Brahmā

No word of yours in this poem shall be untrue.

Then Brahmā smiled and said to that bull among sages:

Having said this, the blessed Brahmā vanished then and there.

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

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.

The afternoon was given to them by the Self-born (Brahmā).

"One form, three gods—Brahmā, Viṣṇu, and Maheśvara.

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

Brahmā, Rudra, the Moon, Ākāśa, and Vāyu, the Sun, Varuṇa, Indra, and likewise Viṣṇu and Mitra—

Teaching is the sacrifice to Brahma;

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.

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*`.

A boon was given to them by Brahmā:

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

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

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

Be eternal, eternal!

Brahmā and Viṣṇu create the body;

Brahmā, Viṣṇu, Rudra, myself, and The Divine Sadāśiva.

From the five divine Selves emerge the five subtle elements.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

The holy Brahmā is the ox.

The holy Brahmā is the *antarātmā*.

The Lord Brahmā is the god of the intellect.

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

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

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

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

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

Homage to Brahma!

> 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.

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.