Cosmogony and the Ninefold Creation: Rudra’s Origin and the Prelude to the Sāvitrī-Veda Narrative
पश्वादयस्ते विख्याता उत्पथग्राहिणस्तु ते। तमप्यसाधकं मत्वा तिर्यक्स्रोतं चतुर्मुखः॥ २.२९ ॥
paśvādayas te vikhyātā utpathagrāhiṇas tu te | tam apy asādhakaṃ matvā tiryaksrotaṃ caturmukhaḥ || 2.29 ||
पशु और जानवर यही कैटेगरी में आते हैं। यह लोग सीधा रास्ता नहीं चलते, भटक जाते हैं। ब्रह्मा ने देखा कि यह भी सही नहीं है, इसलिए इसको अलग कर दिया तिर्यक-स्रोतस में।
Varāha
It preserves a Purāṇic-era classificatory vocabulary (e.g., tiryak-srotas) used to systematize living beings within broader cosmological and philosophical frameworks attributed to Brahmā.
No explicit geographic location is named in this verse; the focus is ontological classification rather than sacred geography.
The verse frames ‘deviating paths’ (utpatha) as non-conducive to accomplishment (asādhaka), presenting an ethical-philosophical preference for disciplined or right-directed conduct.
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