मनुरुवाच ब्रह्मासृजत्स्वमुखतो युष्मानात्मपरीप्सया । छन्दोमयस्तपोविद्यायोगयुक्तानलम्पटान् ॥ २ ॥
manur uvaca brahmasrjat sva-mukhato yusman atma-paripsaya chandomayas tapo-vidya- yoga-yuktan alampatan
- manuh
- Manu
- uvaca
- said
- brahma
- Lord Brahma
- asrjat
- created
- sva-mukhatah
- from his face
- yusman
- you (brahmanas)
- atma-paripsaya
- to protect himself by expanding
- chandah-mayah
- the form of the Vedas
- tapah-vidya-yoga-yuktan
- full of austerity, knowledge and mystic power
- alampatan
- averse to sense gratification.
Manu replied: To expand himself in Vedic knowledge, Lord Brahma, the personified Veda, from his face created you, the brahmanas, who are full of austerity, knowledge and mystic power and are averse to sense gratification.