Shloka 11

Adhyaya 49 — Primordial Human Creation, the Rise of Desire, and the Origins of Settlements, Measures, and Agriculture

Sanskrit

ध्यानेन मनसा तासां प्रजानां जायते सकृत् ।

शब्दादिर्विषयः शुद्धः प्रत्येकं पञ्चलक्षणः ॥

Transliteration

dhyānena manasā tāsāṃ prajānāṃ jāyate sakṛt |

śabdādir viṣayaḥ śuddhaḥ pratyekaṃ pañcalakṣaṇaḥ ||

Translation

Por la meditación—por la mente—esas criaturas producen descendencia una sola vez. Los objetos de los sentidos, comenzando por el sonido, son puros, y cada uno posee cinco características.

Speakers

• Narrative voice within the Purāṇic account (frame-speaker not specified in input)

Key Themes

• Cosmology
• Sarga (creation)
• Mind-born progeny
• Sāṃkhya-like sense cosmology