Chapter 24
अधोऽसुराणां नागानां भूमेरोकोऽसृजत् प्रभुः । त्रिलोक्यां गतयः सर्वाः कर्मणां त्रिगुणात्मनाम् ॥ १३ ॥
Transliteration
adho ’surāṇāṁ nāgānāṁ bhūmer oko ’sṛjat prabhuḥ tri-lokyāṁ gatayaḥ sarvāḥ karmaṇāṁ tri-guṇātmanām
Synonyms (Word-for-Word)
adhaḥ — below; asurāṇām — of the demons; nāgānām — of the celestial snakes; bhūmeḥ — from the earth; okaḥ — the residence; asṛjat — created; prabhuḥ — Lord Brahmā; tri-lokyām — of the three worlds; gatayaḥ — the destinations; sarvāḥ — all; karmaṇām — of fruitive activities; tri-guṇa-ātmanām — partaking of the three modes.
Translation
“Lord Brahmā created the region below the earth for the demons and the Nāga snakes. In this way the destinations of the three worlds were arranged as the corresponding reactions for different kinds of work performed within the three modes of nature.”