अत्र प्रमाणं हि भवान् परमेष्ठी यथात्मभू: । अपरे चानुतिष्ठन्ति पूर्वेषां पूर्वजै: कृतम् ॥ २५ ॥
atra pramanam hi bhavan paramesthi yathatma-bhuh apare canutisthanti purvesam purva-jaih krtam
- atra
- in this matter
- pramanam
- evidential facts
- hi
- certainly
- bhavan
- yourself
- paramesthi
- Brahma, the creator of the universe
- yatha
- as
- atma-bhuh
- born directly from the Lord
- apare
- others
- ca
- only
- anutisthanti
- just to follow
- purvesam
- as a matter of custom
- purva-jaih
- knowledge suggested by a previous philosopher
- krtam
- having been done.
O great sage, you are as good as Brahma, the original living being. Others follow custom only, as followed by the previous philosophical speculators.