Shloka 22

Adhyaya 49 — Primordial Human Creation, the Rise of Desire, and the Origins of Settlements, Measures, and Agriculture

Sanskrit

तासां विना तु संकल्पं जायन्ते मिथुनाः प्रजाः ।

समं जन्म च रूपं च म्रियन्ते चैव ताः समम् ॥

Transliteration

tāsāṃ vinā tu saṃkalpaṃ jāyante mithunāḥ prajāḥ /

samaṃ janma ca rūpaṃ ca mriyante caiva tāḥ samam

Translation

তাদের কোনো সংকল্প না থাকলেও যুগল-সন্তান জন্মাল। তাদের জন্ম ও আকৃতি একরূপ ছিল, এবং তাদের মৃত্যু-ও সমানভাবেই ঘটত।

Speakers

• Narrative voice within the Purana’s cosmological account

Key Themes

• Primordial reproduction
• Uniformity
• Determinism of lifespan