Shloka 5

दान-धर्म-आश्रमविधानम्

Dana, Dharma, and the Four Āśramas

Devanagari script

भरद्वाज उवाच कथं सलिलमुत्पन्नं कथं चैवाग्निमारुतौ | कथं वा मेदिनी सूष्टेत्यत्र मे संशयो महान्‌,भरद्वाजने पूछा--भगवन्‌! जलकी उत्पत्ति कैसे हुई? अग्नि और वायुकी सृष्टि किस प्रकार हुई तथा पृथ्वीकी भी रचना कैसे की गयी, इस विषयमें मुझे महान्‌ संदेह है

Transliteration

bharadvāja uvāca kathaṃ salilam utpannaṃ kathaṃ caivāgnimārutau | kathaṃ vā medinī sṛṣṭety atra me saṃśayo mahān |

Translation

Bharadvāja said: “How did water come into being? How, indeed, were fire and wind produced? And how was the earth fashioned? On these matters I am seized by a great doubt.”

Word by Word

भरद्वाजःBharadvaja

उवाचsaid

कथम्how

सलिलम्water

उत्पन्नम्arisen/produced

कथम्how

चand

एवindeed/just

अग्निःfire

मारुतौthe two winds / wind (dual form)

कथम्how

वाor/indeed

मेदिनीearth

सृष्टाcreated

इतिthus (quotative)

अत्रhere/in this matter

मेmy/of me

संशयःdoubt

महान्great

Speaker

भरद्वाज उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bharadvāja

salila (water)

agni (fire)

māruta (wind)

medinī (earth)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes