There was only one forin of this great Being before. That form took birth in four forms for the multiplication of the race of Dharma which have been reared by that god.
एका मूर्तिरियं पूर्वं जाता भूयश्चतुर्विधा॥ धर्मस्य कुलसंताने धर्मादेभिर्विवर्धितः।