Shloka 5
Guṇa-traya-vibhāga-yoga (त्रिगुणविभागयोग) — The Analysis of the Three Guṇas
५) “मैंने विविध प्रकारके लोकोंको उत्पन्न करनेकी इच्छासे जो सबसे पहले तप किया
mayā vividha-prakārān lokān utpādayituṁ kāmayamānena yaḥ prathamaṁ tapaḥ kṛtaḥ, tasya mama akhaṇḍita-tapasaiva bhagavān svayaṁ sanaka-sanandana-sanātana-sanatkumāra-iti caturṣu “san”-nāmaka-rūpeṣu prādurabhavat; pūrva-kalpe pralaya-kāle asmin saṁsāre naṣṭaḥ ya ātmātattva-jñāna-pracāraḥ, taṁ tair yathāvat upadiṣṭaṁ, yena te munayaḥ sva-hṛdaye ātmātattvasya sākṣātkāraṁ prāpuḥ.
他说：“当我最初为欲生起种种世界而修行苦行之时，正凭我那不间断的苦行之力，主宰亲自显现为四种名含‘San’的形相——萨那迦（Sanaka）、萨难陀那（Sanandana）、萨那坦那（Sanātana）与萨那特库玛罗（Sanatkumāra）。在先前的宇宙周期中，于大毁灭之际，此世关于自我（Ātman）之智的教法曾一度湮没；这些圣贤又将其如实宣说，使诸见者在自心之中证得自我之真理。”
अजुन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Spiritual knowledge can be lost across cosmic dissolutions, but it is restored through realized teachers; unwavering discipline (akhaṇḍita tapas) becomes the condition for divine manifestation and for the re-establishment of ātmātattva-jñāna, culminating in direct inner realization (sākṣātkāra).
A cosmogonic account is given: the speaker describes performing primal austerity to generate worlds, after which the Lord appears as the four ‘San’ sages (the Kumāras). They revive the lost teaching of Self-knowledge from a prior kalpa’s pralaya, enabling sages to realize the Self in their hearts.