The Creation of the Universe - Verse 61
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · 5 · Verse 61
Sanskrit Original
विपर्ययोण शत्त्या च बुद्ध्या सिद्ध्या तथैव च। स्थावरेषु विपर्यासस्तिर्यग्योनिषु शक्तितः।।
viparyayoṇa śattyā ca buddhyā siddhyā tathaiva ca| sthāvareṣu viparyāsastiryagyoniṣu śaktitaḥ||
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.