Shiva Purana

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प्रसादश्चापि सर्वेषां मृत्युकालजयस्तथा ॥ आभिमानिकमैश्वर्यं प्राजापत्यं प्रचक्षते ॥ ३६ ॥

He showed mercy to all and conquered the time of death The self-realized opulence is called Prājāpati.

english translation

prasAdazcApi sarveSAM mRtyukAlajayastathA ॥ AbhimAnikamaizvaryaM prAjApatyaM pracakSate ॥ 36 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

एतच्चान्द्रमसैर्भोगैः षट्पञ्चाशद्गुणं महत् ॥ सर्गः संकल्पमात्रेण त्राणं संहरणं तथा ॥ ३७॥

This is fifty-six times greater than the moon’s enjoyment. Creation, salvation and annihilation are by mere resolution.

english translation

etaccAndramasairbhogaiH SaTpaJcAzadguNaM mahat ॥ sargaH saMkalpamAtreNa trANaM saMharaNaM tathA ॥ 37॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

स्वाधिकारश्च सर्वेषां भूतचित्तप्रवर्तनम् ॥ असादृश्यं च सर्वस्य निर्माणं जगतः पृथक् ॥ ३८ ॥

The right to self-determination is the initiation of the minds of all beings. There is no similarity in the creation of everything separately from the universe.

english translation

svAdhikArazca sarveSAM bhUtacittapravartanam ॥ asAdRzyaM ca sarvasya nirmANaM jagataH pRthak ॥ 38 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

शुभाशुभस्य करणं प्राजापत्यैश्च संयुतम् ॥ चतुष्षष्ठिगुणं ब्राह्ममैश्वर्यं च प्रचक्षते ॥ ३९ ॥

It is the instrument of good and evil and is accompanied by the Prājāpatis. They also describe the sixty-fourfold opulence of the brāhmaṇas.

english translation

zubhAzubhasya karaNaM prAjApatyaizca saMyutam ॥ catuSSaSThiguNaM brAhmamaizvaryaM ca pracakSate ॥ 39 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

बौद्धादस्मात्परं गौणमैश्वर्यं प्राकृतं विदुः ॥ वैष्णवं तत्समाख्यातं तस्यैव भुवनस्थितिः ॥ ब्रह्मणा तत्पदं सर्वं वक्तुमन्यैर्न शक्यते ॥ ४० ॥

They consider the ordinary opulence to be secondary to that of the Buddha. That Vaiṣṇava is described as the source of the universe. No one else can explain the entire universe to the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

english translation

bauddhAdasmAtparaM gauNamaizvaryaM prAkRtaM viduH ॥ vaiSNavaM tatsamAkhyAtaM tasyaiva bhuvanasthitiH ॥ brahmaNA tatpadaM sarvaM vaktumanyairna zakyate ॥ 40 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript