manusmriti

LAWS OF MANU
He was married to Khyati, the daughter of Daksha. He had two sons by her, named
Dhata and Vidhata – Sukra Acharya the guru of the Asuras especially to the famed
Maha Bali (the Great Sacrifice) and Chyavana. His daughter Bhargavi, married Lord
Vishnu the Supreme God of the Heavens. [Maha:1.5]
Maharishi Bhrigu is credited as the father of Hindu astrology and the first astrological
treatise However, the available evidence suggests that it was compiled over a period
of time by the various students in the lineage of Maharishi Bhrigu.
Maharishi Bhrigu was the first compiler of predictive astrology, Jyotisha. These
Horoscopes were based upon the planetary positions of the Sun, Moon, Mercury,
Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Rahu (North Node of the Moon) and Ketu (South Node
of the Moon).
One day while the Emperor Manu was washing his hands in the river a little fish came
flashing to him and asked the king to save Him, and out of compassion, he took him
home and put it in a water jar. It kept growing bigger and bigger, until King Manu first
put Him in a bigger pitcher, and then deposited Him in a well. When the well also
proved insufficient for the ever-growing Fish, the King placed Him in a tank (reservoir),
that was two yojanas (16 miles) in height above the surface and on land, as much in
length, and a yojana (8 miles) in breadth. As it grew further King Manu had to put the
fish in a river, and when even the river proved insufficient he placed it in the ocean,
after which it nearly filled the vast expanse of the great ocean.
It was then that the fish revealed himself as an incarnation of Lord Vishnu and told him
of the impending deluge which would destroy all living. The King built a huge boat
which housed his family, 9 types of seeds, and animals to repopulate the earth, after
the deluge would end and the oceans and seas would recede. At the time of deluge,
Vishnu appeared as a horned fish and Shesha appeared as a rope, with which
Vaivasvata Manu fastened the boat to horn of the fish. According to the Matsya
Purana, his boat was perched after the deluge on the top of the Malaya Mountains.
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