Brahma eternal, existing through all time and incapable of decay, sprang from the sky. From him Marici came into being, and Kaśyapa is Marici's son.
आकाशप्रभवो ब्रह्मा शाश्वतो नित्य अव्ययः। तस्मान्मरीचिः संजज्ञे मरीचेः कश्यपः सुतः॥