Brahmā

Then Brahmā himself came — the creator of worlds, the self-existent lord, four-faced, of great splendor — to see that bull among sages.

When he who is truly the grandsire of all worlds had taken his seat, Vālmīki fell into meditation, his mind still absorbed in that same thought.

The blessed one then sat on the most worshipful seat and assigned a seat to the great seer Vālmīki.

Having worshipped the lotus-face of his preceptor, and spurned the dance on the faces of the Four-Faced (Brahmā), Sarasvatī, here, adorned with figures of speech, full of aesthetic sentiment, and endowed with virtues, performs her dances upon his tongue.

In the festival of singing the fame of King Juhārasiṃha, Brahmā, exceedingly eager, became four-faced;

"In the month of Caitra, on the first day, in the bright fortnight, when the sun has risen, Brahmā created the world.

in the middle of the house, he should offer a *bali* to Brahma and to Vastoshpati.

A Brāhmaṇa who serves his *guru* until the dissolution of his body goes straight to the eternal abode of Brahma.

Teaching is the sacrifice to Brahma;

identifying with waking is Brahmā, whose adjunct is the effect of rajas.

] By [the term] "belonging to Hiraṇyagarbha" the name of the great intellect (mahat) is intimated.

Here, because the great principle, through its three portions of sattva and the rest, is the limiting basis of the triad of deities, [the deities are] three through non-discrimination of it.

The worlds of Brahmā and others are always under his control.

a quarter share is for one of the same *gotra* and others.

Placing all these in one scale-pan, the lotus-born (Brahmā), placing the *panasa* (पनस) in the other pan, weighed them with his hand.

Visualize Lord Brahmā, four-faced, three-eyed, four-armed, and red in color.

In the cosmos, Brahmā has his dominion in the South, protecting the earth.

the location of The Divine Viṣṇu is on the left, The Divine Brahmā on the right.

When the night of Brahma had passed, and the Lotus-born had awakened, Viṣṇu, desiring to create beings, and knowing the Earth was submerged in water, || Vi_1.

The giver of a hundred cows, the worlds of Brahma.

Having performed austerities, Brahmā created the Brāhmaṇas for the protection of the Vedas, for the satisfaction of the Ancestors and gods, and for the preservation of `*dharma*`.

For `*dharma*` was created of old by Brahmā in the form of punishment.

Vināyaka was appointed by Rudra and also by Brahmā for the purpose of creating obstacles to actions and for success, and to the lordship over the Gaṇas.

from the egg, Brahmā;

He who moves among the gods like Indra, lowing loudly among the kine — let Brahmā praise with a blessing the limbs of that bull.

Exalted religious feeling takes with them the form of meditation on Brahma, the Atman, the Infinite, the Self-Existent, the ‘immortal and spotless,’ who ‘lies enveloped in matter and is the dwelling of all living creatures,’ who is, ‘like a city, divided into many streets.

in the middle, it abounds in rajas — [this holds] from Brahmā down to a blade of grass.

Āditya, Viṣṇu, Sūrya, Brahmā, and Bṛhaspati —

To its south was the heaven of Brahmā, and to its north, the realm of Viṣṇu.

The four-faced Brahmā, having remembered the Veda, likewise remembers the *dharmas*, as does Manu in each successive *kalpāntara* (end of a cosmic cycle).

In every *kalpa* (cosmic cycle), through destruction and creation, Brahmā, Viṣṇu, and Maheśvara are always the determiners of sacred scripture (*śruti*), tradition (*smṛti*), and righteous conduct.

One who performs this rite in such a manner is said to attain the world of Brahmā.

Yet they are created by the all-wisdom of Lord Śrī Wairocana, these all-accomplishing deities, Lord Īśvara, Brahmā, and Wiṣṇu.

In the center of the sphere of the three worlds, there is the world of Brahmā, and the world of Viṣṇu, and the world of Rudra.

The god of the state of *jāgrat* is the holy Brahmā.

The state of *jāgrat* is the abode of the class of the god Brahmā.

Kriyāśakti means He creates the entire world, and moreover all the hosts of deities.

The *Tripuruṣa*—the *Tripuruṣa* are Lord Brahmā, Viṣṇu, and Īśvara;

They came forth from the body of the holy god Brahmā in the past.

They came forth from the arms of the holy god Brahmā.

They came forth from the soles of the feet of the holy god Brahmā.

Homage to Brahma!

If he goes on a pleasure trip to the celestial realms, he is able to command Brahma, Viṣṇu, Indra, and Sūrya in their heavens, and even more so the entire host of gods.

> If he always goes to the realms of Brahma, Viṣṇu, Indra, and Sūrya, > for the sake of devotion favorable to the gods, the name *īśitva* is spoken.