CHAPTER TEN
Divisions of the Creation
TEXT 1
विदुर उवाच
अन्तर्हिते भगवति ब्रह्मा लोकपितामहः ।
प्रजाः ससर्ज कतिधा दैहिकीर्मानसीर्विभुः ॥ १ ॥
vidura uvāca
antarhite bhagavati
brahmā loka-pitā-mahaḥ
prajāḥ sasarja katidhā
daihikīr mānasīr vibhuḥ
śrī viduraḥ uvāca—Śrī Vidura said;  antarhite —after the disappearance;  bhagavati —of the Personality of Godhead;  brahmā —the first created living being;  loka-pitā-mahaḥ —the grandfather of all planetary inhabitants;  prajāḥ —generations;  sasarja —created;  katidhāḥ —how many;  daihikīḥ —from his body;  mānasīḥ —from his mind;  vibhuḥ —the great.
TRANSLATION
Śrī Vidura said: O great sage, please let me know how Brahmā, the grandfather of the planetary inhabitants, created the bodies of the living entities from his own body and mind after the disappearance of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
TEXT 2
ये च मे भगवन् पृष्ठास्त्वय्यर्था बहुवित्तम ।
तान् वदस्वानुपूर्व्येण छिन्धि नः सर्वसंशयान् ॥२॥
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