Shloka 23
Adhyaya 48 — The Emanation of Beings from Brahma: Night, Day, Twilight, and the Orders of Creation
वर्णेन कपिलेनोग्रास्ते भूताः पिशिताशनाः ।
ध्यायतो गां ततस्तस्य गन्धर्वा जज्ञिरे सुताः ॥
varṇena kapilenogrās te bhūtāḥ piśitāśanāḥ | dhyāyato gāṃ tatas tasya gandharvā jajñire sutāḥ ||
Ces êtres farouches, de couleur fauve, devinrent mangeurs de chair. Puis, tandis qu’il contemplait la vache, les Gandharvas naquirent comme ses fils.
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FAQs
The text contrasts violent consumption (piśitāśana) with a creative, contemplative act yielding refined beings (Gandharvas), implying that inner disposition shapes the quality of what manifests.
Sarga: a catalog of created orders (bhūtas, gandharvas) and their characteristic marks (color, diet, origin in contemplation).
Meditation on ‘go’ can be read symbolically as contemplation on nourishment, earth, or even vāk (since ‘go’ is a multivalent Vedic symbol), from which harmonious arts (Gandharvas) arise.