Shloka 2
Adhyaya 49 — Primordial Human Creation, the Rise of Desire, and the Origins of Settlements, Measures, and Agriculture
यथा च वर्णानसृजद्यद् गुणाश्च महामते ।
यच्च येषां स्मृतं कर्म विप्रादीनां वदस्व तत् ॥
yathā ca varṇān asṛjad yad guṇāś ca mahāmate / yac ca yeṣāṃ smṛtaṃ karma viprādīnāṃ vadasva tat
噢，心量宏大者，请阐明他如何创立诸种姓阶序（varṇa），以及与之相应的诸德性（guṇa）为何；并请叙述为他们所规定的传统职责（karma）——先从婆罗门说起。
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FAQs
The text treats social duty as grounded in cosmology and qualities (guṇas). Ethically, it frames conduct (karma) as responsibility aligned with one’s nature and tradition, not mere personal preference.
Sarga with dharmic application: creation is extended to societal structure (varṇa) and normative duties, a common Purāṇic move from ontology to ethics.
Varṇa and guṇa can be read as inner psychophysical typologies: the ‘creation’ of varṇas mirrors the differentiation of dispositions within embodied consciousness, mapping ethics onto psychology.