Shloka 3
Jvarotpatti — The Origin and Distribution of Jvara
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नारद उवाच कुतः सृष्टमिदं विश्व ब्रह्मन् स्थावरजज्भमम् | प्रलये च कमभ्येति तद् भवान् प्रब्रवीतु मे,नारदजीने पूछा--ब्रह्मन! इस समस्त चराचर जगत्की सृष्टि किससे हुई है तथा यह प्रलयके समय किसमें लीन हो जाता है, यह आप मुझे बताइये?
nārada uvāca kutaḥ sṛṣṭam idaṃ viśvaṃ brahman sthāvara-jaṅgamam | pralaye ca kam abhyeti tad bhavān prabravītu me ||
Narada said: “O Brahman, from what source has this entire universe—both the immovable and the moving—been created? And at the time of dissolution, into what does it merge? Please explain this to me.”
नारद उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames a foundational philosophical inquiry: understanding the ultimate cause of creation and the final ground into which all existence dissolves. It sets up a teaching on first principles—origin, sustenance, and dissolution—often used to orient ethical life (dharma) within a larger cosmic order.
Narada respectfully questions a Brahman sage about cosmology: the source of the universe (including all immovable and movable beings) and its destination at pralaya (cosmic dissolution). This initiates an explanatory discourse that follows.