Shloka 15
बक-गौतमाख्यानम् / The Baka–Gautama Account
On Gratitude and Friendship Ethics
तत: शरीरं लोकस्थं स्थापयित्वा पितामह: । जनयामास भगवान् पुत्रानुत्तमतेजस:
tataḥ śarīraṁ lokasthaṁ sthāpayitvā pitāmahaḥ | janayāmāsa bhagavān putrān uttama-tejasaḥ ||
毗湿摩说道：“其后，祖父神梵天（Brahmā）安立了适合世间的形体，便生出光辉无上的诸子。以世间之身，圣者生下大圣仙——摩利支、阿特利、普罗罗私底耶、普罗罗诃、克罗图、婆悉吒、安耆罗——并且也生出鲁陀罗，那位天生具足主宰威权的强大神祇。”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse presents creation as a dharmic, orderly process: Brahmā assumes a form appropriate to the manifested world and produces radiant progeny—especially sages—who become instruments for sustaining knowledge, ritual, and moral order, alongside Rudra who embodies formidable divine power.
Bhīṣma describes a stage of cosmic genesis: Brahmā, taking on a worldly body, generates eminent mind-born sons—key ṛṣis (Marīci, Atri, Pulastya, Pulaha, Kratu, Vasiṣṭha, Aṅgiras) and Rudra—thereby populating the cosmos with foundational beings who will guide and uphold the world.