Shloka 6

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

Sanskrit

रजस्तमोभ्यामुद्रिक्ता ईहाशीला स्तु ते स्मृताः ।

पद्भ्यां सहस्रमन्यच्च मिथुनानां ससर्ज ह ॥

Transliteration

rajas-tamobhyām udriktā īhāśīlās tu te smṛtāḥ / padbhyāṃ sahasram anyac ca mithunānāṃ sasarja ha

Translation

Se los recuerda como dominados por rajas y tamas a la vez, y con una naturaleza orientada al esfuerzo y al trabajo arduo. De sus pies creó todavía otros mil pares.

Word by Word

• rajas-tamobhyām: by rajas and tamas
• rajas-tamobhyām: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rajas + tamas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (समाहार-द्वन्द्व), तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), द्विवचन; द्वन्द्व: rajas + tamas

• udriktāḥ: abounding (in)
• udriktāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: udrikta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण

• īhā-śīlāḥ: given to effort/striving
• īhā-śīlāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: īhā-śīla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष: īhā + śīla ('having the nature of striving/effort')

• tu: indeed
• tu: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, अवधारण/विरोधसूचक

• te: they
• te: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• smṛtāḥ: are said to be
• smṛtāḥ: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √smṛ (धातु) + ta (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: कृतान्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; 'considered/said to be'

• padbhyām: from (his) feet
• padbhyām: Apādāna (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pād (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), द्विवचन

• sahasram: a thousand
• sahasram: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sahasra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• anyat: another
• anyat: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चयबोधक

• mithunānām: of pairs/couples
• mithunānām: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mithuna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• sasarja: created
• sasarja: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sa-√sṛj (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• ha: indeed (narrative)
• ha: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, स्मरण/वृत्तान्तसूचक (narrative particle)

Speakers

• Mārkaṇḍeya

Verse Rasa

{ "primaryRasa": "shanta", "secondaryRasa": "adbhuta", "rasaIntensity": 0, "emotionalArcPosition": "", "moodDescriptors": [] }

Primary Deities

• Brahmā

Key Themes

• Sarga
• Rajas-tamas mixture
• Labor/effort
• Symbolic anatomy

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

A rajas–tamas blend yields endurance and work-capacity but risks inertia or obscuration. The implied counsel is upliftment: refine tamas through knowledge and rajas through right aim.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana (5 characteristics)?

Sarga: continued guṇa-stratified creation, mapping dispositions to cosmic anthropology.

What is the esoteric significance?

Feet symbolize grounding in material existence and service. Beings ‘from the feet’ represent the most embodied layer of society, oriented toward sustaining the world through work (īhā).