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Himself; trayi-mayam—consisting of the three Vedas (Sama, Yajur and
Rg); karma-visuddhi—of purification of fruitive activities; nimittam—
the cause; kavibhih—by great saintly persons; api—also; ca—and;
vedena—by Vedic knowledge; vijijiasyamanah—being inquired about;
dvadasa-dha—in twelve divisions; vibhajya—dividing; satsu—in six;
vasanta-ddisu—headed by spring; rtusu—seasons; yatha-upajosam —
according to the enjoyment of their past activities; rtu-gundn—the
qualities of the different seasons; vidadhati—he arranges.
TRANSLATION

The original cause of the cosmic manifestation is the Supreme
Personality of Godhead, Narayana. When great saintly persons,
fully aware of the Vedic knowledge, offered prayers to the
Supreme Person, He descended to this material world in the form
of the sun to benefit all the planets and purify fruitive activities.
He divided Himself into twelve parts and created seasonal forms,
beginning with spring. In this way He created the seasonal
qualities, such as heat, cold and so on.

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Tafte geraan Fanaa saa: TafrTaa-
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tam etam iha purusas trayya vidyaya varndsramacaranupatha
uccavacaih karmabhir Gmnatair yoga-vitanais ca sraddhaya yajanto
‘fyasa Sreyah samadhigacchanii.

tam—Him (the Supreme Personality of Godhead); etam—this; iha—
in this world of mortality; puruséh—all people; trayya—having three
divisions; vidyaya —by the Vedic knowledge; varna-asrama-dcara—the
practices of the varndsrama system; anupathah—following; ucca-
avacaih—higher or lower according to the different positions in the var-
nasrama-dharma (bréhmana, ksatriya, vaisya and Sidra); kar-
mabhih—by their respective activities; dmndataih—handed down; yoga-
vitanaih—by meditation and other yogic processes; ca—and: Srad-
