Shloka 5
Śuka’s Manifestation from the Araṇi (Āraṇeya-janma) — शुकजन्म (आरणेय-सम्भव)
द्यावापृथिव्योरित्येष राजन् वेदेषु पठ्यते । तयो: शकलयोर्मध्यमाकाशमकरोत् प्रभु:,राजन! शक्तिशाली ब्रह्माजीने उस अण्डके दोनों टुकड़ोंके एवं स्वर्ग तथा भूतलके मध्यभागमें आकाशकी सृष्टि की। यह बात वेदोंमें कही गयी है
dyāvāpṛthivyor ity eṣa rājan vedeṣu paṭhyate | tayoḥ śakalayor madhyam ākāśam akarot prabhuḥ |
Dijo Yājñavalkya: “Oh Rey, en los Vedas se recita la fórmula ‘Dyāvā–Pṛthivī’ (Cielo y Tierra). Del espacio entre esas dos mitades, el Señor formó la región intermedia—ākāśa, la vasta extensión entre el cielo y la tierra. Así enseña la tradición que el cosmos ordenado surge por poder divino y separación medida, no por caos.”
याज़्ञवल्क्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse grounds cosmology in Vedic testimony: heaven and earth are conceived as two separated realms, and the ordered ‘middle’ (ākāśa) is created between them by the Lord. Ethically, it reinforces that dharma and right knowledge rely on śruti (Vedic authority) and that cosmic order is intentional, not accidental.
Yājñavalkya addresses a king and cites a Vedic expression (‘Dyāvā–Pṛthivī’) to explain how the mid-space (ākāśa) came to be—formed by the Lord in the interval between the two cosmic halves (heaven and earth).