Shloka 3
Adhyaya 48 — The Emanation of Beings from Brahma: Night, Day, Twilight, and the Orders of Creation
देवाद्याः स्थावरान्ताश्च प्रजा ब्रह्मंश्चतुर्विधाः ।
ब्रह्मणः कुर्वतः सृष्टिं जज्ञिरे मानसास्तदा ॥
devādyāḥ sthāvarāntāś ca prajā brahmaṃś caturvidhāḥ |
brahmaṇaḥ kurvataḥ sṛṣṭiṃ jajñire mānasās tadā ||
হে ব্ৰাহ্মণ, দেৱতাৰ পৰা আৰম্ভ কৰি স্থাৱৰলৈকে প্ৰজা চাৰিপ্ৰকাৰ আছিল। ব্ৰহ্মাই সৃষ্টিকাৰ্য কৰোঁতে তেতিয়া সিহঁত মনোজ—মনৰে পৰা জন্ম লোৱা সত্তা—ৰূপে প্ৰকাশ পালে।
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FAQs
Creation is presented as proceeding first through subtle ideation (mānasa-sṛṣṭi). The taxonomy of beings is not random but structured, implying an ordered cosmos with intelligible gradations.
Sarga (primary creation): the initial emergence of categories of beings from Brahmā’s creative act.
‘Mind-born’ indicates that the subtle precedes the gross: consciousness/ideation is the proximate cause for manifested differentiation.