Text 41] Creation of the Kumaras and Others 473
TEXT 40
qe z l
aratatarfacat a arta Itgell
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 ari a: aed eaten Tah
mpTatT TUS TTA TA: lly 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.
