Shloka 16

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

Sanskrit

पिशाचोरगरक्षांसि तथा मत्सरिणो जनाः ।

पशवः पक्षिणश्चैव नक्रा मत्स्याः सरीसृपाः ॥

Transliteration

piśācoragarakṣāṃsi tathā matsariṇo janāḥ |

paśavaḥ pakṣiṇaś caiva nakrā matsyāḥ sarīsṛpāḥ ||

Translation

Les piśācas, les serpents et les rākṣasas, ainsi que les hommes envieux ; les bêtes et les oiseaux aussi ; les crocodiles, les poissons et les êtres rampants (reptiles) (vinrent à être / sont présents).

Speakers

• Narrative voice (frame not specified in input)

Key Themes

• Cosmology
• Sarga (creation)
• Classes of beings
• Moral taxonomy (envy as a trait)