Shloka 30
अध्याय १९० — वामदेव-वाम्य-वृत्तान्तः
The Vāmadeva Horses Episode and the Ethics of Promise
सृष्टवा देवमनुष्यांस्तु गन्धर्वोरगराक्षसान् । स्थावराणि च भूतानि संहराम्यात्ममायया,मैं ही अपनी मायासे देवता, मनुष्य, गन्धर्व, नाग, राक्षस तथा स्थावर प्राणियोंकी सृष्टि करके समय आनेपर पुन: उनका संहार कर डालता हूँ
sṛṣṭvā devamanuṣyāṁs tu gandharvoragarākṣasān | sthāvarāṇi ca bhūtāni saṁharāmy ātma-māyayā ||
Nachdem Ich—durch meine eigene Kraft—Götter und Menschen, Gandharvas, Nāgas und Rākṣasas sowie die unbeweglichen Ordnungen der Wesen hervorgebracht habe, ziehe Ich sie zur rechten Zeit durch meine eigene Māyā auch wieder zurück.
देव उवाच
Educational Q&A
All categories of beings—divine, human, and other—are manifested and withdrawn under a single divine governance through māyā. Ethically, this frames worldly power and identity as transient, encouraging humility, restraint, and steadfast adherence to dharma rather than attachment or enmity.
The divine speaker declares his cosmic function: he creates various orders of beings and, when the time comes, dissolves them again by his own power. The statement situates the ongoing events within a larger cycle of creation and reabsorption.