Prajapati, desirous of offspring, offered a sessional sacrifice (sattra) lasting three years, accompanied by the Sadhyas and the All-gods, we are told (iti). Thither came Vac in bodily form to the ceremony of initiation. On seeing her there simultaneously Ka’s (Prajapati’s) and Varuna’s semen was effused. Vayu scattered it in the fire at his will. Then from the flames Bhrgu was born, (and) the seer Angiras among the coals (angara). Vac, on seeing the two sons, herself being seen, said to Prajapati: ‘May a third seer also, in addition to these two, be (born) to me as a son.’ Prajapati (thus) addressed, replied ‘So be it’ to Bharati (Vac). Then the seer Atri was born, equal in splendour to Sun and Fire. Brhaspati was the son of the seer who was born from the coals (Angiras). Brhaspati’s (son) Bharadvaja, who is called Vidathin, and who was a preceptor among the Maruts, was (thus) the grandson of Angiras.
BRHADDEVATA, 5.97-103
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