Shloka 19
सर्गभेदाः — अविद्या, स्रोतोभेदाः, नव सर्गाः, देवासुरादिसृष्टिः, वेद-यज्ञप्रादुर्भावः
इत्य् एते कथिताः सर्गाः षड् अत्र मुनिसत्तम प्रथमो महतः सर्गो विज्ञेयो ब्रह्मणस् तु सः
ity ete kathitāḥ sargāḥ ṣaḍ atra munisattama prathamo mahataḥ sargo vijñeyo brahmaṇas tu saḥ
ഇങ്ങനെ, ഹേ മുനിശ്രേഷ്ഠാ, ഇവിടെ സൃഷ്ടിയുടെ ആറു വകഭേദങ്ങൾ പ്രസ്താവിക്കപ്പെട്ടു. അവയിൽ ആദ്യത്തേത് ‘മഹത്’ സൃഷ്ടിയെന്നു അറിയുക; അതു ബ്രഹ്മൻ (പരമ യാഥാർത്ഥ്യം) സംബന്ധിച്ച സൃഷ്ടിയാണ്.
Sage Parāśara (teaching Maitreya)
FAQs
This verse identifies Mahat as the first creation, marking the initial intelligible principle from which further cosmic manifestation proceeds.
He frames creation as sixfold and states that the first category is the creation of Mahat, grounding the sequence in a principled cosmological order.
By calling the first creation ‘of Brahman,’ the verse underscores that all emanation ultimately rests on the Supreme Reality—understood in the Vishnu Purana’s Vaishnava lens as the highest sovereign source.