Adhyaya 48 — The Netherworlds
ततो देवासुरान् पितॄन् मानुषांश्च चतुष्टयम् ।
सिसृक्षुरम्भांस्येतानि स्वमात्मानमयूयुजत् ॥
tato devāsurān pitṝn mānuṣāṃś ca catuṣṭayam |
sisṛkṣur ambhāṃsy etāni svam ātmānam ayūyujat ||
Entonces, deseando crear los cuatro grupos—dioses, asuras, pitṛs y humanos—él (Prajāpati) aplicó su propio ser a ese acto.
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The cosmos is portrayed as arising from deliberate, purposive agency (Prajāpati’s resolve), not mere accident—supporting a teleological view of order (ṛta/dharma).
Sarga: the narrative specifies the intended differentiation into four key classes of beings.
‘Yoking the self’ hints that creation is a self-modification of the creator principle: multiplicity emerges through self-engagement rather than from an external material.