Shloka 31
Atithi-prāpti and the Brāhmaṇa’s Deliberation on Triadic Dharma (अतिथिप्राप्तिः धर्मत्रयविचारश्च)
“व्यक्तभावको प्राप्त हुए उन्हीं अनिरुद्धने पितामह ब्रह्माकी सृष्टि की। वे ब्रह्मा सम्पूर्ण तेजोमय हैं और उन्हींको समष्टि अहंकार कहा गया है
vyaktabhāvakaḥ prāptaḥ sa evāniruddho pitāmaha-brahmaṇaḥ sṛṣṭiṃ cakāra | sa brahmā sarva-tejomayaḥ, sa eva ca samaṣṭy-ahaṅkāra iti kathyate |
ヴァイシャンパーヤナは言った。「ヴィヤクタバー ヴァカ（Vyaktabhāvaka）と呼ばれる原理が顕現すると、そのアニルッダこそが祖父ブラフマー（Pitāmaha Brahmā）の創造を生み出した。ブラフマーは全身が光輝より成ると説かれ、また総体としてのアハンカーラ（我執）—万有の『我』の原理—とも同一視され、そこから差別ある創造が流れ出る。」
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames creation as proceeding through cosmic principles: Brahmā, though a personal creator figure, is also interpreted philosophically as the universal (collective) ahaṅkāra—the cosmic ‘I’-sense that enables differentiation and the unfolding of the world.
Vaiśampāyana describes a stage in the cosmogonic account where Aniruddha, upon the manifestation of a ‘Vyaktabhāvaka’ principle, produces Brahmā (Pitāmaha) and characterizes Brahmā as radiant and as the cosmic ego-principle.