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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.102.3

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 102: Vasiṣṭha recounts the royal lineage. He traces the dynasty from creation through Ikṣvāku and Sagara, invoking its tradition of eldest succession

In the sequence: he begins his account of the royal lineage with the waters at creation: Brahmā appears, takes a boar's form, raises the earth, and creates the world

2.102.3

sa varāhas tato bhūtvā projjahāra vasuṃdharām
asṛjac ca jagat sarvaṃ saha putraiḥ kṛtātmabhiḥ

He, then becoming a boar, raised up the earth, and created the whole world together with his sons of perfected souls.

Words: sa — he; varāhas tato bhūtvā — having then become a boar; projjahāra — raised up; vasuṃdharām — the earth (wealth-bearing); asṛjac ca — and created; jagat sarvaṃ — the whole world; saha putraiḥ — together with (his) sons; kṛtātmabhiḥ — of perfected souls

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki. Sanskrit: The Vālmīki-Rāmāyaṇa: Critical Edition, Oriental Institute, Baroda, 1960–1975 (gen. eds. G. H. Bhatt, U. P. Shah); IAST from GRETIL (Göttingen). Translation and word glosses: Claude Opus 4.6–4.7; summaries and sequences: ChatGPT Astra (machine-made). Numbering follows the Critical Edition, not the vulgate (e.g. Gita Press, valmikiramayan.net), so sarga and verse numbers can differ from those editions.