Shloka 13
Āścarya-kathana: Brāhmaṇa–Nāga Dialogue on Sūrya (Vivasvat) and the ‘Second Sun’ Phenomenon
यदासीन्मानसं जन्म नारायणमुखोद्गतम् | ब्रह्मण: पृथिवीपाल तदा नारायण: स्वयम्
yad āsīn mānasaṃ janma nārāyaṇa-mukhodgatam | brahmaṇaḥ pṛthivīpāla tadā nārāyaṇaḥ svayam ||
毗湿摩波罗耶那说道：“大王啊，在创世之初，当梵天（Brahmā）的意生之化最初出现，自那罗延（Nārāyaṇa）亲口而出之时，就在那原初的刹那，那罗延亲自将此达摩（Dharma）教诲于他。凭借同一达摩，那罗延举行了祭祀诸天与祖灵（Pitṛ）的仪轨；其后，名为‘费那帕’（Phenapas）的诸仙亦受持并护持此达摩。”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Dharma is presented as primordial and authoritative: it originates with Nārāyaṇa, is taught to Brahmā at creation’s beginning, and is validated through practice—worship of gods and ancestors—before being received by later sages. The verse frames righteous ritual and ethical order as rooted in the divine source and transmitted through lineage.
Vaiśaṃpāyana recounts an origin-story: at the first emergence of Brahmā’s mind-born creation from Nārāyaṇa, Nārāyaṇa instructs Brahmā in a specific Dharma. Nārāyaṇa then exemplifies it by performing deva- and pitṛ-worship, and the Phenapa sages later adopt that same Dharma, showing its continuity across cosmic and human time.