Shloka 3
Ahaṃkāra as the Second Creation: Brahmā’s Cosmological Instruction (अहंकार-प्राधान्येन सृष्टिवर्णनम्)
यह अहंकार भूतादि विकारोंका कारण है, इसलिये वैकारिक माना गया है। यह रजोगुणका स्वरूप है, इसलिये तैजस् है। इसका आधार चेतन आत्मा है। सारी प्रजाकी सृष्टि इसीसे होती है, इसलिये इसको प्रजापति कहते हैं ।।
devānāṃ prabhavo devo manasaś ca trilokakṛt | aham ity eva tat sarvam abhimantā sa ucyate ||
伐由说道：阿含迦罗乃诸大种与诸变异之因，故称毗迦利迦；它是罗阇斯之相，故名提阇斯；其所依为具觉知之我。万类众生之创造皆由此而起，故亦称生主（波罗阇钵底）。他是神中之神，连诸天亦由他而生；他为意之主宰，亦为三界之造作者。由于他以“我”之念攫取一切，皆认作“我之所有”“我自身”，故称为我执之原理——阿含迦罗。
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse characterizes the ‘I’-sense as a cosmic principle: it is called so because it appropriates all experience as “I.” It is also portrayed as foundational to mind and world-formation, reminding the listener that ego is not merely personal pride but a metaphysical function that must be understood and disciplined for ethical clarity.
Vāyu is instructing the listener in a doctrinal explanation of creation and inner psychology. He identifies a divine source connected with mind and the three worlds, and explains why it is termed the ‘I’-appropriator—linking cosmology with the inner mechanism by which beings identify with and claim phenomena.