पुरस्तात्स्तंभरूपेण पश्चाद्रू पेण चार्भकौ । ब्रह्मत्वं निष्कलं प्रोक्तमीशत्वं सकलं तथा ३१ ।
Dear sons, first in the form of the column and afterwards in this embodied form I have expounded to you my formless Brahma-hood, and embodied Īśa-hood.
It is out of your ignorance of this fact that you were swept away by your false prestige and pride of being Isa, surprising as it is. I rose up in the middle of the battle-field for quelling the same.