Shloka 12

Adhyāya 51: Kṛṣṇa’s Leave-Taking and Departure for Dvārakā (द्वारकागमनानुमति)

Devanagari script

एते विश्वसृजो विप्रा जायन्तीह पुन: पुनः । तेभ्य: प्रसूतास्तेष्वेव महाभूतेषु पडचसु । प्रलीयन्ते यथाकालमूर्मय: सागरे यथा,विश्वकी सृष्टि करनेवाले ये मरीचि आदि ब्राह्मण समुद्रकी लहरोंके समान बारंबार पञ्चमहाभूतोंसे उत्पन्न होते हैं। और उत्पन्न हुए वे फिर समयानुसार उन्हींमें लीन हो जाते हैं

Transliteration

ete viśvasṛjo viprā jāyantīha punaḥ punaḥ | tebhyaḥ prasūtāsteṣveva mahābhūteṣu pañcasu | pralīyante yathākālaṃ ūrmayaḥ sāgare yathā ||

Translation

Vāyu said: “These brahmin seers—creators of the worlds—are born here again and again. Born from the five great elements, they in due time dissolve back into those very elements, just as waves arise in the ocean and, in their season, subside into it again.”

Word by Word

एतेthese

विश्वसृजःcreators of the universe

विप्राःbrahmins/sages

जायन्तिare born/arise

इहhere (in this world)

पुनःagain

पुनःagain (repeatedly)

तेभ्यःfrom them

प्रसूताःborn/produced (having been produced)

तेषुin them

एवindeed/only

महाभूतेषुin the great elements

पञ्चसुin the five

प्रलीयन्तेdissolve/merge (back)

यथाकालम्in due time

ऊर्मयःwaves

सागरेin the ocean

यथाas/just as

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vāyudeva (the Wind-god, speaker)

viśvasṛj viprāḥ (world-creating sages, e.g., Marīci and others implied)

pañca mahābhūtāni (the five great elements)

sāgara (ocean)

ūrmayaḥ (waves)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes