स एव प्रथमं देव: कौमारं सर्गमाश्रित: । चचार दुश्चरं ब्रह्मा ब्रह्मचर्यमखण्डितम् ॥ ६ ॥
sa eva prathamam devah kaumaram sargam asritah cacara duscaram brahma brahmacaryam akhanditam
- sah
- that
- eva
- certainly
- prathamam
- first
- devah
- Supreme Lord
- kaumaram
- named the Kumaras (unmarried)
- sargam
- creation
- asritah
- under
- cacara
- performed
- duscaram
- very difficult to do
- brahma
- in the order of Brahman
- brahmacaryam
- under discipline to realize the Absolute (Brahman)
- akhanditam
- unbroken.
First of all, in the beginning of creation, there were the four unmarried sons of Brahma (the Kumaras), who, being situated in a vow of celibacy, underwent severe austerities for realization of the Absolute Truth.