The eldest born, viz., Marichi, beget, by his will, a son named Kashyapa, highly energetic and the foremost of all person conversant with Brahma.
मरीचिः कश्यपं तात पुत्रमग्रजमग्रजः। मानसं जनयामास तैजसं ब्रह्मवित्तमम्॥