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विधिविष्णू ऊचतुः॥ वेदाः प्रमाणं सर्व्वत्र प्रतिष्ठा परमामिताः॥ यूयं वदत विश्रब्धं किमेकं तत्त्वमव्ययम्॥ २१॥
Brahmā and Viṣṇu said:— Vedas are the authorities everywhere. They have been honoured everywhere. Hence you please say unreservedly. What is the sole unchanging entity?
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नन्दीश्वर उवाच॥ इत्याकर्ण्य तयोर्वाचं पुनस्ते हि ऋगादयः॥ अवदंस्तत्त्वतः सर्व्वे संस्मरतो परं प्रभुम्॥ २२॥
Nandīśvara said:— On hearing their words, the Vedas spoke in reality after remembering the lord.
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यदि मान्या वयन्देवौ सृष्टिस्थितिकरौ विभू॥ तदा प्रमाणं वक्ष्यामो भवत्सन्देहभेदकम् ॥ २३॥
“If we are honoured, O deities as the causes of creation and maintenance, we shall cite authorities that will dispel your doubts.
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नन्दीश्वर उवाच॥ श्रुत्युक्तविधिमाकर्ण्य प्रोचतुस्तौ सुरौ श्रुतीः॥ युष्मदुक्तं प्रमाणं नौ किन्तत्त्वं सम्यगुच्यताम्॥ २४॥
Nandīśvara said:— On hearing the conditions mentioned by the Vedas the two deities told the Vedas—“What is mentioned by you is acceptable to us as authority. What is that entity? Please tell us that.
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ऋग्वेद उवाच॥ यदन्तस्स्थानि भूतानि यतस्सर्व्वम्प्रवर्त्तते॥ यदाहुः परमन्तत्त्वं स रुद्रस्त्वेक एव हि ॥ २५ ॥
Ṛgveda said:— That in which the Bhūtas stay, that from which everything comes out, what they call as the greatest entity—that is Rudra alone.
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