Devanagari
तुषिता नाम ते देवा आसन्स्वायम्भुवान्तरे ।
मरीचिमिश्रा ऋषयो यज्ञ: सुरगणेश्वर: ॥ ८ ॥
Verse text
tuṣitā nāma te devā
āsan svāyambhuvāntare
marīci-miśrā ṛṣayo
yajṣaḥ sura-gaṇeśvaraḥ
Synonyms
tuṣitāḥ
—
the category of the Tuṣitas
;
nāma
—
of the name
;
te
—
all of them
;
devāḥ
—
demigods
;
āsan
—
became
;
svāyambhuva
—
the name of the Manu
;
antare
—
at that period
;
marīci
—
miśrāḥ — headed by Marīci
;
ṛṣayaḥ
—
great sages
;
yajṣaḥ
—
the incarnation of Lord Viṣṇu
;
sura
—
gaṇa — īśvaraḥ — the king of the demigods .
Translation
During the time of Svāyambhuva Manu, these sons all became the demigods collectively named the Tuṣitas. Marīci became the head of the seven ṛṣis, and Yajṣa became the king of the demigods, Indra.
Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
During Svāyambhuva’s period, the Tuṣitas were the devatās, Marīci and others were the sages, and Yajṣa was the head of the devatās. Svāyambhuva Manu's two sons, Priyavrata and Uttānapāda, became very powerful, and their sons and grandsons were active during that period.
Incidentally, six types of beings who preside during that Manvantara are described in two verses. It will be explained later:
manvantaraṁ manur devā manu-putrāḥ sureśvaraḥ
ṛṣayo 'ṁśāvatāraś ca hareḥ ṣaḍ vidham ucyate
In each reign of Manu, six types of personalities appear as manifestations of Lord Hari: the ruling Manu, the chief devatās, the sons of Manu, Indra, the great sages and the partial incarnations of the Supreme Lord. SB 12.7.15
In this verse the total comes to six because Svāyambhuva was Manu and Yajṣa took the role of Indra and the avatāra of the Lord.
Purport
During the life of Svāyambhuva Manu, six kinds of living entities were generated from the demigods known as the Tuṣitas, from the sages headed by Marīci, and from descendants of Yajṣa, king of the demigods, and all of them expanded their progeny to observe the order of the Lord to fill the universe with living entities. These six kinds of living entities are known as
manus, devas, manu-putras, aṁśāvatāras, sureśvaras
and
ṛṣis.
Yajṣa, being the incarnation of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, became the leader of the demigods, Indra.