Shloka 25

Brahmacarya-Upāya: Jñāna, Śauca, and the Mind’s Role in Desire (शान्ति पर्व, अध्याय २०७)

Devanagari script

इतरास्तु व्यजायन्त गन्धर्वास्तुरगान्‌ द्विजान्‌ | गाश्च किंपुरुषान्मत्स्यानुद्धिज्जांश्व वनस्पतीन्‌

Transliteration

itarāstu vyajāyanta gandharvāstura-gān dvijān | gāś ca kiṃpuruṣān matsyān udbhijjāṃś ca vanaspatīn ||

Translation

ভীষ্ম বললেন—দক্ষের অন্যান্য কন্যাদের দ্বারা গন্ধর্ব, অশ্ব, পক্ষী, গাভী, কিম্পুরুষ, মৎস্য, উদ্ভিজ্জ এবং বনস্পতি জন্মিল।

Word by Word

• इतराः: the other (fem.)
• इतराः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इतर
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• व्यजायन्त: were born / came to be born
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (जायते)
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Plural, Ātmanepada

• गन्धर्वान्: Gandharvas
• गन्धर्वान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गन्धर्व
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• तुरगान्: horses
• तुरगान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: तुरग
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• द्विजान्: twice-born; birds (lit. twice-born)
• द्विजान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• गाः: cows
• गाः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गो
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• किंपुरुषान्: Kiṃpuruṣas
• किंपुरुषान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: किंपुरुष
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• मत्स्यान्: fish
• मत्स्यान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मत्स्य
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• उद्भिज्जान्: sprouting beings (plants born from the earth)
• उद्भिज्जान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: उद्भिज्ज
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• वनस्पतीन्: trees/vegetation
• वनस्पतीन्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वनस्पति
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Dakṣa
• Gandharvas
• horses
• birds (dvija)
• cows
• Kiṃpuruṣas
• fishes
• udbhijja (sprout-born plants)
• Vanaspatis (trees/vegetation)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse emphasizes the ordered continuity of creation: diverse classes of beings arise through specific lineages, reflecting a dharmic vision of a structured cosmos where every category of life has a place and a sustaining origin.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma continues a genealogical account describing how other daughters of Dakṣa became mothers of various beings—Gandharvas, animals, birds, aquatic life, and vegetation—mapping the proliferation of life-forms through ancestral lines.