Mahabharata — Anushasana Parva, Shloka 127
Pitṛ-śrāddha-haviḥ-phala-nirdeśa
Offerings for Ancestors and Their Stated Results
एते हि प्रस्रवा: सर्वे प्रजानां पतयस्त्रय: । सर्व संतानमेतेषामिदमित्युपधारय
ete hi prasravāḥ sarve prajānāṁ patayas trayaḥ | sarvaṁ santānam eteṣām idam ity upadhāraya ||
瓦西什塔说道：“确然，这一切皆为生类之源——三位众生之主（Prajāpati）。当深知：其余一切皆为其后裔；此整个世界皆由他们传衍而来。”
वसिष्ठ उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse asserts a foundational genealogical principle: three Prajāpatis are presented as primary sources of beings, and all other creatures are understood as their descendants—encouraging the listener to recognize an ordered origin of the world and its lineages.
The sage Vasiṣṭha is instructing his listener, emphasizing a cosmological-genealogical framework in which the world’s beings are traced back to three Prajāpatis, and urging careful understanding of this doctrine.