Shloka 13
Yoga-kṛtya (योककृत्य) — Vyāsa on Sense-Restraint, Obstacles, and Brahman-Realization
सर्वभूतान्युपादाय तपसश्नलरणाय हि । आदिकर्ता स भूतानां तमेवाहु: प्रजापतिम्
sarvabhūtāny upādāya tapasas tvaṇāya hi | ādikartā sa bhūtānāṁ tam evāhuḥ prajāpatiṁ ||
毗耶娑说：为修苦行与施展创造之力，他摄取一切众生（其微细成分），遂成为万类之原初造作者。因此诸贤称他为“般阇波提”（Prajāpati）——使众生出生并加以统摄安立之主。
व्यास उवाच
Educational Q&A
Creation and governance of beings is grounded in tapas—disciplined, purposeful power. The title ‘Prajāpati’ signifies not mere authority but the responsibility of originating and sustaining life through ordered, ascetic-intentional force.
Vyāsa identifies the primordial creator as one who ‘takes up’ all beings (their subtle constituents) and, through tapas, becomes the first maker; hence sages designate him Prajāpati, the lord associated with generating and organizing creatures.