Shloka 9

Adhyaya 47 — Brahma’s Awakening and the Ninefold Scheme of Creation

Sanskrit

समुद्धृत्य च पातालान्मुमोच सलिले भुवम् ।

जनलोकस्थितैः सिद्धैश्चिन्त्यमानो जगत्पतिः ॥

Transliteration

samuddhṛtya ca pātālān mumoca salile bhuvam /

janalokasthitaiḥ siddhaiś cintyamāno jagatpatiḥ

Translation

وبعد أن رفعَ الأرضَ من العوالم السفلية، أطلقها ربُّ العالمين على سطح المياه، بينما كان السِّدّها المقيمون في جنالوكَا يتأمّلونه.

Word by Word

• समुद्धृत्य: having raised up
• समुद्धृत्य: क्रियाविशेषण (Adverbial to main verb/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-उद्-हृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund/absolutive), ‘having lifted up’

• च: and
• च: सम्बन्ध (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• पातालात्: from the netherworld
• पातालात्: अपादान (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाताल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5), एकवचन (neut abl sg)

• मुमोच: released
• मुमोच: क्रिया (Main action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect/परोक्षभूत), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• सलिले: in the water
• सलिले: अधिकरण (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सलिल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन (neut loc sg)

• भुवम्: the earth
• भुवम्: कर्म (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भू (प्रातिपदिक; ‘earth’)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन (fem acc sg)

• जनलोकस्थितैः: by those situated in Janaloka
• जनलोकस्थितैः: कर्ता (Agent in passive sense/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जनलोक-स्थित (प्रातिपदिक; जनलोक + स्थित)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), बहुवचन; विशेषण (masc instr pl adjective)

• सिद्धैः: by the Siddhas
• सिद्धैः: कर्ता (Agent in passive sense/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), बहुवचन (masc instr pl)

• चिन्त्यमानः: being contemplated
• चिन्त्यमानः: विशेषण (Predicate participle/विशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: चिन्त् (धातु)
• Form: वर्तमानकाले कर्मणि कृदन्त (present passive participle/शानच् in passive sense), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; ‘being thought of/meditated upon’

• जगत्पतिः: the Lord of the world
• जगत्पतिः: कर्ता (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत्-पति (प्रातिपदिक; जगत् + पति)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन (masc nom sg)

Speakers

• Narrative voice within cosmological account

Verse Rasa

{ "primaryRasa": "adbhuta", "secondaryRasa": "bhakti", "rasaIntensity": 0, "emotionalArcPosition": "", "moodDescriptors": [] }

Primary Deities

• Vishnu (as rescuer of Earth; Varaha theme)
• Siddhas

Key Themes

• Cosmology
• Pratisarga
• Varaha motif
• Lokas
• Meditation on the Lord

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Restoration (uddhāra) is a divine act: even when the world sinks into chaos (pātāla imagery), it can be re-established; the Siddhas’ contemplation underscores that higher beings recognize and align with this sustaining principle.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana (5 characteristics)?

Pratisarga: retrieval and re-placement of Earth is a hallmark of re-creation following pralaya.

What is the esoteric significance?

Earth ‘released upon the waters’ suggests stabilization of gross reality upon subtle undifferentiated substratum; Janaloka-Siddhas symbolize purified awareness witnessing cosmic restoration.