Intelligence, Space, Knowledge, Air, Heat, Water, Earth, Sound, Touch,
Form, Taste, Scent; Nature, and the Modes (of Nature), and the elemental
and prime causes of the world,--all stay in that mansion beside the lord
Brahma. And Agastya of great energy, and Markandeya, of great ascetic
power, and Jamadagni and Bharadwaja, and Samvarta, and Chyavana, and
exalted Durvasa, and the virtuous Rishyasringa, the illustrious
Sanatkumara of great ascetic merit and the preceptor in all matters
affecting Yoga; Asita and Devala, and Jaigishavya acquainted with truth;
Rishava, Ajitasatru, and Mani of great energy; and the Science of healing
with its eight branches--all in their personified forms, O Bharata; the
moon with all the stars and the stellar conjunctions; Aditya with all his
rays; the winds; the Sacrifices, the Declarations of purpose (in
sacrifices), the Vital principles,--these illustrious and vow-observing
beings in their personified forms, and many others too numerous to mention,
attend all upon Brahma in that mansion. Wealth and Religion and Desire,
and Joy, and Aversion, and Asceticism and Tranquillity--all wait together
upon the Supreme Deity in that palace. The twenty tribes of the Gandharvas
and Apsaras, as also their seven other tribes, and all the Lokapalas
(chief protectors of several regions), and Sukra, and Vrihaspati, and
Vudha, and Angaraka (Mangala), Sani, Rahu, and the other planets; the
Mantras (of the Sama Veda), the special Mantras (of the same Veda); (the
rites of) Harimat and Vasumat, the Adityas with Indra, the two Agnis
mentioned by name (viz. Agnisoma and Indragni), the Marutas, Viswakarman,
and the Vasus, O Bharata; the Pitris, and all kinds of sacrificial
libations, the four Vedas. viz., Rig, Sama, Yajuh, and Atharva; all
Sciences and branches of learning; Histories and all minor branches of
learning; the several branches of the Vedas; the planets, the Sacrifices,
the Soma, all the deities; Savitri (Gayatri), the seven kinds of rhyme;
Understanding, Patience, Memory, Wisdom, Intelligence, Fame, Forgiveness;
the Hymns of the Sama Veda; the Science of hymns in general, and various