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Shloka 15

बक-गौतमाख्यानम् / The Baka–Gautama Account

On Gratitude and Friendship Ethics

तत: शरीरं लोकस्थं स्थापयित्वा पितामह: । जनयामास भगवान्‌ पुत्रानुत्तमतेजस:

tataḥ śarīraṁ lokasthaṁ sthāpayitvā pitāmahaḥ | janayāmāsa bhagavān putrān uttama-tejasaḥ ||

قال بهيشما: «ثم إنَّ الجدَّ الأكبر (براهما)، بعدما أقامَ جسدًا يليقُ بالعالم، أنجبَ أبناءً ذوي بهاءٍ أسمى. وباتخاذه هيئةً دنيوية، أوجدَ الربُّ المباركُ الحكماءَ العظام—مريچي، وأتري، وبولستيا، وبولها، وكراتو، وفَسِشْتَه، وأنغيراس—وكذلك رودرا، السيدَ الجبارَ الموهوبَ بطبيعته سلطانًا سياديًّا.»

ततःthen, thereafter
ततः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः
शरीरम्body
शरीरम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootशरीर
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
लोकस्थम्situated in the world
लोकस्थम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootलोकस्थ
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
स्थापयित्वाhaving established/placed
स्थापयित्वा:
TypeVerb
Rootस्था
Formक्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage)
पितामहःthe Grandsire (Brahmā)
पितामहः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootपितामह
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
जनयामासbegot/produced
जनयामास:
TypeVerb
Rootजन्
FormPerfect (liṭ), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada
भगवान्the blessed/lordly one
भगवान्:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootभगवत्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
पुत्रान्sons
पुत्रान्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootपुत्र
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
उत्तमतेजसःof excellent splendor (most radiant)
उत्तमतेजसः:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootउत्तमतेजस्
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural

भीष्म उवाच

B
Bhishma (Bhīṣma)
B
Brahma (Pitāmaha, Brahmā)
M
Marichi (Marīci)
A
Atri
P
Pulastya
P
Pulaha
K
Kratu
V
Vasistha (Vasiṣṭha)
A
Angiras (Aṅgiras)
R
Rudra

Educational Q&A

The verse presents creation as a dharmic, orderly process: Brahmā assumes a form appropriate to the manifested world and produces radiant progeny—especially sages—who become instruments for sustaining knowledge, ritual, and moral order, alongside Rudra who embodies formidable divine power.

Bhīṣma describes a stage of cosmic genesis: Brahmā, taking on a worldly body, generates eminent mind-born sons—key ṛṣis (Marīci, Atri, Pulastya, Pulaha, Kratu, Vasiṣṭha, Aṅgiras) and Rudra—thereby populating the cosmos with foundational beings who will guide and uphold the world.