Having created this religion in days of yore, viz., in the golden age, in perfect accordance with the Samans, it is borne, O king, by the Supreme Lord, viz., Narayana, himself.
सम्मितः समावेदेन पुरैवादियुगे कृतः। धार्यते स्वयमीशेन राजन् नारायणेन च॥