Shloka 49
आकाश पृथिवीं ज्योतिर्वायुं सलिलमेव च । लोके यच्च भवेच्छेषमिह स्थावरजड्रमम्,आकाश, पृथ्वी, अग्नि, वायु और जलका तथा इस संसारमें जो अन्य चराचर वस्तुएँ अवशिष्ट हैं, उन सबका निर्माण करूँगा
ākāśaṃ pṛthivīṃ jyotirvāyuṃ salilam eva ca | loke yac ca bhavec cheṣam iha sthāvarajaḍramam ||
The Deity said: “I shall bring forth space, earth, fire (light), wind, and water—and whatever else remains in this world here, whether moving or unmoving, even what is inert.” In this declaration, creation is framed as an ordered emergence of the elements and all beings, underscoring a cosmic moral order in which the manifold world arises from a single divine agency.
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Educational Q&A
The verse presents creation as a structured unfolding of the fundamental elements—space, earth, fire/light, wind, and water—followed by all remaining entities. Ethically, it implies that the world is not random but grounded in a coherent cosmic order, which supports the Mahābhārata’s broader idea that dharma operates within an intelligible, divinely sustained reality.
A divine speaker proclaims an act of creation: the bringing forth of the primary elements and, beyond them, the rest of the world’s contents, including immovable and inert forms. The statement functions as a cosmological assertion of divine sovereignty over the constitution of the world.