Shloka 34
Brahmacarya-Upāya: Jñāna, Śauca, and the Mind’s Role in Desire (शान्ति पर्व, अध्याय २०७)
वेदविद्याविधातारं ब्रह्माणममितद्युतिम् । भूतमातृगणाध्यक्ष॑ विरूपाक्षं च सोडसृजत्
vedavidyāvidhātāraṃ brahmāṇam amitadyutim | bhūtamātṛgaṇādhyakṣaṃ virūpākṣaṃ ca so 'sṛjat ||
તેણે વેદવિદ્યાના વિધાતા, અમિત તેજસ્વી બ્રહ્માને ઉત્પન્ન કર્યા; ત્યારબાદ ભૂતો અને માતૃગણોના અધ્યક્ષ વિરূপાક્ષ (રુદ્ર)ને પણ સર્જ્યા.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Cosmic authority is portrayed as structured and dharmic: Vedic knowledge is entrusted to Brahmā as the organizer of sacred order, while Rudra/Virūpākṣa is appointed as an overseer of beings and powerful divine forces (the Mātṛs), emphasizing responsibility and governance rather than arbitrary power.
Bhīṣma describes a sequence of creation: first Brahmā, radiant and connected with the Veda, is brought forth; then Virūpākṣa (Rudra) is created and assigned oversight of beings and the Mātṛ-hosts, indicating a delegated cosmic administration.