Listen to me with rapt attention. I shall in their due order, describe to you, O powerful Danava, as to how creatures follow action and how they give up action.
यथावत् सम्प्रवर्तन्ते यस्मिस्तिष्ठन्ति वा विभो। तत् तेऽनुपूर्व्या व्याख्यास्ये तदिहैकमनाः शृणु॥