Shloka 16
बक-गौतमाख्यानम् / The Baka–Gautama Account
On Gratitude and Friendship Ethics
मरीचिमृषिमत्रिं च पुलस्त्यं पुलहं क्रतुम् वसिष्ठाड़िरसौ चोभौ रुद्रं च प्रभुमी श्वरम्,तदनन्तर भगवान् ब्रह्माने लौकिक शरीर धारण करके मुनिवर मरीचि, अत्रि, पुलस्त्य, पुलह, क्रतु, वसिष्ठ, अज्धिरा तथा स्वभाव एवं ऐश्वर्यसे सम्पन्न रुद्र--इन तेजस्वी पुत्रोंको उत्पन्न किया
bhīṣma uvāca | marīcim ṛṣim atriṃ ca pulastyaṃ pulahaṃ kratum | vasiṣṭham āṅgirasaṃ cobhau rudraṃ ca prabhum īśvaram | tad-anantaram bhagavān brahmā laukika-śarīraṃ dhārayitvā munivara-marīciṃ atriṃ pulastyaṃ pulahaṃ kratuṃ vasiṣṭham āṅgirasaṃ tathā svabhāva-aiśvarya-sampannaṃ rudraṃ—imān tejasvinaḥ putrān utpādayāmāsa ||
Bhīṣma disse: “Depois, o bem-aventurado Brahmā, assumindo forma mundana, gerou como filhos radiantes os grandes videntes Marīci, Atri, Pulastya, Pulaha, Kratu, Vasiṣṭha e Aṅgiras; e também Rudra — o Senhor poderoso, dotado por natureza de poder soberano.”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse presents creation as an ordered emergence of spiritual authorities—great ṛṣis and Rudra—implying that dharma in the world rests on a divinely instituted lineage of wisdom (sages) and governance (īśvara/prabhu).
Bhīṣma recounts a cosmogonic sequence: Brahmā assumes a manifest body and generates luminous sons—named sages and Rudra—thereby populating the world with foundational teachers and a powerful divine principle.