69. After the lapse of a long time, as Brahmá awoke again from his long night of repose, and commenced anew his creation of the world in all its various forms:—
70. The roving spirit of your son was led by its desire, as if it was propelled by a gust of wind, to become a Bráhman again, and to be reborn as such on this earth.
71. He was born as the boy of a Bráhman, under the name of Vásudeva, and was taught in all the Srutis, among the intelligent and learned men of the place.
72. It is in this kalpa age that he has become a Vidyádhara again, and betaken himself to the performance of his devotion on the bank of Samangá, where he is sitting still in his yoga meditation.
73. Thus his desire for the varieties of worldly appearances, has led him to various births, amidst the woods and forests in the womb of this earth, covered with jungles of the thorny khadira, karanja and other bushes and brambles.
CHAPTER XI.
CAUSE OF THE PRODUCTION OF THE WORLD.
Argument. Yama’s narration of Sukra’s meditation, and his inclination to worldliness.
Yama continued:—Your son is still engaged in his rigorous austerities on the bank of the rivulet, rolling with its loud waves on the beach, and the winds blowing and howling from all sides.
2. He has been sitting still in his firm devotion, with matted braids of hair on his head; and beads of rudráksha seeds in his hand; and controuling the members of his body from their going astray.
3. If you wish, O venerable sage! to know the reveries in his mind, you shall have to open your intellectual eye, in order to pry into the thoughts of others.