Shloka 5
Ahaṃkāra as the Second Creation: Brahmā’s Cosmological Instruction (अहंकार-प्राधान्येन सृष्टिवर्णनम्)
अहंकारेणाहरतो गुणानिमान् भूतादिरेवं सृूजते स भूतकृत् वैकारिक: सर्वमिदं विचेष्टते स्वतेजसा रज्जयते जगत् तथा
ahaṅkāreṇāharato guṇān imān bhūtādir evaṁ sṛjate sa bhūtakṛt | vaikārikaḥ sarvam idaṁ viceṣṭate svatejasā rajjayate jagat tathā ||
伐由说道：“真我依托于我执（阿含迦罗），造作这些诸德（guṇa），继而又将其据为己有以供经验。那造物者——自诸元素始——便如此发动创造。诚然，这一切奔走动荡、奋求不息的世界，不过是作为变异之因的我执之形相；并且凭其自身之力，它以罗阇斯染遍宇宙，驱使万有趋向欲望与享乐。”
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse explains a Sāṅkhya-style account: the ego-principle (ahaṅkāra) generates and appropriates the guṇas and thereby drives the active world. Ethically, it implies that desire-driven activity (rajas) arises from ego-identification; reducing ego-clinging supports restraint and clearer discernment.
Vāyudeva is speaking in a doctrinal passage, describing how creation and worldly activity proceed through the ego-principle and the guṇas, emphasizing that the restless, desire-oriented character of the world is propelled by rajas arising from ahaṅkāra.