पञ्चधाऽवस्थितः सर्गो ध्यायतो प्रतिबोधवान् । बहिरन्तोऽप्रकाशश्च संवृतात्मा नगात्मकः
The creation, existing in fivefold form, was present as he contemplated, but without awareness; it was both inner and outer, without light, veiled in its own nature, and tree-like in form.
तमोमोहो महामोहस्तामिस्रो ह्यन्धसंज्ञितः । अविद्या पंचपर्वैषा प्रादुर्भूता महात्मनः ॥५ पञ्चधाऽवस्थितः सर्गो ध्यायतो प्रतिबोधवान् । बहिरन्तोऽप्रकाशश्च संवृतात्मा नगात्मकः ॥६ मुख्या नगा यतः प्रोक्ता मुख्यसर्गस्ततस्त्वयम्
That great delusion is darkness-born, called tamas-moha and simply moha of blindness; this ignorance, fivefold in form, arose within the great‑souled one. Created in fivefold fashion, it stands; when contemplated it awakens the unawakened; it is inward and outward yet lacks light, a self‑enclosing, cityless self.
मुख्या नगा यतः प्रोक्ता मुख्यसर्गस्ततस्त्वयम् ७ तं दृष्ट्वाऽसाधकं सर्गममन्यदपरं पुनः
Because the primary trees are declared to be the main creation, this is called the primary creation; seeing that this creation was ineffective, he again made another.
तस्याभिध्यायतः सर्गस्तिर्यक्स्त्रोतोभ्यवर्त्तत । यस्मात्तिर्यक्प्रवृत्तिस्स तिर्यक्स्रोतास्ततः स्मृतः
As he contemplated, a creation with a horizontal current arose; because their activity was horizontal, it is known as the Tiryaksrotas creation.
पश्वादयस्ते विख्यातास्तमःप्राया ह्यवेदिनः । उत्पथग्राहिणश्चैव तेऽज्ञाने ज्ञानमानिनः
These, beginning with cattle, are well known; they are dominated by darkness and ignorant, following wrong paths, and though ignorant, they imagine themselves to possess knowledge.
अहंकृता अहंमाना अष्टाविंशद्वधात्मकाः । अतः प्रकाशास्ते सर्वे आवृताश्च परस्परम्
They are driven by ego and pride, numbering twenty-eight types; thus, all of them are manifest yet mutually obscured.
तमप्यसाधकं मत्वा ध्यायतोन्यस्ततोऽभवत् । ऊर्ध्वस्रोतास्तृतीयस्तु सात्त्विकोर्ध्वमवर्त्तत
Considering that creation also ineffective, as he meditated further, the third creation, the Sāttvika, arose upward as the Ūrdhvasrotas.
ते सुखप्रीतिबहुला बहिरन्तश्च नावृताः । प्रकाशा बहिरन्तश्च ऊर्ध्वस्रोतोद्भवाः स्मृताः
They are full of happiness and delight, unimpeded both within and without; luminous inside and out, they are said to be born of the upward current.
तुष्टात्मानस्तृतीयस्तु देवसर्गस्तु स स्मृतः । तस्मिन्सर्गेभवत्प्रीतिर्निष्पन्ने ब्रह्मणस्तदा
Content in themselves, this third creation is known as the creation of the gods; when this creation was accomplished, Brahmā experienced joy.
ततोन्यं स तदा दध्यौ साधकं सर्गमुत्तमम् . असाधकांस्तु ताञ्ज्ञात्वा मुख्यसर्गादिसम्भवान्
Then he contemplated another, superior creation, effective in its purpose, recognizing the previous ones, beginning with the primary creation, as ineffective.
तथाभिध्यायतस्तस्य सत्याभिध्यायिनस्ततः । प्रादुर्बभूव चाव्यक्तादर्वाक्स्रोतास्तु साधकः
Thus, as he meditated with true intent, from the unmanifest arose the downward-flowing, effective creation.
यस्मादर्वाग्व्यवर्त्तन्त ततोर्वाक्स्रोतसस्तु ते । ते च प्रकाशबहुलास्तमोद्रि क्ता रजोधिकाः
Because they turned away from the upward flow, those streams of speech became theirs; and those, abundant in illumination, were afflicted by darkness, dominated by passion.
तस्मात्ते दुःखबहुला भूयोभूयश्च कारिणः । प्रकाशा बहिरन्तश्च मनुष्याः साधकास्तु ते
Therefore, they are filled with suffering and repeatedly engaged in action; humans, manifest both outwardly and inwardly, are the ones who strive.
इत्येते कथिताः सर्गाः षडत्र मुनिसत्तम । प्रथमो महतः सर्गो विज्ञेयो ब्रह्मणस्तु सः
Thus, O foremost sage, these six creations have been described here; the first is known as the creation of Mahat, which belongs to Brahma.