अथ हैनं भार्गवो वैदर्भिः पप्रच्छ । भगवन् कत्येव
देवाः प्रजां विधारयन्ते कतर एतत् प्रकाशयन्ते कः
पुनरेषां वरिष्ठ इति ॥ २.१॥
atha hainaṃ bhārgavo vaidarbhiḥ papraccha . bhagavan katyeva
devāḥ prajāṃ vidhārayante katara etat prakāśayante kaḥ
punareṣāṃ variṣṭha iti .. 2.1..
Then Vaidarbhi, belonging to the family of Bhrigu, asked him: Sir, how many gods support the body of the created being? How many of these manifest their power through it? And which one, furthermore, is paramount?