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.
Vaiśampāyana disse: “Ó mais eminentes entre os deuses! Eu vos criei dotados da qualidade que inclina à ação e ao engajamento (pravṛtti). Portanto, ó governantes dos mundos, até que chegue o fim do kalpa, continuai a contemplar e a promover o bem dos seres segundo as vossas respectivas jurisdições. Marīci, Aṅgiras, Atri, Pulastya, Pulaha, Kratu e Vasiṣṭha—estes sete sábios foram, de fato, criações nascidas da mente de Brahmā.”
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).