20.If
this small pot of the Universe had not been well pressed on the outside by his good
merits, it would have surely burst from within through his great glory contained in it. 21.Verily, Indra desiring to see his beauty assumes one thousand
eyes; Brahma is obliged to bear four mouths being intent upon praising his immeasurable
virtues: the earth being shaken by the weight of his greatness is kept in position by
mountains and, in sooth, the three worlds seem to be created to hold his fame which the
earth could not contain.
22.He, desirous of acquiring glory, renovated the four
outward and four inward duties of the four Varnas and allotted one to each |