मैवं भो रक्ष्यतामेष यैरुक्तं राक्षसास्तु ते । ऊचुः खादाम इत्यन्ये ये ते यक्षास्तु जक्षणात्
Those who said, 'Do not do this, let him be protected,' became known as Rakshasas; others who said, 'Let us eat,' became Yakshas, from the act of eating.
अप्रियेण तु तान्दृष्ट्वा केशाः शीर्यन्तवेधसः । हीनाश्च शिरसो भूयः समारोहन्त तच्छिरः
Seeing them with displeasure, the hair of the Creator fell out; and from that fallen hair, new heads arose again on his body.
सर्पणात्तेऽभवन् सर्पा हीनत्वादहयः स्मृताः । ततः क्रुद्धो जगत्स्रष्टा क्रोधात्मानो विनिर्ममे । वर्णेन कपिशेनोग्रभूतास्ते पिशिताशनाः
From that shedding, serpents were born, and because they were fallen, they are called 'fallen ones'; then, angered, the creator of the world produced fierce beings with tawny color, who were flesh-eaters.
ध्यायतोंगात्समुत्पन्ना गन्धर्वास्तस्य तत्क्षणात् । पिबन्तो जज्ञिरे वाचं गन्धर्वास्तेन ते द्विज
As he meditated, Gandharvas arose from his body at that very moment; and those Gandharvas were born drinking speech, O twice-born.
एतानि सृष्ट्वा भगवान्ब्रह्म तच्छक्तिचोदितः । ततः स्वच्छन्दतोन्यानि वयांसि वयसोऽसृजत्
Having created these, the blessed Brahma, impelled by that power, then at his own will created other birds.
अवयो वक्षसश्चक्रे मुखतोजाः स सृष्टवान् । सृष्टवानुदराद्गाश्च पार्श्वभ्यां च प्रजापतिः
He created birds from his chest, strong ones from his mouth, cattle from his abdomen, and other creatures from his sides, O Lord of creatures.
पद्भ्यां चाश्वान्समातङ्गान्रासभान्गवयान्मृगान्। उष्ट्रानश्वतरांश्चैव न्यङ्कूनन्याश्च जातयः
From his feet he created horses, elephants, donkeys, wild oxen, deer, camels, mules, dwarfs, and other species.
ओषध्यः फलमूलिन्यो रोमभ्यस्तस्य जज्ञिरे । त्रेतायुगमुखे ब्रह्मा कल्पस्यादौ द्विजोत्तम । सृष्ट्वापश्चौषधीः सम्यग्युयोजस तदाध्वरे
Plants bearing fruit and roots were born from his hair; at the beginning of the Treta Yuga, at the start of the kalpa, O best of twice-born, Brahma created the plants and properly assigned them to the sacrifice.
गौरजः पुरुषो मेषश्चाश्वाश्वतरगर्दभाः । एतान्ग्राम्यान्पशूनाहुरारण्यांश्च निबोध मे
The cow-born man, the ram, horses, mules, and donkeys—these are called domestic animals; listen now to the wild ones.
श्वापदा द्विखुरा हस्ती वानराः पक्षिपंचमाः । औदकाः पशवः षष्ठाः सप्तमास्तु सरीसृपाः
Carnivores, cloven-hoofed animals, elephants, monkeys, birds as the fifth group, aquatic animals as the sixth, and reptiles as the seventh.
गायत्रं च ऋचश्चैव त्रिवृत्सोमं रथन्तरम् । अग्निष्टोमं च यज्ञानां निर्ममे प्रथमान्मुखात्
From his mouth, he created the Gāyatra and Ṛc verses, the Trivṛt Sāma, the Rathantara Sāma, and the Agniṣṭoma among sacrifices.
यजूंषि त्रैष्टुभं छन्दः स्तोमं पंचदशं तथा । बृहत्साम तथोक्थं च दक्षिणादसृजन्मुखात्
From his right side, he produced the Yajus verses, the Triṣṭubh meter, the Pañcadaśa Stoma, the Bṛhat Sāma, and the Uktha.
सामानि जगतीछन्दः स्तोमं सप्तदशं तथा । वैरूपमतिरात्रं च पश्चिमादसृजन्मुखात्
From his left side, he brought forth the Sāma verses, the Jagatī meter, the Saptadaśa Stoma, the Vairūpa, and the Atirātra.
एकविंशमथर्वाणमाप्तोर्यामाणमेव च । अनुष्टुभं च वैराजमुत्तरादसृजन्मुखात्
From his back, he created the Ekaviṃśa of the Atharvāṇa, the Āptoryāma, the Anuṣṭubh meter, and the Vairāja.
उच्चावचानि भूतानि गात्रेभ्यस्तस्य जज्ञिरे । देवासुरपितॄन् सृष्ट्वा मनुष्यांश्च प्रजापतिः
From his limbs were born beings of various forms; after creating the gods, asuras, ancestors, and humans, Prajāpati continued.
ततः पुनः ससर्जादौ संकल्पस्य पितामहः । यक्षान् पिशाचान्गन्धर्वान् तथैवाप्सरसां गणान्
Then again, at the beginning, the grandfather of resolve created Yakṣas, Piśācas, Gandharvas, and groups of Apsarases.
नरकिन्नररक्षांसि वयः पशुमृगोरगान् । अव्ययं च व्ययं चैव यदिदं स्थाणुजंगमम्
He created Nāgas, Kinnaras, Rākṣasas, birds, animals, cattle, serpents, the perishable and imperishable, all that is stationary and moving.
तत्ससर्ज तदा ब्रह्म भगवानादिकृत्प्रभुः । तेषां ये यानि कर्माणि प्राक्सृष्ट्यां प्रतिपेदिरे । तान्येव ते प्रपद्यन्ते सृज्यमानाः पुनःपुनः
At that time, the blessed Brahmā, the primordial lord, created them; whatever actions they had previously acquired before creation, those same actions they take up again, being created repeatedly.
हिंस्राहिंस्रे मृदुक्रूरे धर्मधर्मावृतानृते । तद्भाविताः प्रपद्यन्ते तस्मात्तत्तस्य रोचते
Violent and nonviolent, gentle and harsh, righteous and unrighteous, truth and falsehood—shaped by these, they attain what corresponds, and thus it pleases them.
इन्द्रि यार्थेषु भूतेषु शरीरेषु च स प्रभुः । नानात्वं विनियोगं च धातैवं व्यसृजत्स्वयम्
In the objects of the senses, in beings, and in bodies, the lord himself assigned diversity and allocation.
नाम रूपं च भूतानां कृत्यानां च प्रपंचनम् । वेदशब्देभ्य एवादौ देवादीनां चकार सः
He established the names and forms of beings, the manifestations of their actions, from the words of the Vedas, at the beginning, for gods and others.
ऋषीणां नामधेयानि यथा वेदश्रुतानि वै । तथा नियोगयोग्यानि ह्यन्येषामपि सोऽकरोत्
He made the names of the sages as heard in the Vedas, and likewise assigned appropriate duties to others according to their suitability.
यथर्तुष्वृतुलिंगानि नानारूपाणि पर्य ये । दृश्यन्ते तानि तान्येव तथा भावा युगादिषु
Just as the signs of the seasons and their various forms are seen, so too are the states at the beginning of each age.
करोत्येवंविधां सृष्टिं कल्पादौ स पुनःपुनः । सिसृक्षाशक्तियुक्तोसौ सृज्यशक्तिप्रचोदितः
Thus, at the start of each cycle, he repeatedly creates such a creation, endowed with the power of desire and impelled by the power of creation.
(गृहस्थसदाचाराणां मूत्रपुरीषोत्सर्गविधेश्च वर्णनम्) सगर उवाच गृहस्थस्य सदाचारं श्रोतुमिच्छाम्यहं मुने । लोकादस्मात् परस्माच्च यमातिष्ठन्न हीयते
Sagara said: I wish to hear, O sage, the proper conduct for a householder, which, when observed, does not diminish him in this world or the next.
और्व उवाच श्रूयतां पृथिवीपाल सदाचारस्य लक्षणम् । सदाचारवता पुंसा जितौ लोकावुभावपि
Aurva said: Let the characteristics of proper conduct be heard, O protector of the earth; one who possesses proper conduct conquers both worlds.
साधवः क्षीणदोषास्तु सच्छब्दः साधुवाचकः । तेषामाचरणं यस्तु सदाचारस्स उच्यते
The virtuous, whose faults are few, are called by the word 'good'; the conduct of those is what is termed proper conduct.
सप्तर्षयोऽथ मनवः प्रजानां पतयस्तथा । सदाचारस्य वक्तारः कर्तारश्च महीपते
The seven sages, the Manus, and the lords of creatures are the speakers and performers of proper conduct, O king.
ब्राह्मे मुहूर्त्ते चोत्थाय मनसा मतिमान्नृप । प्रबुद्धश्चिन्तयेद्धर्ममर्थं चाप्यविरोधिनम्
At the Brahma-muhurta, O wise king, rising up, one should contemplate with the mind upon righteousness and also upon wealth that is not opposed to it.
अपीडया तयोः काममुभयोरपि चिन्तयेत् । दृष्टादृष्टविनाशाय त्रिवर्गे समदर्शिता
Without causing harm to either, one should also consider desire in both, seeing the three aims of life equally, for the destruction of seen and unseen faults.