गतिं जिगीषत: पादौ रुरुहातेऽभिकामिकाम् । पद्भ्यां यज्ञ: स्वयं हव्यं कर्मभि: क्रियते नृभि: ॥ २५ ॥
gatim jigisatah padau ruruhate ’bhikamikam padbhyam yajnah svayam havyam karmabhih kriyate nrbhih
- gatim
- movement
- jigisatah
- so desiring
- padau
- the legs
- ruruhate
- being manifested
- abhikamikam
- purposeful
- padbhyam
- from the legs
- yajnah
- Lord Visnu
- svayam
- personally Himself
- havyam
- the duties
- karmabhih
- by one’s occupational duty
- kriyate
- caused to be done
- nrbhih
- by different human beings.
Thereupon, because of His desiring to control movement, His legs became manifested, and from the legs the controlling deity named Visnu was generated. By His personal supervision of this act, all varieties of human being are busily engaged in dutiful occupational sacrifice.