Mānasasṛṣṭi-varṇana (Account of Mind-born Creation) | मानससृष्टिवर्णनम्
एवसुक्तो ऽब्रवीदेनं नाहं मृत्युजरान्विताः / प्रजाः स्रक्ष्यामि भद्रं ते स्थितो ऽहं त्वं सृज प्रभो
evasukto 'bravīdenaṃ nāhaṃ mṛtyujarānvitāḥ / prajāḥ srakṣyāmi bhadraṃ te sthito 'haṃ tvaṃ sṛja prabho
Thus addressed, he replied: “Blessing be upon you; I will not create beings bound to death and old age. I remain withdrawn—O Lord, you create.”