Srimad Bhagavatam — Panchama Skandha, Shloka 32
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जरायुजं स्वेदजमण्डजोद्भिदं चराचरं देवर्षिपितृभूतमैन्द्रियम् । द्यौ: खं क्षिति: शैलसरित्समुद्र- द्वीपग्रहर्क्षेत्यभिधेय एक: ॥ ३२ ॥
jarāyujaṁ svedajam aṇḍajodbhidaṁ carācaraṁ devarṣi-pitṛ-bhūtam aindriyam dyauḥ khaṁ kṣitiḥ śaila-sarit-samudra- dvīpa-graharkṣety abhidheya ekaḥ
Wahai Tuhanku, Engkau menampakkan energi-energi-Mu dalam bentuk tak terhitung: makhluk yang lahir dari rahim, dari telur, dan dari keringat; tumbuhan dan pepohonan yang tumbuh dari bumi; semua yang bergerak dan diam—para dewa, resi ilahi, para pitṛ, makhluk halus, serta indria; juga langit, alam-alam tinggi, dan bumi ini dengan gunung, sungai, laut, samudra, pulau, planet, dan bintang. Semua itu hanyalah perwujudan energi-Mu, namun asalnya Engkau satu tanpa duanya; tiada sesuatu melampaui-Mu. Maka jagat ini bukanlah palsu, melainkan penampakan sementara dari daya-Mu yang tak terpikirkan.
This verse completely rejects the theory of brahma satyaṁ jagan mithyā, which states that spirit, or Brahman, is real, whereas the manifested material world, with its great variety of things, is false. Nothing is false. One thing may be permanent and another temporary, but both the permanent and the temporary are facts. For example, if someone becomes angry for a certain period, no one can say that his anger is false. It is simply temporary. Everything we experience in our daily lives is of this same character; it is temporary but real.
FAQs
It lists the major categories of birth—womb-born, sweat-born, egg-born, and sprouting—along with moving and nonmoving beings, and concludes that despite many forms and names, their ultimate basis is one Supreme Reality (the Lord).
Śukadeva Gosvāmī speaks this verse to King Parīkṣit while describing the cosmic arrangement and the devotional vision that sees all manifestations as ultimately resting in Bhagavān.
By practicing devotional remembrance and respect—seeing all beings and nature as connected to the Supreme—one reduces envy and pride, and strengthens gratitude, service attitude, and steady bhakti.