Shloka 69
Atithi-prāpti and the Brāhmaṇa’s Deliberation on Triadic Dharma (अतिथिप्राप्तिः धर्मत्रयविचारश्च)
'देवश्रेष्ठगण! मैंने प्रवृत्तिप्रधान गुणके सहित तुमलोगोंकी सृष्टि की है, अतः लोकेश्चरो! जबतक कल्पका अन्त न हो जाय, तबतक तुमलोग अपने अधिकारके अनुसार लोगोंका हितचिन्तन करते रहो ।।
devāśreṣṭhagaṇāḥ! mayā pravṛttipradhānaguṇakaiḥ saha yuṣmākaṃ sṛṣṭiḥ kṛtā; ataḥ lokeśvarāḥ! yāvat kalpāntaṃ na bhavati, tāvat yuṣmākaṃ svādhikārānusāreṇa lokānāṃ hitacintanaṃ kuruta. marīcir aṅgirā atriḥ pulastyaḥ pulahaḥ kratuḥ vasiṣṭha iti saptaite mānasā nirmitā hi te.
Vaiśampāyana dit : «Ô vous, les plus éminents parmi les dieux ! Je vous ai créés pourvus de la qualité qui incline à l’action et à l’engagement (pravṛtti). Aussi, ô souverains des mondes, jusqu’à ce que vienne la fin du kalpa, continuez de méditer et de promouvoir le bien des êtres selon vos juridictions respectives. Marīci, Aṅgiras, Atri, Pulastya, Pulaha, Kratu et Vasiṣṭha — ces sept sages furent, en vérité, des créations nées de l’esprit de Brahmā.»
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Cosmic administrators (devas/lokeśvaras) are enjoined to uphold dharma through active engagement (pravṛtti) by working for the welfare of beings within their allotted authority, continuously until the end of the cosmic cycle.
Vaiśampāyana reports a creation-and-duty instruction: the gods are reminded that they were created with an action-oriented disposition and are commanded to keep promoting the world’s welfare until kalpānta; the passage then identifies the seven mind-born sages of Brahmā (the Saptaṛṣis).