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Shloka 33

Atithi-prāpti and the Brāhmaṇa’s Deliberation on Triadic Dharma (अतिथिप्राप्तिः धर्मत्रयविचारश्च)

महाभूतानि सृष्ट्वैव तान्‌ गुणान्‌ निर्ममे पुन: । भूतेभ्यश्वैव निष्पन्ना मूर्तिमन्तश्न॒ तान्‌ शृूणु

mahābhūtāni sṛṣṭvaiva tān guṇān nirmame punaḥ | bhūtebhyaś caiva niṣpannā mūrtimantaś ca tān śṛṇu ||

বৈশম্পায়ন বললেন—প্রথমে মহাভূতসমূহ সৃষ্টি করে তিনি পুনরায় তাদের শব্দ, স্পর্শ প্রভৃতি গুণ নির্মাণ করলেন। সেই ভূতসমূহ থেকেই দেহধারী প্রাণীরা উৎপন্ন হল। এখন আমি যাদের কথা বলব, তাদের নাম শোনো।

महाभूतानिthe great elements
महाभूतानि:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootमहाभूत
FormNeuter, Accusative, Plural
सृष्ट्वाhaving created
सृष्ट्वा:
TypeVerb
Rootसृज्
Formक्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral)
एवindeed/just
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
तान्those
तान्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
गुणान्qualities (e.g., sound, touch, etc.)
गुणान्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootगुण
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
निर्ममेhe fashioned/created
निर्ममे:
TypeVerb
Rootनिर्मा (नि + मा)
FormPerfect (लिट्), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
पुनःagain
पुनः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपुनः
भूतेभ्यःfrom the elements/beings
भूतेभ्यः:
Apadana
TypeNoun
Rootभूत
FormNeuter, Ablative, Plural
एवindeed
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
निष्पन्नाःarisen/produced
निष्पन्नाः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootनिष्पन्न (नि + √पद्/√पद् → निष्पद्; past passive participle in sense 'produced/come forth')
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
मूर्तिमन्तःembodied, having form
मूर्तिमन्तः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootमूर्तिमन्त्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
तान्those (names/ones)
तान्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
शृणुhear (listen)
शृणु:
TypeVerb
Rootश्रु
FormImperative (लोट्), 2nd, Singular, Parasmaipada

वैशम्पायन उवाच

V
Vaiśampāyana
M
mahābhūtas (great elements)
G
guṇas (sound, touch etc.)

Educational Q&A

The verse outlines a cosmological sequence: the great elements are created first, then their sensory qualities (sound, touch, etc.), and from these arise embodied beings—linking material elements, perception, and living forms in a structured order.

Vaiśampāyana continues an explanatory discourse in Śānti Parva, describing how creation proceeds from elements to qualities and then to formed creatures, preparing the listener for a listing or classification of embodied beings.