Manvantaras : The Milking of the Earth - Verse 38

In the Manvantara of Tamasa, the gardsons of Pulastya (manifested themselves). Each of these Devaganas consisted of twentyfive (gods). obvious misprint, for Pratardana is mentioned in v. 24 above. Verses 26ff. give the list of the twelve gods in each set or class (gapa) of Devas. The reading in our text does not satisfy the condition of giving twelve gods in the Pratardana class. Hence the reading from a coi responding verse in Bd. P. (1.2.36. 30b) viz. avadhyc varatir deuo is accepted here.