Shloka 10

Devanagari script

ततः सलिलमुत्पन्नं तमसीवापरं तम: । तस्माच्च सलिलोत्पीडादुदतिष्ठत मारुत:,“तदनन्तर आकाशसे जलकी उत्पत्ति हुई; मानो अन्धकारमें ही दूसरा अन्धकार प्रकट हुआ हो। उस जलप्रवाहसे वायुका उत्थान हुआ

Transliteration

tataḥ salilam utpannaṃ tamasīvāparaṃ tamaḥ | tasmāc ca salilotpīḍād udatīṣṭhat mārutaḥ |

Translation

Thereafter water came into being—like a second darkness arising within darkness itself. And from the pressure and surge of that mass of waters, the Wind (Vāyu) arose.

Word by Word

ततःthen; thereafter; from that

सलिलम्water

उत्पन्नम्arisen; produced

तमसाby darkness; in darkness

इवas if; like

अपरम्another; second

तमःdarkness

तस्मात्from that; thence

चand

सलिलोत्पीडात्from the pressure/surge of water

उदतिष्ठतarose; stood up

मारुतःwind; air

Speaker

भरद्वाज उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bharadvāja

salila (water)

tamaḥ (darkness)

māruta (wind/Vāyu)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse presents a cosmological sequence in which elements emerge from prior conditions: from an undifferentiated darkness arises water, and from the dynamic pressure of water arises wind. It frames creation as an ordered unfolding from subtle/obscure states to manifest forces.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bharadvāja is describing the early stages of creation: first the appearance of water in a state likened to deep darkness, and then the arising of wind (māruta) from the agitation/pressure within that watery mass.