केचिद्ब्रह्मादिपुरुषाः केचिद्विष्ण्वादिसर्गपाः । केचिच्चाऽन्यप्रजानाथाः केचिन्निर्नाथजन्तवः ॥ २५ ॥
kēcidbrahmādipuruṣāḥ kēcidviṣṇvādisargapāḥ | kēciccā’nyaprajānāthāḥ kēcinnirnāthajantavaḥ || 25 ||
Translation
Some have Brahmā and the like as their first being; some, Viṣṇu and the like as lords of creation; some, other lords of beings; and some are creatures with no lord.
Word by word
- kēcid
- (kecit) some
- brahma
- Brahmā
- ādi
- and the like
- puruṣāḥ
- as their first being
- viṣṇva
- (viṣṇu) Viṣṇu
- sargapāḥ
- as lords of creation
- kēcic
- (kecit) some
- ca
- and
- anya
- other
- prajā
- of beings
- nāthāḥ
- lords
- kēcin
- (kecit) some
- nirnātha
- with no lord
- jantavaḥ
- creatures
Meaning
Each Purāṇa makes its own god the ruler; here all are right, each in some world-egg. The first commentary: in some Rudra, Bhairava, Durgā or Vināyaka rules. And in some no one rules at all.