Shloka 25

Devanagari script

शरीरमात्मन: कृत्वा सर्वलोकपितामह: । त्रैलोक्यमसृजद्‌ ब्रह्मा कृत्स्नं स्थावरजड्रमम्‌,सम्पूर्ण जगत॒के पितामह ब्रह्माजीने सबसे पहले स्वयं ही शरीर धारण करके स्थावर- जंगमरूप समस्त त्रिलोकीकी (कर्मानुसार) रचना की

Transliteration

śarīram ātmanaḥ kṛtvā sarvalokapitāmahaḥ | trailokyam asṛjad brahmā kṛtsnaṃ sthāvarajaṅgamam ||

Translation

The Brāhmaṇa said: “Having first assumed a body for himself, Brahmā—the grandsire of all worlds—brought forth the entire threefold universe, complete with everything immobile and mobile.”

Word by Word

शरीरम्body

आत्मनःof himself

कृत्वाhaving made/assuming

सर्वलोकपितामहःthe grandsire of all worlds

त्रैलोक्यम्the three worlds

असृजत्created

ब्रह्माBrahmā

कृत्स्नम्entire, whole

स्थावरजङ्गमम्the immobile and the mobile (all beings)

Speaker

ब्राह्मण उवाच

Characters & Entities

Brahmā (Pitāmaha)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Creation is presented as an intentional, structured act: Brahmā first becomes embodied and then generates the complete cosmos of immobile and mobile beings. This supports an ethical worldview in which the universe is ordered, and living beings operate within a meaningful moral framework rather than randomness.

What is happening in the narrative?

A Brāhmaṇa speaker describes the origin of the world: Brahmā, called the grandsire of all worlds, assumes a body and creates the three worlds in their entirety, including all stationary and moving forms of life.