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.
ヴァイシャンパーヤナは言った。「おお、神々のうち最も卓越せる者たちよ。われは汝らを、行為へと傾く性質（プラヴリッティ）を具えて創造した。ゆえに、諸世界の統御者たちよ、劫（カルパ）の終わりが来るまで、それぞれの管掌に従い、衆生の福利を思惟し、これを推し進めよ。マリーチ、アンギラス、アトリ、プラスタヤ、プラハ、クラトゥ、ヴァシシュタ——この七仙は、まことにブラフマーの心より生まれた創造であった。」
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).