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Shloka 35

Atithi-prāpti and the Brāhmaṇa’s Deliberation on Triadic Dharma (अतिथिप्राप्तिः धर्मत्रयविचारश्च)

ज्ञेया: प्रकृतयोडष्टौ ता यासु लोका: प्रतिष्ठिता: । वेदवेदाडसंयुक्तान्‌ यज्ञान्‌ यज्ञाड्संयुतान्‌,“इन आठोंको प्रकृति जानना चाहिये, जिनमें सम्पूर्ण लोक प्रतिष्ठित हैं। लोकपितामह ब्रह्माने सम्पूर्ण लोकोंके जीवन-निर्वाहके लिये वेद-वेदांग और यज्ञांगोंसे युक्त यज्ञोंकी सृष्टि की है। पूर्वोक्त आठ प्रकृतियोंसे यह सम्पूर्ण जगत्‌ उत्पन्न हुआ है

jñeyāḥ prakṛtayo 'ṣṭau tā yāsu lokāḥ pratiṣṭhitāḥ | vedavedāṅgasaṃyuktān yajñān yajñāṅgasaṃyutān |

Kedelapan itulah yang harus dipahami sebagai unsur-unsur Prakṛti, tempat seluruh dunia bertumpu. (Brahmā) menata yajña-yajña yang diperlengkapi dengan Weda beserta cabang-cabang penunjangnya, dan disempurnakan dengan anggota-anggota kurban suci.

ज्ञेयाःto be known (should be known)
ज्ञेयाः:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootज्ञेय (√ज्ञा)
FormFeminine, Nominative, Plural
प्रकृतयःnatures, constituents (prakṛtis)
प्रकृतयः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootप्रकृति
FormFeminine, Nominative, Plural
अष्टौeight
अष्टौ:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootअष्टन्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
ताःthose (them)
ताः:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormFeminine, Accusative, Plural
यासुin which
यासु:
Adhikarana
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
FormFeminine, Locative, Plural
लोकाःworlds
लोकाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootलोक
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
प्रतिष्ठिताःestablished, founded
प्रतिष्ठिताः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootप्रतिष्ठित (प्रति-√स्था)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
वेदVedas
वेद:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootवेद
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
वेदाङ्गVedic auxiliaries (vedāṅgas)
वेदाङ्ग:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootवेदाङ्ग
FormNeuter, Accusative, Plural
संयुक्तान्endowed with, joined with
संयुक्तान्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootसंयुक्त (सम्-√युज्)
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
यज्ञान्sacrifices
यज्ञान्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootयज्ञ
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
यज्ञाङ्गlimbs/parts of sacrifice (yajñāṅgas)
यज्ञाङ्ग:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootयज्ञाङ्ग
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Plural
संयुतान्furnished with, connected with
संयुतान्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootसंयुत (सम्-√यु)
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural

वैशम्पायन उवाच

V
Vaiśampāyana
L
lokāḥ (the worlds)
V
Veda
V
Vedāṅga
Y
yajña
Y
yajñāṅga
B
Brahmā (Prajāpati/Pitāmaha; implied by the accompanying prose)

Educational Q&A

The verse grounds the universe in an ordered set of eight primordial constituents (prakṛtis) and links cosmic stability to Vedic order: the Vedas, their auxiliaries, and properly constituted sacrifice (yajña) are presented as instruments for sustaining life and maintaining the worlds.

Vaiśampāyana continues an instructive discourse in Śānti Parva, explaining cosmological principles: the worlds rest upon eight basic constituents, and Brahmā (as Grandsire) establishes Veda-informed sacrificial systems to support the ongoing life and functioning of the cosmos.