Shloka 147
Yoga-Sleep, Cosmic Dissolution, and the Lotus of Creation
with Mārkaṇḍeya’s Vision
अथ संघर्षसम्भूतं पावकं चास्य संभवम् । दृष्ट्वा पितामहो देवो महाभूतविभावनः
atha saṃgharṣasambhūtaṃ pāvakaṃ cāsya saṃbhavam | dṛṣṭvā pitāmaho devo mahābhūtavibhāvanaḥ
Kemudian, melihat api yang lahir dari gesekan—itulah perwujudannya sendiri—Pitāmaha (Brahmā), penggagas ilahi dan pengatur mahābhūta, pun memperhatikannya.
Narrator (Purāṇic narration; Brahmā is the subject of the verse)
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: vira
Sandhi Resolution Notes: चास्य = च + अस्य; संघर्षसम्भूतं (internal sandhi); पितामहो देवो = पितामहः + देवः (visarga sandhi).
FAQs
It highlights a cosmogonic motif: fire (Agni) manifests from friction, and Brahmā—described as the ordainer of the great elements—recognizes and responds to this elemental emergence.
Not explicitly. It is primarily cosmological, portraying Brahmā’s role in overseeing elemental manifestation; any devotional takeaway is indirect—seeing the cosmos as ordered and purposeful.
A common reflective reading is that transformative power can arise through disciplined effort and friction-like striving—symbolized by Agni’s emergence—within an ordered moral-cosmic framework.