Shloka 25
Brahmacarya-Upāya: Jñāna, Śauca, and the Mind’s Role in Desire (शान्ति पर्व, अध्याय २०७)
इतरास्तु व्यजायन्त गन्धर्वास्तुरगान् द्विजान् | गाश्च किंपुरुषान्मत्स्यानुद्धिज्जांश्व वनस्पतीन्,तत्पश्चात् दक्षके अन्य सत्ताईस कन्याएँ हुईं, जो पूर्वोक्त कन््याओंसे छोटी थीं। महाभाग सोम उन सबके पति हुए। इन सबके अतिरिक्त भी दक्षके बहुत-सी कन्याएँ हुईं, जिन्होंने गन्धर्वों, अश्वों, पक्षियों, गौओं, किम्पुरुषों, मत्स्यों, उद॒भिज्जों और वनस्पतियोंको जन्म दिया
itarāstu vyajāyanta gandharvāstura-gān dvijān | gāś ca kiṃpuruṣān matsyān udbhijjāṃś ca vanaspatīn ||
Bhīṣma said: Other daughters of Dakṣa gave birth to the Gandharvas, to horses, to birds, to cows, to Kiṃpuruṣas, to fishes, and also to beings born from sprouts, and to trees and other vegetation. Thus the lineages of many classes of creatures were propagated through Dakṣa’s daughters, indicating the ordered continuity of creation and the interlinked responsibilities within the cosmic household.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse emphasizes the ordered continuity of creation: diverse classes of beings arise through specific lineages, reflecting a dharmic vision of a structured cosmos where every category of life has a place and a sustaining origin.
Bhīṣma continues a genealogical account describing how other daughters of Dakṣa became mothers of various beings—Gandharvas, animals, birds, aquatic life, and vegetation—mapping the proliferation of life-forms through ancestral lines.