Shloka 146
Cosmic Time, Cycles of Creation and Dissolution, and the Varāha Uplift of Earth
माषा मुद्गा मसूराश्च निष्पावाः सकुलत्थकाः । अढकाश्चणकाश्चैव शणास्सप्तदश स्मृताः
māṣā mudgā masūrāśca niṣpāvāḥ sakulatthakāḥ | aḍhakāścaṇakāścaiva śaṇāssaptadaśa smṛtāḥ
Schwarzer Mung, grüner Mung, Linsen, Flachbohnen und Pferdegramm; ebenso Adhakā, Kichererbsen und Hanfsamen — diese gelten als die siebzehn Arten.
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Concept: Creation includes systematic diversity of foods; remembering and classifying them supports right living, health, and ritual continuity.
Application: Choose wholesome staples, keep dietary discipline, and practice generosity with protein staples (dāl) as practical anna-dāna.
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"A sage sits with palm-leaf manuscripts while assistants arrange bowls of black gram, green gram, lentils, flat beans, horse-gram, chickpeas, and hemp-seeds in a neat mandala. The composition feels like a living taxonomy—food as sacred knowledge—set beside a small altar flame.","primary_figures":["sage classifier","assistants/apprentices"],"setting":"hermitage veranda with palm-leaf manuscripts, bowls of legumes, and a small ritual altar","lighting_mood":"forest dappled","color_palette":["deep umber","lentil orange","pea green","ivory","smoky gold"],"tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore painting style: seated sage with manuscript, symmetrical offering bowls of pulses arranged like a yantra; gold leaf accents on the altar flame and bowl rims; rich maroon and emerald background with lotus border.","pahari_prompt":"Pahari miniature style: quiet āśrama scene, delicate bowls of legumes rendered with fine stippling, apprentices attentive; cool greens and warm browns, refined faces, trees framing the veranda.","kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural style: bold outlines, flat pigments—sage and assistants with stylized eyes; pulses in geometric arrangement; red/yellow/green palette with ornamental creeper borders.","pichwai_prompt":"Pichwai cloth painting style: central mandala of legumes and seeds within a floral border; small lamp and conch motifs; peacocks at corners; deep blue cloth with gold highlights, devotionalizing everyday staples."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"meditative","suggested_raga":"Durga","pace":"slow-meditative","voice_tone":"serene","sound_elements":["leaf rustle","soft mantra hum","distant stream","wooden beads","brief bell chime"]}
Sandhi Resolution Notes: मसूराश्च = मसूराः + च; अढकाश्चणकाः = अढकाः + चणकाः (च-लोप/सन्धि-लेखन); चणकाश्चैव = चणकाः + च + एव; शणास्सप्तदश = शणाः + सप्तदश
FAQs
The verse enumerates various legumes/pulses and related seeds (e.g., black gram, green gram, lentils, horse-gram, chickpea, hemp-seed), presenting them as a remembered set counted as seventeen.
Not directly. It functions more like an encyclopedic or dharma-oriented catalog of food items; any devotional or ethical application would depend on the surrounding passage (e.g., rules of diet, offerings, or purity).
It signals that these items belong to a fixed traditional enumeration. Without the immediately surrounding verses, it is unclear whether the count refers to pulses specifically or to a broader category being defined in the chapter.