Shloka 19
अध्याय ३५१ — उञ्छवृत्ति-व्रतसिद्धेः मानुषस्य परमगतिः
Sūrya–Nāga Dialogue on the Perfected Gleaner-Ascetic
मम त्वं नाभितो जात: प्रजासर्गकर: प्रभु: । सृज प्रजास्त्वं विविधा ब्रह्मन् सजडपण्डिता:
mama tvaṁ nābhito jātaḥ prajāsargakaraḥ prabhuḥ | sṛja prajāstvam vividhā brahman sajaḍapaṇḍitāḥ ||
ヴァイシャンパーヤナは語った。「汝は我が臍より生まれし者、婆羅門よ。衆生創造を担うべく任ぜられた、力ある主である。ゆえに種々の生類を創れ——無情と有情、鈍き者と賢き者とをも——世界が満ち、秩序づけられるように。」
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames creation as a purposeful, ordered act: the creator is tasked to generate diverse beings of all capacities, implying that variety in intelligence and nature is part of the intended cosmic arrangement supporting social and moral order (dharma).
A higher creator figure addresses the navel-born Brahman/creator, commissioning him to produce the manifold population of the world—encompassing all types of beings, from insentient or dull to intelligent and learned.