Shloka 69
Atithi-prāpti and the Brāhmaṇa’s Deliberation on Triadic Dharma (अतिथिप्राप्तिः धर्मत्रयविचारश्च)
'देवश्रेष्ठगण! मैंने प्रवृत्तिप्रधान गुणके सहित तुमलोगोंकी सृष्टि की है, अतः लोकेश्चरो! जबतक कल्पका अन्त न हो जाय, तबतक तुमलोग अपने अधिकारके अनुसार लोगोंका हितचिन्तन करते रहो ।।
devāśreṣṭhagaṇāḥ! mayā pravṛttipradhānaguṇakaiḥ saha yuṣmākaṃ sṛṣṭiḥ kṛtā; ataḥ lokeśvarāḥ! yāvat kalpāntaṃ na bhavati, tāvat yuṣmākaṃ svādhikārānusāreṇa lokānāṃ hitacintanaṃ kuruta. marīcir aṅgirā atriḥ pulastyaḥ pulahaḥ kratuḥ vasiṣṭha iti saptaite mānasā nirmitā hi te.
毗舍波耶那说道：“诸天中最尊胜者啊！我创造你们，使你们具足趋向于作为与经营之德（pravṛtti）。因此，诸世界之主啊，直至劫终未至，你们当依各自所辖之分，恒常思惟并弘扬众生之福祉。摩利支、安祇罗、阿底利、普罗悉多、普罗诃、克罗图与婆悉吒——此七仙，实为梵天心生之造化。”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Cosmic administrators (devas/lokeśvaras) are enjoined to uphold dharma through active engagement (pravṛtti) by working for the welfare of beings within their allotted authority, continuously until the end of the cosmic cycle.
Vaiśampāyana reports a creation-and-duty instruction: the gods are reminded that they were created with an action-oriented disposition and are commanded to keep promoting the world’s welfare until kalpānta; the passage then identifies the seven mind-born sages of Brahmā (the Saptaṛṣis).