Shloka 19
अध्याय ३५१ — उञ्छवृत्ति-व्रतसिद्धेः मानुषस्य परमगतिः
Sūrya–Nāga Dialogue on the Perfected Gleaner-Ascetic
मम त्वं नाभितो जात: प्रजासर्गकर: प्रभु: । सृज प्रजास्त्वं विविधा ब्रह्मन् सजडपण्डिता:
mama tvaṁ nābhito jātaḥ prajāsargakaraḥ prabhuḥ | sṛja prajāstvam vividhā brahman sajaḍapaṇḍitāḥ ||
毗湿摩波耶那说道：“汝从我脐中而生，婆罗门啊，乃是被任命、具足能力的主宰，负责众生之创生。故当造作种种类类——无情与有情、愚钝与贤智——使世界得以充盈而有条理。”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames creation as a purposeful, ordered act: the creator is tasked to generate diverse beings of all capacities, implying that variety in intelligence and nature is part of the intended cosmic arrangement supporting social and moral order (dharma).
A higher creator figure addresses the navel-born Brahman/creator, commissioning him to produce the manifold population of the world—encompassing all types of beings, from insentient or dull to intelligent and learned.