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Creation of the Kumāras and Others
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TEXT 40
शोडश्युक्थौ पूर्ववक्त्रात्पुरीष्यग्निष्टुतावथ । आप्तोर्यामातिरात्रौ च वाजपेयं सगोसवम् ॥४०॥
ṣoḍaśy-ukthau pūrva-vaktrāt purīṣy-agniṣṭutāv atha āptoryāmātirātrau ca vājapeyam sagosavam
ṣoḍaśī-ukthau—types of sacrifices; pūrva-vaktrāt—from the eastern mouth; purīṣi-agniṣṭutau—types of sacrifices; atha—then; āptoryāma-atirātrau—types of sacrifices; ca—and; vājapeyam—type of sacrifice; sagosavam—type of sacrifice.
TRANSLATION
All the different varieties of fire sacrifices [ṣoḍaśī, uktha, purīṣi, agniṣṭoma, āptoryāma, atirātra, vājapeya and gosava] became manifested from the eastern mouth of Brahmā.
TEXT 41
विद्या दानं तपः सत्यं धर्मस्येति पदानि च । आश्रमांश्च यथासंख्यमसृजत्सह वृत्तिभिः ॥४१॥
vidyā dānam tapaḥ satyam dharmasyeti padāni ca āśramāmś ca yathā-saṅkhyam asṛjat saha vṛttibhiḥ
vidyā—education; dānam—charity; tapaḥ—penance; satyam—truth; dharmasya—of religion; iti—thus; padāni—four legs; ca—also; āśramān—orders of life; ca—also; yathā—as they are; saṅkhyam—in number; asṛjat—created; saha—along with; vṛttibhiḥ—by vocations.
TRANSLATION
Education, charity, penance and truth are said to be the four legs of religion and to learn this there are four orders of life with different classifications of castes according to vocation. Brahmā created all these in systematic order.