കുടുംബ പുരാണം [Manu]

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Hjn¡pw. FWn¡v km]n`à Cs¸m tkt*. FWns¡sâ bq_n Ss¶ tk\w.””
A½ F¶n«v FjptWäv Wn¶v bmân Du^n fmän. F¶n«v ssN bn¶nt`¡n«v {dm]psX ip¡v Ajn¨p. fp¯ÑsW N«n`nt`Nv NnX¯n]n«v A½ fp¯Ñsâ fpO¯nWp fpNan Nm`v C^p kl¯pw sk¨ Np´n¨n^p¶p.
“” W¡X Fsâ bqÀ..”” F¶p A½ b_t]* Smfhw fp¯Ñ³ H^p AXnfs] tbms` A½]psX bqÀ Wm¡v sNm*v W¡m³ SpX§n. A½¡v Wà tbms` hpOn¡p¶p*v F¶v B fpO¯n Wn¶v Ss¶ fWhn`mNpw. fp¯Ñ³ ssNNÄ D]À¯n B fp`Nan bnXn¨v sM^n¨p. A½]psX fp`Nan kas^ AfÀ¯n B\v fp¯Ñ³ bnXn¡p¶Sv. Np_¨p tW^w Cu N`m b^nbmXn SpXÀ¶v. tlgw A½ fp¯Ñsâ Np® ssN sNm*v bnXn¨v bqän N]än]n«v tS§m sbmSn¡m³ SpX§n. A½ Hmt^m lÐ§Ä bp_s¸Xpkn¡p¶p*v. Wà Btklt¯msX sbmSn¡Â SpXÀ¶p. ASnNw Smfhw tk*n k¶nà fp¯Ñ³ skXn sbm«n¨p. fp¯Ñsâ fpO¯p Wn¶v FWnNv ASv fWhn`m]n. A½ ko*pw sbmSn¨p sNm*n^p¶p. Np_¨p tW^w NqXn Njntª A½¡v ^Sn fqÀ¨ k¶pÅq. At¸mÄ A½ fp¯Ñsâ fm_nt`¡v ko\p. F¶n«v B Ip*pNÄ I¸n k`n¨p. A½]psX fp`NÄ fp¯Ñsâ fm_n AfÀ¶p Wn¶p. AkÀ A§sW NnX¡p¶Sp N*t¸mÄ Mm³ tWs^ Fsâ fp_n]nt`¡p tbm]n. H^p Wà km\w A§p kn«p.

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Wà ^oSn]n Nps_ NqXn knlUfm]n FjpSm³ Sm`vb^yw D*m]n^p¶p. bs£ hf]w AWpkUn¡p¶nÃ. AXp¯ emP§Ä FjpSm³ hmVn¡pw F¶v tSm¶p¶nÃ. BÀs¡¦n`pw SmSvb^yfps*¦n CSp SpXÀs¶jpSmw. Fs´¦n`pw him]§Ä Bklysf¦n Nsfâv sI]vSm fSn.