Shloka 33
Adhyaya 47 — Brahma’s Awakening and the Ninefold Scheme of Creation
मुख्यः सर्गश्चतुर्थस्तु मुख्याः वै स्थावराः स्मृताः ।
तिर्यक्स्रोतस्तु यः प्रोक्तस्तिर्यग्योन्यः स पञ्चमः ॥
mukhyaḥ sargaścaturthastu mukhyā vai sthāvarāḥ smṛtāḥ / tiryakstrotastu yaḥ proktastiryagyonyaḥ sa pañcamaḥ
The fourth is the ‘mukhya’ creation; the immovables (sthāvara) are indeed remembered as primary. The fifth, called ‘tiryak-srotas’, is the creation of those born in animal wombs (tiryag-yoni).
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FAQs
Life is graded and categorized, emphasizing continuity between plant, animal, and human existence. This supports an ethic of restraint and responsibility toward all life forms as part of one ordered creation.
Sarga: it transitions from prākṛta (principles) to vaikṛta (manifest life-forms), listing specific categories.
The ‘streams’ (srotas) imagery suggests directional tendencies of consciousness/instinct: immovables are ‘primary’ in stability; animals move ‘sideways’—symbolic of instinctual dispersion.