Shloka 11

अव्यक्त-प्रबोधः (Awakening to the Unmanifest): The 25th and 26th Principles and Eligibility for Brahma-vidyā

Devanagari script

यत्र तत्र कथं जाता: स्वयोनिं मुनयो गता: । शुद्धयोनौ समुत्पन्ना वियोनौ च तथा परे,ऋषि-मुनि जहाँ-तहाँ जन्म ग्रहण करके अर्थात्‌ जो शुद्ध योनिमें और दूसरे जो विपरीत योनिमें उत्पन्न हुए हैं, वे सब ब्राह्मणत्वको कैसे प्राप्त हुए?

Transliteration

yatra tatra kathaṁ jātāḥ svayoniṁ munayo gatāḥ | śuddhayonau samutpannā viyonau ca tathā pare ||

Translation

Janaka asked: “How did the munis, taking birth here and there, attain their own proper spiritual lineage? Those born from ‘pure’ wombs and likewise others born from ‘irregular’ or contrary wombs—by what means did all of them reach Brahminhood?”

Word by Word

यत्रwhere

तत्रthere

कथम्how

जाताःborn

स्वयोनिम्their own womb/origin

मुनयःsages

गताःgone/attained

शुद्धयोनौin a pure womb/origin

समुत्पन्नाःarisen/produced

वियोनौin an impure/contrary womb/origin

चand

तथाthus/likewise

परेothers

Speaker

जनक उवाच

Characters & Entities

Janaka

muni (sages)

Ṛ

ṛṣi (seers)

brāhmaṇatva (Brahminhood)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes