Shloka 26

कर्मनाशाभावः, गर्भे जीवप्रवेशः, आचारधर्मोपदेशः

Karma’s Non-Extinction, Jīva’s Entry into the Embryo, and Instruction on Conduct-Dharma

Devanagari script

ततः प्रधानमसृजत्‌ प्रकृतिं स शरीरिणाम्‌ | यया सर्वमिदं व्याप्तं यां लोके परमां विदु:,उन्होंने प्रधान नामक तत्त्वकी उत्पत्ति की, जो देहधारी जीवोंकी प्रकृति कहलाती है। जिसने इस सम्पूर्ण जगत्‌को व्याप्त कर रखा है तथा लोकमें जिसे मूल प्रकृतिके नामसे जानते हैं

Translation

Then he created the Pradhāna, the Prakṛti of embodied beings, by which all this is pervaded; and in the world it is known as the supreme, primordial Nature.

Word by Word

ततःthen, thereafter

प्रधानम्Pradhāna (primordial matter/principle)

असृजत्created, produced

प्रकृतिम्Nature, Prakṛti

सhe

शरीरिणाम्of embodied beings

ययाby which

सर्वम्all, entire

इदम्this

व्याप्तम्pervaded

याम्whom/which

लोकेin the world

परमाम्supreme, highest

विदुःknow, regard as

Speaker

ब्राह्मण उवाच

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes