Sri Vasista

1. -4. O Rāma of mighty shoulders, Brahma, the ancient grandfather moved out of his supreme state (of Brahman) and created this world establishment.   This water-wheel of world runs in its mode with the belt of desire/greed for life binding all the repulsive buckets of beings.  Arising out of Brahma, all these beings enter the cage of the cycle of existences.  They revolve in vortex movements in space which can be called the child of the Lord.  Ceasely they enter and exit this space like dust particles blown around by winds.

5. -7. O Rāma, all these beings from Brahma are like waves in a sea.  They enter the ether of elements like smoke entering clouds.  They become one with the winds of Brahman-ether.  They are energised and seized by the vital airs and subtle energies like gods who are imprisoned by ‘asuras’, the tittans.

8. Thus acquiring a subtle body, they enter the physical body after suitably getting transformed by the five subtle cosmic energies.  Then they become like semen.

9. -14. Then they are born in the world like living beings that time, their awareness is hazy (not clear).  The others like gods enter the smoke trail and wait in the milky way till the emergence of the full moon.  After this when the moon beams touch the celestial garden, they enter heaven through the moon beams.  Other beings like humans enter the juicy fruits separating themselves from the moon beams.  These fruits ripen when sun beams fall on them.  These fruits ripen when sun beams fall on them.  These ripened fruits are eaten by the great ‘Prajapatis’.  The beings in the fruits remain in a swoon in them in the form of semen.

15. -19. When the beings are in the womb, all their vāsanas lie mutely in it, like sprout in a seed, like fire in a piece of wood and like a pot in mud.  The final emergence depends on these vāsanas.  Those who are with good vāsanas take births in which they strive for liberation.  Others take birth as part of a sequence of births.  I shall now tell you, O Rama, about the birth of Prajapati.

20. -21. O Sinless one, Prajapatis who belong to the first group and class of people do not take birth again.  Only those gods, who are of the ‘rājasa’ and ‘satturic’ qualities, will take birth again.  The Prajapatis belong to the ‘Satturic’ class.  It is very difficult to see many such.  O Rāma, why worry about the stupids, people of ‘tamasic’ quality and immobile objects?

22. -25. How many are there, who though born in the highest class, do not entertain the world-feeling?  Those who inquire into self are not mere ‘satturic’ types.  They are ‘rājasa saturics’.  I am burdened with this priesthood.  And so I am of the latter type you are also of my type but have not attained the self state.  Think of it.