Shloka 3
Jvarotpatti — The Origin and Distribution of Jvara
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नारद उवाच कुतः सृष्टमिदं विश्व ब्रह्मन् स्थावरजज्भमम् | प्रलये च कमभ्येति तद् भवान् प्रब्रवीतु मे
nārada uvāca kutaḥ sṛṣṭam idaṃ viśvaṃ brahman sthāvara-jaṅgamam | pralaye ca kam abhyeti tad bhavān prabravītu me ||
नारदजी ने पूछा—ब्रह्मन्! यह समस्त स्थावर-जङ्गम जगत् किससे सृष्ट हुआ है? और प्रलय के समय यह किसमें लीन हो जाता है? यह आप मुझे बताइये।
नारद उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames a foundational philosophical inquiry: understanding the ultimate cause of creation and the final ground into which all existence dissolves. It sets up a teaching on first principles—origin, sustenance, and dissolution—often used to orient ethical life (dharma) within a larger cosmic order.
Narada respectfully questions a Brahman sage about cosmology: the source of the universe (including all immovable and movable beings) and its destination at pralaya (cosmic dissolution). This initiates an explanatory discourse that follows.