Shloka 12
Brahmā’s Enumeration of Primacies (Ādi) and the Supremacy of Knowledge
Jñāna
अहं प्रजापतीनां च सर्वेषां नात्र संशय: । मम विष्णुरचिन्त्यात्मा स्वयम्भूरिति स स्मृत:,सम्पूर्ण प्रजापतियोंका आदि मैं हूँ, इसमें संशय नहीं है। मेरे आदि अचिन्त्यात्मा भगवान् विष्णु हैं। उन्हींको स्वयम्भू कहते हैं
ahaṃ prajāpatīnāṃ ca sarveṣāṃ nātra saṃśayaḥ | mama viṣṇur acintyātmā svayambhūr iti sa smṛtaḥ ||
وایو نے کہا—تمام پرجاپتیوں کا آغاز میں ہی ہوں؛ اس میں کوئی شک نہیں۔ مگر میری اپنی ابتدا بھی وِشنو سے ہے، جن کی حقیقت ناقابلِ تصور ہے؛ وہ ‘سویَمبھو’ یعنی خودبخود موجود کہلاتے ہیں۔
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even exalted cosmic powers like Vāyu acknowledge a higher, ultimate source. The verse teaches theological hierarchy and humility: all secondary creators (Prajāpatis and even Vāyu) trace their origin to Viṣṇu, whose nature is beyond ordinary thought (acintya) and who is called Svayambhū, the self-existent.
Vāyudeva is speaking and clarifying his own cosmic status: he identifies himself as the primordial origin among the Prajāpatis, but then immediately situates himself under Viṣṇu, stating that Viṣṇu is his source and is traditionally known as Svayambhū.