विदुर उवाच प्रजापतिपति: सृष्ट्वा प्रजासर्गे प्रजापतीन् । किमारभत मे ब्रह्मन् प्रब्रूह्यव्यक्तमार्गवित् ॥ ९ ॥
vidura uvaca prajapati-patih srstva praja-sarge prajapatin kim arabhata me brahman prabruhy avyakta-marga-vit
- vidurah uvaca
- Vidura said
- prajapati-patih
- Lord Brahma
- srstva
- after creating
- praja-sarge
- for the purpose of creating living beings
- prajapatin
- the Prajapatis
- kim
- what
- arabhata
- started
- me
- to me
- brahman
- O holy sage
- prabruhi
- tell
- avyakta-marga-vit
- knower of that which we do not know.
Vidura said: Since you know of matters inconceivable to us, tell me, O holy sage, what did Brahma do to create living beings after evolving the Prajapatis, the progenitors of living beings?