Lokakalpanā / The Ordering of the Worlds
Cosmogony and Earth’s Retrieval
स्थानात्मनः स सृष्ट्वा तु ततो ऽन्यान्स तदासृजत् / देवांश्चैव पितॄंश्चैव यौरिमा वर्द्धिताः प्रजाः
sthānātmanaḥ sa sṛṣṭvā tu tato 'nyānsa tadāsṛjat / devāṃścaiva pitṝṃścaiva yaurimā varddhitāḥ prajāḥ
Having first created the very essence of the stations (sthāna), he then, at that time, brought forth others as well—both the Devas and the Pitṛs (Fathers), by whom these creatures were increased.