Shloka 22
Adhyaya 48 — The Emanation of Beings from Brahma: Night, Day, Twilight, and the Orders of Creation
सर्पणात्तेऽभवन् सर्पा हीनत्वादहयः स्मृताः ।
सर्पान् दृष्ट्वा ततः क्रोधात् क्रोधात्मानो विनिर्ममे ॥
sarpaṇātte 'bhavan sarpā hīnatvād ahayaḥ smṛtāḥ | sarpān dṛṣṭvā tataḥ krodhāt krodhātmāno vinirmame ||
তেওঁলোকৰ সৰ্পণ গতিৰ বাবে তেওঁলোক ‘সৰ্প’ নামে পৰিচিত হ’ল; আৰু নীচে চলা স্বভাৱৰ বাবে ‘অহয়ঃ’ বুলি স্মৃত। সেই সৰ্পসমূহ দেখি তেওঁ ক্ৰোধে ক্ৰোধস্বভাৱ জীৱ সৃষ্টি কৰিলে।
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FAQs
The verse links temperament and form: certain beings arise associated with specific guṇic impulses (here, krodha). It implicitly cautions that ungoverned anger generates destructive tendencies and ‘species’ of behavior.
Primarily Sarga (creation), specifically a sub-strand of secondary creation describing classes of beings and their naming through nirukti-style etymology.
Serpentine movement symbolizes tamas-bound consciousness (low, earth-hugging). ‘Krodhātmānaḥ’ suggests that anger crystallizes into autonomous forces—inner afflictions becoming outer adversaries.