Shloka 5

कृतयुगवर्णनम् तथा राजधर्मोपदेशः

Kṛtayuga Description and Instruction on Royal Dharma

Devanagari script

प्रलये चापि निर्वत्ति प्रबुद्धे च पितामहे । त्वमेक: सृज्यमानानि भूतानीह प्रपश्यसि,ब्रह्मर्ष! फिर प्रलयकाल व्यतीत होनेपर जब पितामह ब्रह्मा जागते हैं, तब सम्पूर्ण दिशाओंमें वायुको फैलाकर उसके द्वारा समस्त जलराशिको इधर-उधर छितराकर (सूखे स्थानोंमें) ब्रह्माजीके द्वारा जो जरायुज, अण्डज, स्वेदज और उद्धिज्ज नामक चार प्रकारके प्राणी रचे जाते हैं, उन्हें एकमात्र आप ही (सबसे पहले) अच्छी तरह देख पाते हैं

Transliteration

pralaye cāpi nirvṛtti prabuddhe ca pitāmahe | tvam ekaḥ sṛjyamānāni bhūtānīha prapaśyasi, brahmarṣe ||

Translation

قال فايشَمبايانا: «حتى في زمن الفناء، ثم حين تُستأنف الخليقة من جديد—عندما يستيقظ الجدّ الأكبر براهما—فأنت وحدك، أيها البراهمارِشي، تُبصر هنا الكائنات وهي تُستولد وتُنشأ.»

Word by Word

प्रलयेin dissolution

चand

अपिalso/even

निर्वृत्तेwhen ended/when completed

प्रबुद्धेwhen awakened

चand

पितामहेin/when the Grandfather (Brahmā)

त्वम्you

एकःalone/only one

सृज्यमानानिbeing created

भूतानिbeings/creatures

इहhere/in this world

प्रपश्यसिyou clearly see

ब्रह्मर्षेO brahmarṣi (sage of Brahman)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Pitāmaha Brahmā

Brahmarṣi (addressed sage)

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the exceptional spiritual insight of a brahmarṣi: while cosmic cycles of dissolution and re-creation occur under Brahmā, the sage’s direct vision (pratyakṣa-like seeing) allows him to witness beings at the very moment of manifestation, emphasizing the power of tapas and realized knowledge.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana describes a cosmic transition: after pralaya, when Brahmā awakens to begin creation again, the addressed sage alone is said to perceive the newly created beings as they arise.