Sacred Concord

Mbh 12.188.1

Mahabharata · translated by Kisari Mohan Ganguli

"'"Bhrigu said, 'Brahman first created a few Brahmanas who came to be called Prajapatis (lords of creation). Possessed of splendour equal to that of the fire or the Sun, they were created out of the energy of that First-born Being. The puissant Lord then created Truth, Duty, Penance, the eternal Vedas, all kinds of pious acts, and Purity, for enabling creatures to attain to heaven (by practising them). After this, the Deities and the Danavas, the Gandharvas, the Daityas, the Asuras, the great snakes, the Yakshas, the Rakshasas, the Serpents, the Pisachas, and human beings with their four divisions, viz., Brahmanas, Kshatriyas, Vaisyas, and Sudras, O best of regenerate ones, and all the other orders of creatures that exist, were created. The complexion the Brahmanas obtained was white; that which the Kshatriyas obtained was red; that which the Vaisyas got was yellow; and that which was given to the Sudras was black.'
Mbh 12.188.1 · Mahabharata · SANTI PARVA

Themes in this passage

CreationThe DivineNatureDevotionDharmaTruth

Creation in other traditions

The same theme, as Islam, Christianity, Taoism and Buddhism address it.

Lo! We have created them a (new) creation
Quran 56:35 · Quran
So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
Genesis 1:27 · Bible · Genesis
Abstaining from speech marks him who is obeying the spontaneity of his nature. A violent wind does not last for a whole morning; a sudden rain does not last for the whole day. To whom is it that these (two) things are owing? To Heaven and Earth. If Heaven and Earth cannot make such (spasmodic) actings last long, how much less can man!
Tao Te Ching 23.1 · Tao Te Ching
`All created things perish,' he who knows and sees this becomes passive in pain; this is the way to purity.
Dhp 20.277 · Dhammapada · The Way

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