Verse 5: 2717. The god created a shining lotus on his navel
and the four-headed Brahmā on it. (5)
Verse 6: 2718. Brahmā created the four Vedās
that show the path to Dharma (righteousness, moral values),
Artha (prosperity, economic values),
Kama (earthly pleasure, love, psychological values)
and Mokshā (liberation, spiritual values). (6)
Verse 7: 2719. Last out of the said 4, Mokshā can only be attained after the body has gone to the other world.
Those who want to reach it
should eat fallen fruits, dried leaves, make their bodies thin,
sleep in a hut roofed with leaves (7)
Verse 8: 2720. and do tapas standing in the heat of the sun
and plunging into the water in ponds.
One can only say that these are the people who could reach Mokshā.
This is what one knows.
No one can tell others could reach Mokshā
by any other way unless they see them there. (8)
Verse 9: 2721. If you know any people who have reached Mokshā,
crossing / piercing through the world of heat of sun (9) tell us who they are.
Without knowing their names
just to say that we know that they reached Mokshā
shows that they are ignorant.
We will talk about them later. (9-10)