Shloka 3736

Devanagari script

जरायुजानि भूतानि विकृतान्यपि सत्तमा: । श्रेष्ठ ब्राह्मणो! दो पैरवाले, बहुत पैरवाले एवं टेढ़े-मेढ़े चलनेवाले तथा विकृत रूपवाले प्राणी जरायुज हैं

Transliteration

jarāyujāni bhūtāni vikṛtāny api sattamāḥ | śreṣṭha brāhmaṇo |

Translation

قال فايُو: «يا خيرَ الكائنات، يا أيها البراهمنُ الجليل: إن المخلوقاتِ المولودةَ من الرَّحِم (jarāyuja)، وإن كانت هيئاتُها مشوَّهةً أو غريبةً، تُعَدُّ مع ذلك من طائفةِ الجَرَايُوجا. ويدخل في ذلك ذوو القدمين، وذوو الأقدام الكثيرة، ومن يتحرّكون على نحوٍ ملتَوٍ أو غير منتظم، وذوو المظاهرِ المشوَّهة.»

Word by Word

• jarāyujāni: born from the womb/placenta (viviparous)
• jarāyujāni: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: jarāyuja
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• bhūtāni: creatures, beings
• bhūtāni: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhūta
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• vikṛtāni: deformed, altered
• vikṛtāni: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vikṛta
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• api: even, also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api

• sattamāḥ: O best ones (vocative sense in address)
• sattamāḥ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: sattama
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vāyudeva (Vāyu)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse teaches a dharmic-cosmological classification: beings are categorized by mode of birth, and external irregularities (deformity, unusual gait, number of limbs) do not change the fundamental category of womb-born (jarāyuja). It implies an ethical steadiness in judgment—do not let mere appearance obscure essential nature.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāyudeva is instructing an addressed Brāhmaṇa, explaining what kinds of creatures are termed jarāyuja (womb-born), explicitly including those with abnormal or distorted forms and various modes of movement.