The Creation of the Universe - Verse 62
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · 5 · Verse 62
Sanskrit Original
सिद्धात्मानो मनुष्यास्तु पुष्टिर्देवेषु कृत्स्नशः। अथो ससर्ज वै ब्रह्मा मानसानात्मनः समान।।
siddhātmāno manuṣyāstu puṣṭirdeveṣu kṛtsnaśaḥ| atho sasarja vai brahmā mānasānātmanaḥ samān||
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.