Shloka 1
दान-धर्म-आश्रमविधानम्
Dana, Dharma, and the Four Āśramas
(दाक्षिणात्य अधिक पाठके २ श्लोक मिलाकर कुल ४० श्लोक हैं) प्याज बक। डे - यहाँ जो सृष्टिका क्रम बताया गया है
bharadvāja uvāca | prajāvisargaṁ vividhaṁ kathaṁ sa sṛjate prabhuḥ | merumadhye sthito brahmā tad brūhi dvijasattama ||
婆罗陀婆阇说道：“噢，最胜之二生者，请告知我：彼主如何施行众生繁复的生出之序？梵天安住须弥山中，如何开显种种有情之创造？”
भरद्वाज उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames a classical dharmic mode of learning: a sage respectfully asks for an account of cosmic creation (prajā-visarga). It emphasizes disciplined inquiry into first principles—how order and multiplicity arise under a governing intelligence (prabhu/Brahmā).
Bharadvāja opens the chapter by asking a learned Brahmin sage (addressed as dvijasattama) to explain the process by which Brahmā, situated at Mount Meru, generates the diverse creation of beings.