Shloka 36

Devanagari script

निर्ममे लोकसिद्धयर्थ ब्रह्मा लोकपितामह: । अश भ्य: प्रकृतिभ्यश्व जात॑ विश्वमिदं जगत्‌,“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

Transliteration

Vaiśampāyana uvāca |

Nirmame lokasiddhyarthaṁ Brahmā lokapitāmahaḥ |

Aṣṭabhyaḥ prakṛtibhyaś ca jātaṁ viśvam idaṁ jagat ||

Translation

Demi tegaknya dan tertatanya dunia-dunia, Brahmā—Kakek Agung para dunia—menegakkan ciptaan. Dari delapan Prakṛti inilah seluruh jagat raya yang termanifestasi ini lahir.

Word by Word

निर्ममेcreated, fashioned

लोकसिद्ध्यर्थम्for the accomplishment/establishment of the worlds

ब्रह्माBrahmā

लोकपितामहःthe grandsire of the worlds

अष्टभ्यःfrom eight

प्रकृतिभ्यःfrom the natures/principles

चand

जातम्born, produced

विश्वम्entire, all

इदम्this

जगत्world, universe

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Brahmā (Lokapitāmaha)

Prakṛti (the eight constituents)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse teaches that the universe is not random but established for the proper functioning of the worlds, and that all manifested existence arises from fundamental constituents (the ‘eight prakṛtis’), grounding ethical life (dharma) in a coherent cosmic order.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana continues an explanatory discourse in Śānti Parva, describing Brahmā’s role in instituting the world-order and stating that the entire cosmos originates from eight primordial principles.