Thus was this whole (creation), both the immovable and the movable, produced by those high-minded ones by means of austerities and at my command, (each being) according to (the results of) its actions.
येषां तु यादृशं कर्म भूतानामिह कीर्तितम् । तत् तथा वोऽभिधास्यामि क्रमयोगं च जन्मनि ॥ ४२ ॥
But whatever act is stated (to belong) to (each of) those creatures here below, that I will truly declare to you, as well as their order in respect to birth.