Verse 20

¹⁵So instructed by his own teacher, the revered blue-and-red one brought forth creatures the match of himself in being, in shape and in nature. ¹⁶Seeing the countless troops of Rudras that Rudra had made eating up the world on every side, the lord of creatures took fright. ¹⁷Enough, best of gods, of creatures made after this fashion, who with their terrible eyes burn the quarters, and me along with them. ¹⁸Take up austerity, which brings ease to every being; may it go well with you. By austerity alone, as before, you will be the maker of this world. ¹⁹By austerity alone a man finds without trouble the highest light, the Bhagavan beyond the reach of the senses, who lives in the cave of every being.

²⁰So instructed by the self-born, he walked round the lord of speech, said that it should be so, took his leave of him, and went into the forest for austerity.