 अथ वर्षसहस्रेण सदण्डस्सकमण्डलु:।पूर्वं धन्वन्तरिर्नाम अप्सराश्च सुवर्चस:।।  
 In this way thousand years rolled by. In the beginining came out Dhanvantari holding a staff and a water pot carried by ascetics and apsaras of high lustre.  