Shloka 11

Adhyaya 49 — Cosmic Dissolution

Sanskrit

ध्यानेन मनसा तासां प्रजानां जायते सकृत् ।

शब्दादिर्विषयः शुद्धः प्रत्येकं पञ्चलक्षणः ॥

Transliteration

dhyānena manasā tāsāṃ prajānāṃ jāyate sakṛt |

śabdādir viṣayaḥ śuddhaḥ pratyekaṃ pañcalakṣaṇaḥ ||

Translation

Durch Meditation — durch den Geist — bringen jene Wesen nur ein einziges Mal Nachkommenschaft hervor. Die Sinnesobjekte, beginnend mit dem Klang, sind rein, und jedes besitzt fünf Merkmale.

Word by Word

• dhyānena: by meditation
• dhyānena: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dhyāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular

• manasā: by mind
• manasā: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: manas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular

• tāsām: of those (beings)
• tāsām: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Plural; pronoun

• prajānām: of creatures/offspring
• prajānām: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prajā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Plural

• jāyate: is born/arises
• jāyate: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √jan (धातु)
• Form: Present (लट्), 3rd Person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular; Ātmanepada

• sakṛt: once
• sakṛt: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (काल-अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sakṛt (अव्यय)
• Form: Adverb (क्रियाविशेषण) 'once'

• śabda-ādiḥ: sound and the rest
• śabda-ādiḥ: Karta/Predicative nominal (कर्ता/विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śabda + ādi (प्रातिपदिक); śabda-ādi (समास)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; tatpuruṣa: 'sound etc.' (ādi = 'and the rest')

• viṣayaḥ: object (of sense)
• viṣayaḥ: Karta/Predicative nominal (कर्ता/विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viṣaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular

• śuddhaḥ: pure
• śuddhaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण) of viṣayaḥ
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śuddha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular

• pratyekam: each, individually
• pratyekam: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: pratyekam (अव्यय)
• Form: Adverb (क्रियाविशेषण) 'separately/each'

• pañca-lakṣaṇaḥ: five-charactered
• pañca-lakṣaṇaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण) of viṣayaḥ/śabda-ādiḥ
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pañca + lakṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक); pañcalakṣaṇa (समास)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; dvigu: 'having five characteristics'

Speakers

• Narrative voice within the Purāṇic account (frame-speaker not specified in input)

Verse Rasa

{ "primaryRasa": "shanta", "secondaryRasa": "adbhuta", "rasaIntensity": 0, "emotionalArcPosition": "", "moodDescriptors": [] }

Key Themes

• Cosmology
• Sarga (creation)
• Mind-born progeny
• Sāṃkhya-like sense cosmology

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

The verse elevates mind (manas) and contemplation (dhyāna) as creative forces: consciousness shapes experience and even ‘birth’ in subtle phases. It suggests a hierarchy where mental purity precedes gross biological process.

How does this fit the Pancalakṣaṇa (5 characteristics)?

Sarga, with a philosophical (tattva) coloration: it links creation to the arising of sense-objects (viṣayas) and modes of generation (mind-born vs. sexual).

What is the esoteric significance?

‘Śabdādi viṣayāḥ’ points to the tanmātra/sense-field emergence; ‘pañcalakṣaṇa’ can be read as the fivefold sensory structure that binds jīvas to experience. Purity (śuddha) hints at an early, less-materially mixed state of the elements/objects.