Shloka 35

Devanagari script

यक्षा: साध्या: पिशाचाश्च गुह्मका: पितरस्तथा । ततः प्रसूता विद्वांस: शिष्टा ब्रद्यूर्षिसत्तमा:,तदनन्तर यक्ष, साध्य, पिशाच, गुहाक और पितर एवं तत्त्वज्ञानी सदाचारपरायण साधुशिरोमणि ब्रह्मर्षिगण प्रकट हुए

Transliteration

yakṣāḥ sādhyāḥ piśācāś ca guhyakāḥ pitaras tathā | tataḥ prasūtā vidvāṁsaḥ śiṣṭā brahmarṣisattamāḥ ||

Translation

Thereafter were brought forth the Yakṣas, the Sādhyas, and the Piśācas; likewise the Guhyakas and the Pitṛs. Following them appeared the wise—cultured and disciplined in right conduct—the foremost of the Brahmarṣis. The passage situates the emergence of various classes of beings within a cosmic genealogy, implicitly valuing knowledge (vidyā) and ethical refinement (śiṣṭācāra) as marks of the highest sages.

Word by Word

यक्षाःYakshas

साध्याःSadhyas (a class of deities)

पिशाचाःPisachas (ghouls)

चand

गुह्यकाःGuhyakas (attendants of Kubera)

पितरःFathers/Manes (Pitrs)

तथाalso/likewise

ततःthen/thereafter

प्रसूताःwere produced/born

विद्वांसःthe learned/wise

शिष्टाःcultured/virtuous

ब्रह्मर्षि-सत्तमाःthe best of Brahmarshis

Characters & Entities

Yakṣas

Sādhyas

Piśācas

Guhyakas

Pitṛs

Brahmarṣis

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse elevates ethical discipline and learning as defining traits of the highest sages (brahmarṣisattamāḥ), while presenting a graded cosmos where many kinds of beings arise; it implicitly affirms that true excellence is measured by wisdom and right conduct.

What is happening in the narrative?

In a creation/genealogical sequence in Adi Parva, various classes of beings—Yakṣas, Sādhyas, Piśācas, Guhyakas, and Pitṛs—are said to be produced, and then the foremost Brahmarṣis (great seers) appear.