Shloka 13

Devanagari script

प्रजा: सृष्टवा महातेजा: प्रजासगे पितामह: । अतीव वृद्धा बहुला नामृष्यत पुनः प्रजा:,प्रजाकी सृष्टि करते समय महातेजस्वी पितामह ब्रह्माने जब बहुत-से प्राणियोंकी सृष्टि कर डाली, तब उनकी संख्या बहुत अधिक हो गयी। इतनी अधिक प्रजाओंका होना ब्रह्माजीसे सहन न हो सका

Transliteration

prajāḥ sṛṣṭvā mahātejāḥ prajāsarge pitāmahaḥ | atīva vṛddhā bahulā nāmṛṣyata punaḥ prajāḥ ||

Translation

Narada said: Having created living beings, the Grandsire Brahmā—of great splendor—found that, in the very act of creation, the population had grown exceedingly vast and numerous. The sheer excess of beings became intolerable to him, prompting him to reconsider how creation should proceed in a sustainable and orderly way.

Word by Word

प्रजाःcreatures, subjects

सृष्ट्वाhaving created

महातेजाःthe great-lustrous one

प्रजासर्गेin the creation of creatures

पितामहःthe Grandsire (Brahmā)

अतीवexceedingly

वृद्धाःgrown, increased

बहुलाःnumerous, abundant

नnot

अमृष्यत्tolerated, endured

पुनःagain, further

प्रजाःcreatures, subjects

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

Nārada

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?

Even divine creation must be guided by order, proportion, and restraint; unchecked increase leads to imbalance, so dharma includes regulating growth to preserve harmony.

What is happening in the narrative?

Nārada describes Brahmā creating many beings, after which their numbers become excessively large; Brahmā finds this unsustainable and is led toward rethinking or instituting a regulated mode of creation.