Shloka 13
Āścarya-kathana: Brāhmaṇa–Nāga Dialogue on Sūrya (Vivasvat) and the ‘Second Sun’ Phenomenon
यदासीन्मानसं जन्म नारायणमुखोद्गतम् | ब्रह्मण: पृथिवीपाल तदा नारायण: स्वयम्
yad āsīn mānasaṃ janma nārāyaṇa-mukhodgatam | brahmaṇaḥ pṛthivīpāla tadā nārāyaṇaḥ svayam ||
ヴァイシャンパーヤナは言った。「王よ、創造の初め、ナーラーヤナご自身の口より梵天（ブラフマー）の意生の出生が初めて現れたその原初の時、ナーラーヤナは自らこのダルマを彼に授けた。その同じダルマによって、ナーラーヤナは神々と祖霊（ピトリ）への供養の儀礼を行い、のちにフェーナパと呼ばれる仙人たちがそのダルマを受け入れ、守り伝えた。」
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Dharma is presented as primordial and authoritative: it originates with Nārāyaṇa, is taught to Brahmā at creation’s beginning, and is validated through practice—worship of gods and ancestors—before being received by later sages. The verse frames righteous ritual and ethical order as rooted in the divine source and transmitted through lineage.
Vaiśaṃpāyana recounts an origin-story: at the first emergence of Brahmā’s mind-born creation from Nārāyaṇa, Nārāyaṇa instructs Brahmā in a specific Dharma. Nārāyaṇa then exemplifies it by performing deva- and pitṛ-worship, and the Phenapa sages later adopt that same Dharma, showing its continuity across cosmic and human time.