Āścarya-kathana: Brāhmaṇa–Nāga Dialogue on Sūrya (Vivasvat) and the ‘Second Sun’ Phenomenon
अण्डजे जन्मनि पुनर्ब्रद्मणे हरियोनये । एष धर्म: समुद््भूतो नारायणमुखात् पुन:
Vaiśampāyana uvāca: aṇḍaje janmani punar brahmaṇe hari-yonaye | eṣa dharmaḥ samudbhūto nārāyaṇa-mukhāt punaḥ ||
毗湿摩波耶那说:当梵天(Brahmā)再度由宇宙之卵而生——其本源出自哈利(Hari)的梵天——此一正法亦复兴起,再次由那罗延之口重新显现。
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Dharma is portrayed as a primordial, divinely revealed principle: it arises from Nārāyaṇa and is re-disclosed even across repeated creations, giving ethical order an enduring, supra-human authority.
Vaiśampāyana explains that at a renewed phase of creation—when Brahmā is born again from the cosmic egg—dharma is once more manifested, emerging from Nārāyaṇa’s mouth for Brahmā, who then becomes the vehicle for establishing order in the world.