Shloka 13
Yoga-kṛtya (योककृत्य) — Vyāsa on Sense-Restraint, Obstacles, and Brahman-Realization
सर्वभूतान्युपादाय तपसश्नलरणाय हि । आदिकर्ता स भूतानां तमेवाहु: प्रजापतिम्,भूतोंके आदि कर्ता ब्रह्माजी ही तपस्याके लिये समस्त सूक्ष्म भूतोंको साथ लेकर समष्टि शरीरमें प्रवेश करके स्थित होते हैं; इसलिये मुनिजन उन्हें प्रजापति कहते हैं
sarvabhūtāny upādāya tapasas tvaṇāya hi | ādikartā sa bhūtānāṁ tam evāhuḥ prajāpatiṁ ||
Vyāsa said: Taking up all beings (in their subtle constituents) for the sake of austerity and creative exertion, he becomes the primordial maker of creatures. Therefore the sages call him “Prajāpati”, the Lord who brings forth and orders living beings.
व्यास उवाच
Educational Q&A
Creation and governance of beings is grounded in tapas—disciplined, purposeful power. The title ‘Prajāpati’ signifies not mere authority but the responsibility of originating and sustaining life through ordered, ascetic-intentional force.
Vyāsa identifies the primordial creator as one who ‘takes up’ all beings (their subtle constituents) and, through tapas, becomes the first maker; hence sages designate him Prajāpati, the lord associated with generating and organizing creatures.