ऋषिसर्गवर्णन (Rishi-Sarga Varṇana) — Account of the Creation/Origination of Sages and Beings
यदास्य मनसा सृष्टा न व्यवर्द्धन्त ताः प्रजाः / अपध्याता भगवता महादेवेन धीमता
yadāsya manasā sṛṣṭā na vyavarddhanta tāḥ prajāḥ / apadhyātā bhagavatā mahādevena dhīmatā
When the beings he had created by his mind did not multiply, the wise Bhagavān Mahādeva withdrew his contemplation from them.