Shloka 29
The Origin of the Maruts
Diti’s Penance and Indra’s Intervention
तस्य सर्वमिदं पुण्यं जगत्स्थावरजंगमम् । भूतसर्गमिमं सम्यग्जानतो द्विजसत्तम
tasya sarvamidaṃ puṇyaṃ jagatsthāvarajaṃgamam | bhūtasargamimaṃ samyagjānato dvijasattama
Ô le meilleur des deux-fois-nés, pour celui qui connaît comme il se doit cette création des êtres, tout ce monde — l’immobile et le mobile — devient pour lui entièrement méritoire, rempli de puṇya.
Unspecified (contextual narrator/teacher addressing a Brahmin interlocutor)
Concept: Right understanding of the creation of beings transforms one’s perception so that the whole world becomes a field of merit.
Application: Study sacred cosmology with humility; practice mindful perception—treat all beings and environments as sacred, reducing exploitation and increasing seva-like care.
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
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Sandhi Resolution Notes: जगत्स्थावरजंगमम् = जगत् + स्थावर + जङ्गमम् (समास/सन्धि); सम्यग्जानतो = सम्यक् + जानतः (व्यञ्जन-सन्धि: क् + ज् → ग्ज्)
FAQs
It denotes the entire living world as two broad classes: immovable beings (sthāvara, like trees and plants) and movable beings (jaṅgama, like animals and humans).
It teaches that correct understanding of the process of creation (bhūta-sarga) sanctifies one’s perception of the world, making the whole experienced cosmos a source of merit for the knower.
Right knowledge is presented as transformative: when one understands existence properly, one relates to all beings reverentially and dharmically, and that orientation itself is counted as puṇya.