Shloka 13
बक-गौतमाख्यानम् / The Baka–Gautama Account
On Gratitude and Friendship Ethics
सो5सृजद् वातमर्ग्निं च भास्करं चापि वीर्यवान् । आकाशमस्जच्चोर्ध्वमधो भूमिं च नै#ऋतीम्,उन शक्तिशाली पितामहने वायु, अग्नि और सूर्यकी सृष्टि की। आकाश, ऊपर, नीचे, भूमि तथा राक्षससमूहकी भी रचना की
so ’sṛjad vātaṃ vahniṃ ca bhāskaraṃ cāpi vīryavān | ākāśam asṛjac cordhvam adho bhūmiṃ ca nairṛtīm ||
毗湿摩说道：“那位威能无比的始祖（生主）生出了风、火与太阳；又创造了虚空、上界与下界、大地，以及那罗利多（Nairṛta，罗刹）一类的众生。”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames the cosmos as a deliberate, structured creation: fundamental forces (wind, fire, sun) and realms (sky, above, below, earth) arise from a powerful source. This supports the Shānti Parva’s broader ethical vision that dharma and human order are grounded in an underlying cosmic order.
Bhīṣma continues an explanatory discourse describing how the Progenitor/Creator generated key elements and domains of the universe, including the class of Nairṛta beings, as part of a systematic account of origins.