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Shloka 13

Yoga-kṛtya (योककृत्य) — Vyāsa on Sense-Restraint, Obstacles, and Brahman-Realization

सर्वभूतान्युपादाय तपसश्नलरणाय हि । आदिकर्ता स भूतानां तमेवाहु: प्रजापतिम्‌,भूतोंके आदि कर्ता ब्रह्माजी ही तपस्याके लिये समस्त सूक्ष्म भूतोंको साथ लेकर समष्टि शरीरमें प्रवेश करके स्थित होते हैं; इसलिये मुनिजन उन्हें प्रजापति कहते हैं

sarvabhūtāny upādāya tapasas tvaṇāya hi | ādikartā sa bhūtānāṁ tam evāhuḥ prajāpatiṁ ||

قال فياسا: إذ يجمع جميع الكائنات (في عناصرها اللطيفة) ابتغاء الزهد والتقشّف وبذل الجهد الخلّاق، يصير الصانع الأوّل للمخلوقات. لذلك يدعوه الحكماء «براجاباتي»؛ ربّ الخلق الذي يُنْشِئ الأحياء ويقيم نظامهم.

सर्वभूतानिall beings
सर्वभूतानि:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootसर्वभूत (सर्व + भूत)
FormNeuter, Accusative, Plural
उपादायhaving taken up
उपादाय:
TypeVerb
Rootउप-आ-दा (धातु: दा)
Formल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage), Non-finite
तपसःof austerity / for tapas
तपसः:
TypeNoun
Rootतपस्
FormNeuter, Genitive, Singular
अनलारणायfor kindling the fire (of tapas)
अनलारणाय:
Sampradana
TypeNoun
Rootअनलारण (अनल + आरण)
FormNeuter, Dative, Singular
हिindeed
हि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि
आदिकर्ताthe first creator
आदिकर्ता:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootआदिकर्तृ (आदि + कर्तृ)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
सःhe
सः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (स)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
भूतानाम्of beings
भूतानाम्:
TypeNoun
Rootभूत
FormNeuter, Genitive, Plural
तम्him
तम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
एवalone / indeed
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
आहुःthey call / they say
आहुः:
TypeVerb
Rootअह् (धातु: अह्/आह् ‘to say’)
FormLat (present), Parasmaipada, Third, Plural
प्रजापतिम्Prajāpati (lord of creatures)
प्रजापतिम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootप्रजापति (प्रजा + पति)
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular

व्यास उवाच

V
Vyāsa
P
Prajāpati (Brahmā)

Educational Q&A

Creation and governance of beings is grounded in tapas—disciplined, purposeful power. The title ‘Prajāpati’ signifies not mere authority but the responsibility of originating and sustaining life through ordered, ascetic-intentional force.

Vyāsa identifies the primordial creator as one who ‘takes up’ all beings (their subtle constituents) and, through tapas, becomes the first maker; hence sages designate him Prajāpati, the lord associated with generating and organizing creatures.