Aṅgirā. No genealogy bound him. He was not born, he emerged. One of the first visionaries, one of the founders of sacred insight, a being who heard the rhythm of the cosmos before anyone else understood its beat.

Brahmā meditated on devotion, knowledge, and sound. From his contemplation emerged a sage holding a shining vīṇā. He was Narada.

Early-Middle Satya (Krita) Yuga In the quiet dawn of creation, when the worlds were formed but empty, and the wind blew over land that had never known footsteps. Marīci , the mind-born sage, sat absorbed in meditation. From him emerged a child whose aura shimmered like the earth just before rain. Brahmā looked upon the newborn boy and said softly: “You shall be Kaśyapa—he who drinks in sight, he who perceives the hidden order of creation.” Kaśyapa opened his eyes, and in them