas and in every kalpa gained samarthya by the aradhana of the five maharupas of Bhagwan Sadashiva for crores upon crores of years — and you say kaam bhavana came within him, that he could not be saved on seeing Saraswati, his manas putri.
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