Shloka 13
Jājali–Tulādhāra-saṃvāda: Yajña, Vṛtti, and Ātma-tīrtha (जाजलि-तुलाधार-संवादः)
प्रजा: सृष्टवा महातेजा: प्रजासगे पितामह: । अतीव वृद्धा बहुला नामृष्यत पुनः प्रजा:
prajāḥ sṛṣṭvā mahātejāḥ prajāsarge pitāmahaḥ | atīva vṛddhā bahulā nāmṛṣyata punaḥ prajāḥ ||
प्रजासृष्टि करते समय महातेजस्वी पितामह ब्रह्मा ने जब बहुत-से प्राणियों की रचना कर दी, तब प्रजा अत्यन्त बढ़कर बहुतेरी हो गई; इतनी अधिक प्रजा का होना ब्रह्माजी से सहन न हो सका।
नारद उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even divine creation must be guided by order, proportion, and restraint; unchecked increase leads to imbalance, so dharma includes regulating growth to preserve harmony.
Nārada describes Brahmā creating many beings, after which their numbers become excessively large; Brahmā finds this unsustainable and is led toward rethinking or instituting a regulated mode of creation.