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Swasama Vaktavyataadhikarah
Jage.
Maahana Samana Ege Aaha Andakade
Aso Tatta Makasi Ya, Ayaantaa Musam Vade ||8||
Translation:
The Brahmanas and the Shramanas (ascetics) say that this world is created from an egg. They claim that Brahma created the aggregate of substances, and this world is the result of that. Those who say so are indeed ignorant. They do not know the true facts and they speak falsehoods.
The Brahmanas and some Shramanas (such as the Tridashdis) and certain Pauranikas say that this world of mobile and immobile beings is created from an egg. They also say that when there was nothing at all, this universe was in a state of void, then Brahma created the egg in the water, and from that gradually developed the division into the upper and lower worlds. And within that, all the elements came into existence - thus the establishment of the earth, water, fire, air, space, ocean, rivers, and mountains, etc. occurred.
They also say that before the creation of the world, this universe was in a state of darkness, unknown, and indescribable. It was unimaginable, unknowable, and dormant everywhere. In that state of the world, Brahma created the egg, and from the process of that, he created this world. But those Brahmanas and other traditional scholars, not knowing the ultimate truth, speak falsely. The reality is different from what they proclaim.