12.181
भृगुरुवाच॥
bhṛguruvāca॥
[भृगुः (bhṛguḥ) - Bhṛgu; (name of a sage); उवाच (uvāca) - said; spoke;]
(Bhṛgu said;)
Bhṛgu said.
असृजद्ब्राह्मणानेव पूर्वं ब्रह्मा प्रजापतिः। आत्मतेजोभिनिर्वृत्तान्भास्कराग्निसमप्रभान् ॥१२-१८१-१॥
asṛjad brāhmaṇān eva pūrvaṃ brahmā prajāpatiḥ। ātma-tejo-bhinirvṛttān bhāskara-agni-sama-prabhān ॥12-181-1॥
[असृजत् (asṛjat) - created; ब्राह्मणान् (brāhmaṇān) - Brāhmaṇas; एव (eva) - indeed; पूर्वम् (pūrvam) - formerly; ब्रह्मा (brahmā) - Brahmā; प्रजापतिः (prajāpatiḥ) - the Lord of creatures; आत्म (ātma) - own; तेजः (tejaḥ) - splendor; अभिनिर्वृत्तान् (abhinirvṛttān) - manifested; भास्कर (bhāskara) - sun; अग्नि (agni) - fire; सम (sama) - equal; प्रभान् (prabhān) - in radiance;]
(Brahmā, the Lord of creatures, indeed formerly created the Brāhmaṇas, manifested from his own splendor, equal in radiance to the sun and fire.)
Brahmā, the Lord of creatures, in the beginning created the Brāhmaṇas from his own splendor, making them as radiant as the sun and fire.
ततः सत्यं च धर्मं च तपो ब्रह्म च शाश्वतम्। आचारं चैव शौचं च स्वर्गाय विदधे प्रभुः ॥१२-१८१-२॥
tataḥ satyaṃ ca dharmaṃ ca tapo brahma ca śāśvatam। ācāraṃ caiva śaucaṃ ca svargāya vidadhe prabhuḥ ॥12-181-2॥
[ततः (tataḥ) - then; सत्यं (satyaṃ) - truth; च (ca) - and; धर्मं (dharmaṃ) - righteousness; च (ca) - and; तपः (tapaḥ) - austerity; ब्रह्म (brahma) - Brahman; च (ca) - and; शाश्वतम् (śāśvatam) - eternal; आचारं (ācāraṃ) - conduct; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; शौचं (śaucaṃ) - purity; च (ca) - and; स्वर्गाय (svargāya) - for heaven; विदधे (vidadhe) - established; प्रभुः (prabhuḥ) - the Lord;]
(Then truth and righteousness and austerity and eternal Brahman, conduct indeed and purity and for heaven, the Lord established.)
Then the Lord established truth, righteousness, austerity, the eternal Brahman, proper conduct, and purity for the sake of heaven.
देवदानवगन्धर्वदैत्यासुरमहोरगाः। यक्षराक्षसनागाश्च पिशाचा मनुजास्तथा ॥१२-१८१-३॥
devadānavagandharvadaityāsuramahoragāḥ। yakṣarākṣasanāgāśca piśācā manujāstathā ॥12-181-3॥
[देव (deva) - god; दानव (dānava) - dānava (demon); गन्धर्व (gandharva) - gandharva (celestial musician); दैत्य (daitya) - daitya (demon); असुर (asura) - asura (demon); महोरग (mahoraga) - great serpent; यक्ष (yakṣa) - yakṣa (nature-spirit); राक्षस (rākṣasa) - rākṣasa (demon); नाग (nāga) - nāga (serpent); च (ca) - and; पिशाच (piśāca) - piśāca (flesh-eating spirit); मनुज (manuja) - manuja (human); तथा (tathā) - likewise;]
(gods, dānavas, gandharvas, daityas, asuras, great serpents, yakṣas, rākṣasas, nāgas and piśācas, and humans likewise.)
Gods, dānavas, gandharvas, daityas, asuras, great serpents, yakṣas, rākṣasas, nāgas, piśācas, and humans as well.
ब्राह्मणाः क्षत्रिया वैश्याः शूद्राश्च द्विजसत्तम। ये चान्ये भूतसङ्घानां सङ्घास्तांश्चापि निर्ममे ॥१२-१८१-४॥
brāhmaṇāḥ kṣatriyā vaiśyāḥ śūdrāś ca dvijasattama। ye cānye bhūtasaṅghānāṃ saṅghās tāṃś cāpi nirmame ॥12-181-4॥
[ब्राह्मणाः (brāhmaṇāḥ) - Brāhmaṇas; (priests; क्षत्रियाः (kṣatriyāḥ) - Kṣatriyas; (warriors; वैश्याः (vaiśyāḥ) - Vaiśyas; (merchants; शूद्राः (śūdrāḥ) - Śūdras; (servants; च (ca) - and; द्विजसत्तम (dvijasattama) - O best of twice-born; ये (ye) - who; च (ca) - and; अन्ये (anye) - others; भूतसङ्घानाम् (bhūtasaṅghānām) - of the groups of beings; सङ्घाः (saṅghāḥ) - groups; तान् (tān) - them; च (ca) - and; अपि (api) - also; निर्ममे (nirmame) - created;]
(Brāhmaṇas, Kṣatriyas, Vaiśyas, Śūdras and, O best of twice-born, who and others of the groups of beings, groups them and also created.)
O best of the twice-born, Brāhmaṇas, Kṣatriyas, Vaiśyas, Śūdras, and all other groups among beings—He also created all those groups.
ब्राह्मणानां सितो वर्णः क्षत्रियाणां तु लोहितः। वैश्यानां पीतको वर्णः शूद्राणामसितस्तथा ॥१२-१८१-५॥
brāhmaṇānāṃ sito varṇaḥ kṣatriyāṇāṃ tu lohitaḥ। vaiśyānāṃ pītako varṇaḥ śūdrāṇāmasitastathā ॥12-181-5॥
[ब्राह्मणानाम् (brāhmaṇānām) - of the Brāhmaṇas; सितः (sitaḥ) - white; वर्णः (varṇaḥ) - color; क्षत्रियाणाम् (kṣatriyāṇām) - of the Kṣatriyas; तु (tu) - but; लोहितः (lohitaḥ) - red; वैश्यानाम् (vaiśyānām) - of the Vaiśyas; पीतकः (pītakaḥ) - yellow; वर्णः (varṇaḥ) - color; शूद्राणाम् (śūdrāṇām) - of the Śūdras; असितः (asitaḥ) - black; तथा (tathā) - likewise;]
(Of the Brāhmaṇas, the color is white; of the Kṣatriyas, but, red; of the Vaiśyas, the color is yellow; of the Śūdras, black likewise.)
The Brāhmaṇas are associated with the color white, the Kṣatriyas with red, the Vaiśyas with yellow, and the Śūdras with black.
भरद्वाज उवाच॥
bharadvāja uvāca॥
[भरद्वाज (bharadvāja) - Bharadvāja; (name of a sage); उवाच (uvāca) - said; spoke;]
(Bharadvāja said;)
Bharadvāja said.
चातुर्वर्ण्यस्य वर्णेन यदि वर्णो विभज्यते। सर्वेषां खलु वर्णानां दृश्यते वर्णसङ्करः ॥१२-१८१-६॥
cāturvarṇyasya varṇena yadi varṇo vibhajyate। sarveṣāṃ khalu varṇānāṃ dṛśyate varṇasaṅkaraḥ ॥12-181-6॥
[चातुर्वर्ण्यस्य (cāturvarṇyasya) - of the fourfold order; (of cāturvarṇya) वर्णेन (varṇena) - by the class; (by varṇa) यदि (yadi) - if; वर्णः (varṇaḥ) - class; (varṇa) विभज्यते (vibhajyate) - is divided; सर्वेषां (sarveṣāṃ) - of all; खलु (khalu) - indeed; वर्णानां (varṇānāṃ) - of the classes; दृश्यते (dṛśyate) - is seen; वर्णसङ्करः (varṇasaṅkaraḥ) - mixture of classes;]
(Of the fourfold order, if the class is divided by class, indeed, of all the classes, a mixture of classes is seen.)
If the fourfold order is divided by class, then indeed, a mixture of classes is seen among all the classes.
कामः क्रोधो भयं लोभः शोकश्चिन्ता क्षुधा श्रमः। सर्वेषां नः प्रभवति कस्माद्वर्णो विभज्यते ॥१२-१८१-७॥
kāmaḥ krodho bhayaṃ lobhaḥ śokaścintā kṣudhā śramaḥ। sarveṣāṃ naḥ prabhavati kasmādvarṇo vibhajyate ॥12-181-7॥
[कामः (kāmaḥ) - desire; क्रोधः (krodhaḥ) - anger; भयम् (bhayam) - fear; लोभः (lobhaḥ) - greed; शोकः (śokaḥ) - sorrow; चिन्ता (cintā) - anxiety; क्षुधा (kṣudhā) - hunger; श्रमः (śramaḥ) - fatigue; सर्वेषाम् (sarveṣām) - of all; नः (naḥ) - of us; प्रभवति (prabhavati) - arises; कस्मात् (kasmāt) - from what; वर्णः (varṇaḥ) - caste; विभज्यते (vibhajyate) - is divided;]
(Desire, anger, fear, greed, sorrow, anxiety, hunger, fatigue—of all of us arises; from what is caste divided?)
Desire, anger, fear, greed, sorrow, anxiety, hunger, and fatigue arise in all of us; so from what basis is caste divided?
स्वेदमूत्रपुरीषाणि श्लेष्मा पित्तं सशोणितम्। तनुः क्षरति सर्वेषां कस्माद्वर्णो विभज्यते ॥१२-१८१-८॥
svedamūtrapurīṣāṇi śleṣmā pittaṃ saśoṇitam। tanuḥ kṣarati sarveṣāṃ kasmād varṇo vibhajyate ॥12-181-8॥
[स्वेद (sveda) - sweat; मूत्र (mūtra) - urine; पुरीषाणि (purīṣāṇi) - feces; श्लेष्मा (śleṣmā) - phlegm; पित्तं (pittaṃ) - bile; सशोणितम् (saśoṇitam) - with blood; तनुः (tanuḥ) - body; क्षरति (kṣarati) - exudes; सर्वेषां (sarveṣāṃ) - of all; कस्मात् (kasmāt) - from what; वर्णः (varṇaḥ) - color; विभज्यते (vibhajyate) - is divided;]
(Sweat, urine, feces, phlegm, bile with blood—the body exudes these for all; from what is color divided?)
Sweat, urine, feces, phlegm, bile, and blood—these are exuded by the body of all beings; so from what is color (complexion) divided or distinguished?
जङ्गमानामसङ्ख्येयाः स्थावराणां च जातयः। तेषां विविधवर्णानां कुतो वर्णविनिश्चयः ॥१२-१८१-९॥
jaṅgamānāmasaṅkhyeyāḥ sthāvarāṇāṃ ca jātayaḥ। teṣāṃ vividhavarṇānāṃ kuto varṇaviniścayaḥ ॥12-181-9॥
[जङ्गमानाम् (jaṅgamānām) - of moving beings; असङ्ख्येयाः (asaṅkhyeyāḥ) - innumerable; स्थावराणाम् (sthāvarāṇām) - of stationary beings; च (ca) - and; जातयः (jātayaḥ) - species; तेषाम् (teṣām) - of them; विविधवर्णानाम् (vividhavarṇānām) - of various colors; कुतः (kutaḥ) - how; वर्णविनिश्चयः (varṇaviniścayaḥ) - determination of color;]
(Of moving beings, innumerable; of stationary beings, and, species; of them, of various colors, how, determination of color?)
There are innumerable species of moving and stationary beings. Among those of various colors, how can there be a determination of color? (12-181-9)
भृगुरुवाच॥
bhṛguruvāca॥
[भृगुः (bhṛguḥ) - Bhṛgu; (name of a sage); उवाच (uvāca) - said; spoke;]
(Bhṛgu said;)
Bhṛgu said.
न विशेषोऽस्ति वर्णानां सर्वं ब्राह्ममिदं जगत्। ब्रह्मणा पूर्वसृष्टं हि कर्मभिर्वर्णतां गतम् ॥१२-१८१-१०॥
na viśeṣo'sti varṇānāṃ sarvaṃ brāhmamidaṃ jagat। brahmaṇā pūrvasṛṣṭaṃ hi karmabhirvarṇatāṃ gatam ॥12-181-10॥
[न (na) - not; विशेषः (viśeṣaḥ) - distinction; अस्ति (asti) - is; वर्णानाम् (varṇānām) - of castes; सर्वम् (sarvam) - all; ब्राह्मम् (brāhmam) - of Brahman; इदं (idaṃ) - this; जगत् (jagat) - world; ब्रह्मणा (brahmaṇā) - by Brahman; पूर्वसृष्टम् (pūrvasṛṣṭam) - formerly created; हि (hi) - indeed; कर्मभिः (karmabhiḥ) - by actions; वर्णताम् (varṇatām) - to castehood; गतम् (gatam) - gone;]
(Not distinction is of castes; all this world is of Brahman; by Brahman formerly created indeed; by actions to castehood gone.)
There is no distinction among castes; all this world is of Brahman; it was formerly created by Brahman; indeed, by actions it has gone to castehood.
कामभोगप्रियास्तीक्ष्णाः क्रोधनाः प्रियसाहसाः। त्यक्तस्वधर्मा रक्ताङ्गास्ते द्विजाः क्षत्रतां गताः ॥१२-१८१-११॥
kāmabhogapriyāstīkṣṇāḥ krodhanāḥ priyasāhasāḥ। tyaktasvadharmā raktāṅgāste dvijāḥ kṣatratāṃ gatāḥ ॥12-181-11॥
[काम (kāma) - desire; भोग (bhoga) - enjoyment; प्रियाः (priyāḥ) - fond of; तीक्ष्णाः (tīkṣṇāḥ) - fierce; क्रोधनाः (krodhanāḥ) - irascible; प्रिय (priya) - fond; साहसाः (sāhasāḥ) - of daring; त्यक्त (tyakta) - abandoned; स्व (sva) - own; धर्मा (dharmā) - duty; रक्त (rakta) - reddened; अङ्गाः (aṅgāḥ) - limbed; ते (te) - those; द्विजाः (dvijāḥ) - twice-born; क्षत्रताम् (kṣatratām) - state of kṣatriya; गताः (gatāḥ) - have gone;]
(Fond of sensual enjoyments, fierce, irascible, fond of daring, having abandoned their own duty, with reddened limbs, those twice-born have gone to the state of kṣatriya.)
Those twice-born, fond of sensual pleasures, fierce, irascible, daring, having abandoned their own duty and with reddened limbs, have become kṣatriyas.
गोषु वृत्तिं समाधाय पीताः कृष्युपजीविनः। स्वधर्मं नानुतिष्ठन्ति ते द्विजा वैश्यतां गताः ॥१२-१८१-१२॥
goṣu vṛttiṃ samādhāya pītāḥ kṛṣyupajīvinaḥ। svadharmaṃ nānutiṣṭhanti te dvijā vaiśyatāṃ gatāḥ॥12-181-12॥
[गोषु (goṣu) - in cows; वृत्तिं (vṛttiṃ) - livelihood; समाधाय (samādhāya) - having established; पीताः (pītāḥ) - having drunk; कृष्युपजीविनः (kṛṣyupajīvinaḥ) - living by agriculture; स्वधर्मं (svadharmaṃ) - own duty; न (na) - not; अनुतिष्ठन्ति (anutiṣṭhanti) - perform; ते (te) - they; द्विजाः (dvijāḥ) - twice-born; वैश्यतां (vaiśyatāṃ) - state of a Vaiśya; गताः (gatāḥ) - have gone;]
(Having established livelihood in cows, having drunk (milk), living by agriculture, those twice-born who do not perform their own duty, they have gone to the state of a Vaiśya.)
Those twice-born who, having made their livelihood from cows and agriculture and having drunk (milk), do not perform their own duty, have become like Vaiśyas.
हिंसानृतप्रिया लुब्धाः सर्वकर्मोपजीविनः। कृष्णाः शौचपरिभ्रष्टास्ते द्विजाः शूद्रतां गताः ॥१२-१८१-१३॥
hiṁsānṛtapriyā lubdhāḥ sarvakarmopajīvinaḥ। kṛṣṇāḥ śaucaparibhraṣṭās te dvijāḥ śūdratāṁ gatāḥ ॥12-181-13॥
[हिंसा (hiṁsā) - violence; अनृत (anṛta) - falsehood; प्रिया (priyā) - fond of; लुब्धाः (lubdhāḥ) - greedy; सर्व (sarva) - all; कर्म (karma) - actions; उपजीविनः (upajīvinaḥ) - subsisting on; कृष्णाः (kṛṣṇāḥ) - dark (in conduct); शौच (śauca) - purity; परिभ्रष्टाः (paribhraṣṭāḥ) - deprived of; ते (te) - those; द्विजाः (dvijāḥ) - twice-born; शूद्रताम् (śūdratām) - state of a śūdra; गताः (gatāḥ) - have gone;]
(Fond of violence and falsehood, greedy, subsisting on all actions, dark (in conduct), deprived of purity—those twice-born have gone to the state of a śūdra.)
Those twice-born who are fond of violence and falsehood, greedy, living by all kinds of work, dark in conduct, and deprived of purity, have become like śūdras.
इत्येतैः कर्मभिर्व्यस्ता द्विजा वर्णान्तरं गताः। धर्मो यज्ञक्रिया चैषां नित्यं न प्रतिषिध्यते ॥१२-१८१-१४॥
ityetaiḥ karmabhir vyastā dvijā varṇāntaraṃ gatāḥ। dharmo yajñakriyā caiṣāṃ nityaṃ na pratiṣidhyate॥12-181-14॥
[इति (iti) - thus; एतैः (etaiḥ) - by these; कर्मभिः (karmabhiḥ) - by actions; व्यस्ता (vyastāḥ) - separated; द्विजाः (dvijāḥ) - twice-born; वर्णान्तरम् (varṇāntaram) - another caste; गताः (gatāḥ) - have gone; धर्मः (dharmaḥ) - duty; यज्ञक्रिया (yajñakriyā) - sacrificial act; च (ca) - and; एषाम् (eṣām) - of these; नित्यं (nityam) - always; न (na) - not; प्रतिषिध्यते (pratiṣidhyate) - is prohibited;]
(Thus, by these actions, the twice-born, separated, have gone to another caste. Duty and sacrificial act of these is always not prohibited.)
Thus, by these actions, the twice-born who have become separated have entered another caste. Their duty and sacrificial acts are never prohibited.
वर्णाश्चत्वार एते हि येषां ब्राह्मी सरस्वती। विहिता ब्रह्मणा पूर्वं लोभात्त्वज्ञानतां गताः ॥१२-१८१-१५॥
varṇāś catvāra ete hi yeṣāṃ brāhmī sarasvatī। vihitā brahmaṇā pūrvaṃ lobhāt tv ajñānatāṃ gatāḥ ॥12-181-15॥
[वर्णाः (varṇāḥ) - letters; चत्वार (catvāra) - four; एते (ete) - these; हि (hi) - indeed; येषाम् (yeṣām) - of whom; ब्राह्मी (brāhmī) - of Brahmā; सरस्वती (sarasvatī) - Sarasvatī; विहिता (vihitā) - established; ब्रह्मणा (brahmaṇā) - by Brahmā; पूर्वम् (pūrvam) - formerly; लोभात् (lobhāt) - from greed; तु (tu) - but; अज्ञानताम् (ajñānatām) - to ignorance; गताः (gatāḥ) - have gone;]
(Letters four these indeed of whom of Brahmā Sarasvatī established by Brahmā formerly from greed but to ignorance have gone.)
These four letters, which are of Brahmā and Sarasvatī, were formerly established by Brahmā, but due to greed, they have now fallen into ignorance.
ब्राह्मणा धर्मतन्त्रस्थास्तपस्तेषां न नश्यति। ब्रह्म धारयतां नित्यं व्रतानि नियमांस्तथा ॥१२-१८१-१६॥
brāhmaṇā dharmatantrasthās tapas teṣāṃ na naśyati. brahma dhārayatāṃ nityaṃ vratāni niyamāṃs tathā ॥12-181-16॥
[ब्राह्मणा (brāhmaṇāḥ) - Brāhmaṇas; धर्मतन्त्रस्थाः (dharmatantrasthāḥ) - established in the system of dharma; तपः (tapaḥ) - austerity; तेषाम् (teṣām) - of them; न (na) - not; नश्यति (naśyati) - perishes; ब्रह्म (brahma) - Veda; धारयताम् (dhārayatām) - of those who uphold; नित्यं (nityam) - always; व्रतानि (vratāni) - vows; नियमान् (niyamān) - disciplines; तथा (tathā) - also;]
(Brāhmaṇas established in the system of dharma—their austerity does not perish. Of those who always uphold the Veda, so also the vows and disciplines.)
The austerity of Brāhmaṇas established in the system of dharma does not perish. For those who always uphold the Veda, their vows and disciplines also remain.
ब्रह्म चैतत्पुरा सृष्टं ये न जानन्त्यतद्विदः। तेषां बहुविधास्त्वन्यास्तत्र तत्र हि जातयः ॥१२-१८१-१७॥
brahma caitat-purā sṛṣṭaṃ ye na jānanti-atad-vidaḥ। teṣāṃ bahu-vidhās-tv-anyās-tatra tatra hi jātayaḥ॥12-181-17॥
[ब्रह्म (brahma) - the Absolute; च (ca) - and; एतत् (etat) - this; पुरा (purā) - formerly; सृष्टम् (sṛṣṭam) - created; ये (ye) - who; न (na) - not; जानन्ति (jānanti) - know; अतद्विदः (atad-vidaḥ) - ignorant of that; तेषाम् (teṣām) - of them; बहुविधाः (bahu-vidhāḥ) - of many kinds; तु (tu) - but; अन्याः (anyāḥ) - other; तत्र (tatra) - there; तत्र (tatra) - there; हि (hi) - indeed; जातयः (jātayaḥ) - births;]
(The Absolute and this formerly created—those who do not know, ignorant of that, for them, of many kinds, but, other, there, there, indeed, births.)
The Absolute and this world were created long ago; those who do not know this, being ignorant of it, for them, there are indeed many other kinds of births here and there.
पिशाचा राक्षसाः प्रेता बहुधा म्लेच्छजातयः। प्रनष्टज्ञानविज्ञानाः स्वच्छन्दाचारचेष्टिताः ॥१२-१८१-१८॥
piśācā rākṣasāḥ pretā bahudhā mlecchajātayaḥ। pranaṣṭajñānavijñānāḥ svacchandācāraceṣṭitāḥ ॥12-181-18॥
[पिशाचा (piśācā) - piśāca-demons; राक्षसाः (rākṣasāḥ) - rākṣasa-demons; प्रेता (pretā) - ghosts; बहुधा (bahudhā) - in many ways; म्लेच्छजातयः (mlecchajātayaḥ) - of barbarian races; प्रनष्टज्ञानविज्ञानाः (pranaṣṭajñānavijñānāḥ) - whose knowledge and wisdom are destroyed; स्वच्छन्दाचारचेष्टिताः (svacchandācāraceṣṭitāḥ) - acting according to their own will; ॥१२-१८१-१८॥ (॥12-181-18॥) - ;]
(piśāca-demons, rākṣasa-demons, ghosts, in many ways, of barbarian races, whose knowledge and wisdom are destroyed, acting according to their own will.)
There are piśāca-demons, rākṣasa-demons, ghosts, and many kinds of barbarian races, whose knowledge and wisdom are destroyed, acting as they please.
प्रजा ब्राह्मणसंस्काराः स्वधर्मकृतनिश्चयाः। ऋषिभिः स्वेन तपसा सृज्यन्ते चापरे परैः ॥१२-१८१-१९॥
prajā brāhmaṇasaṃskārāḥ svadharmakṛtaniścayāḥ। ṛṣibhiḥ svena tapasā sṛjyante cāpare paraiḥ ॥12-181-19॥
[प्रजा (prajā) - offspring; ब्राह्मणसंस्काराः (brāhmaṇasaṃskārāḥ) - those sanctified by Brāhmaṇa rites; स्वधर्मकृतनिश्चयाः (svadharmakṛtaniścayāḥ) - resolved in performing their own duty; ऋषिभिः (ṛṣibhiḥ) - by sages; स्वेन (svena) - by their own; तपसा (tapasā) - by austerity; सृज्यन्ते (sṛjyante) - are created; च (ca) - and; अपरे (apare) - others; परैः (paraiḥ) - by others;]
(Offspring sanctified by Brāhmaṇa rites, resolved in performing their own duty, are created by sages by their own austerity, and others by others.)
Those offspring who are sanctified by Brāhmaṇa rites and are resolute in performing their own duty are created by sages through their own austerity, while others are created by others.
आदिदेवसमुद्भूता ब्रह्ममूलाक्षयाव्यया। सा सृष्टिर्मानसी नाम धर्मतन्त्रपरायणा ॥१२-१८१-२०॥
ādidevasamudbhūtā brahmamūlākṣayāvyayā। sā sṛṣṭirmānasī nāma dharmatantraparāyaṇā ॥12-181-20॥
[आदि (ādi) - beginning; देव (deva) - god; समुद्भूता (samudbhūtā) - originated; ब्रह्म (brahma) - Brahman; मूल (mūla) - root; अक्षय (akṣaya) - imperishable; अव्यया (avyayā) - unchanging; सा (sā) - she; सृष्टि (sṛṣṭi) - creation; मानसी (mānasī) - of the mind; नाम (nāma) - named; धर्म (dharma) - dharma; तन्त्र (tantra) - system; परायणा (parāyaṇā) - devoted to;]
(Originated from the primeval god, rooted in Brahman, imperishable, unchanging; she, the creation named Mānasī, devoted to the system of dharma.)
She, Mānasī, the creation that arose from the primeval god, rooted in Brahman, imperishable and unchanging, is devoted to the system of dharma.
