Text 49] Conversation Between Maitreya and Vidura 795
TEXT 48
AAMT FM ATTLASH TAT |
Al: TAT: AT ATT AT SHAT: Vell
ye ‘hiyantamutah kesa
ahayas te ‘nga jajnire
sarpah prasarpatah kritra
naga bhogoru-kandharah
ye—which; ahiyanta—dropped out; amulah—from that; kesafi—hairs;
ahayahi—snakes; te—they; anga—O dear Vidura; jajnire—took birth as;
sarpah—snakes; prasarpatai—from the crawling body; krérah—envious;
nagah—cobras; bhoga—with hoods; uru—big; kandhara —whose necks.
TRANSLATION
O dear Vidura, the hair that dropped from that body transformed into
snakes, and even while the body crawled along with his hands and feet
contracted, there sprang from it ferocious serpents and Nagas with their
hoods expanded.
TEXT 49
aT A ATA: HAHAHA: |
TET AAT TAA HAT SATA [VSI
sa dtmdnarm manyamanah
krta-krtyam ivatmabhih
tadd maniin sasarjante
manasa loka-bhavanan
sah—Lord Brahma; dtmdnam—himself; man yamanah-—.considering; krta-
krtyam—had accomplished the object of life; iva—as if; dtma-bhaih—born
from the Supreme; tada—then; maniin—the Manus; sasarja—created; ante—
at the end; manasad—from his mind; loka—of the world; bhdvandn—promot-
ing the welfare.
TRANSLATION
One day Brahmi, the self-born, the first living creature, felt as if the
object of his life had been accomplished. At that time he evolved from his
mind the Manus, who promote the welfare activities of the universe.
