The Creation of the Universe - Verse 60
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · 5 · Verse 60
Sanskrit Original
विस्तराच्च यथा सर्वे कीर्त्यमानं निबोधत। चतुर्द्धा च स्थितस्सो ऽपि सर्वभूतेषु कृत्स्नशः।।
vistarācca yathā sarve kīrtyamānaṃ nibodhata| caturddhā ca sthitasso 'pi sarvabhūteṣu kṛtsnaśaḥ||
Śrī Sūta said: Understand all of it even as it is being recounted in detail. He abides fourfold (in four groups) in all the living beings, viz by (1) Viparyaya, (2) Śakti, (3) Buddhi (intellect and (4) Siddhì (see verse 51 above). He is stationed among immobile beings by means of Viparyāsa (i.e. Viparyaya—contrariety or loss of consciousness); in the lower creatures by means of Śakti (physical power); the human beings are with souls of spiritual achievement; there is Puṣṭi (? nourishment) wholly among the Devas.