Shloka 45

Adhyaya 48 — The Emanation of Beings from Brahma: Night, Day, Twilight, and the Orders of Creation

Sanskrit

एवंविधाः सृष्टयस्तु ब्रह्मणोऽव्यक्तजन्मनः ।

शर्वर्यन्ते प्रबुद्धस्य कल्पे कल्पे भवन्ति वै ॥

Transliteration

evaṃvidhāḥ sṛṣṭayas tu brahmaṇo 'vyaktajanmanaḥ / śarvaryante prabuddhasya kalpe kalpe bhavanti vai

Translation

إن مثل هذه الأنواع من الخلق تقع حقًّا لبراهما، الذي أصله من غير المتجلّي (avyakta)؛ فإذا استيقظ نشأت في كل كَلْبَة (kalpa)—كَلْبَة بعد كَلْبَة.

Speakers

• Narrative voice within the cosmology account (contextually Markandeya speaking in the broader dialogue)

Primary Deities

• Brahmā

Key Themes

• Cosmology
• Kalpa cycles
• Avyakta (unmanifest)
• Recurring creation