Text 41] Creation of the Kumaras and Others 473

TEXT 40

qezaeyt c \
aaa a aR Well

sodasy-ukthau pirva-vaktrat
purisy-agnistutav atha

aptoryamatiratrau ca
vajapeyam sagosavam

sodasi-ukthau—types of sacrifices; piirva-vaktrat—from the eastern
mouth; purisi-agnistutau—types of sacrifices; atha—then; aptoryama-
atirdtrau—types of sacrifices; ca—and; vajapeyam—type of sacrifice;
sagosavam—type of sacrifice.

TRANSLATION

All the different varieties of fire sacrifices [sodasi, uktha, purisi,
agnistoma, aptoryama, atiratra, vajapeya and gosava] became manifested
from the eastern mouth of Brahma.

TEXT 41

fren ard aa: aed ateafa Tatas |
apm wera safe iy 2

vidya danam tapah satyam
dharmasyeti padani ca

asramams ca yatha-sankhyam
asrjat saha urttibhih

vidya—education; danam—charity; tapah—penance; satyam—truth;
dharmasya—of religion; iti—thus; padani—four legs; ca—also; asraman—
orders of life; ca—also; yatha—as they are; sankhyam—in number;
asrjat—created; saha—along with; vrttibhih—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. Brahmi created all these in
systematic order.
