Shloka 7

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

Sanskrit

उद्रिक्तास्तमसा सर्वे निःश्रीका ह्यल्पचेतसः ।

ततः संहर्षमाणास्ते द्वन्द्वोत्पन्नास्तु प्राणिनः ॥

Transliteration

udriktās tamasā sarve niḥśrīkā hy alpacetasaḥ |

tataḥ saṃharṣamāṇās te dvandvotpannās tu prāṇinaḥ ||

Translation

Todos quedaron sobrecogidos por la oscuridad (tamas), sin esplendor y de escaso entendimiento. Entonces, agitados por la excitación, los seres vivientes surgieron en pares (como dualidades).

Speakers

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

Key Themes

• Cosmology
• Sarga (creation)
• Guṇa theory (tamas)
• Origin of duality