Lokakalpanā / The Ordering of the Worlds
Cosmogony and Earth’s Retrieval
नव ब्रह्माण इत्येते पुराणे निश्चयं गताः / ब्रह्मा यथात्मकानां तु सर्वेषां ब्रह्मयोगिनाम्
nava brahmāṇa ityete purāṇe niścayaṃ gatāḥ / brahmā yathātmakānāṃ tu sarveṣāṃ brahmayoginām
These are known as the “nine Brahmās”—so the Purāṇa declares with certainty. For all brahma-yogins whose nature is the Self, they are as Brahmā himself (a primordial archetype).