Srimad Bhagavatam — Tritiya Skandha, Shloka 53
Brahmā’s Creation: The Kumāras, Rudra, the Prajāpatis, and the Manifestation of Vedic Sound
Devanagari script
ताभ्यां रूपविभागाभ्यां मिथुनं समपद्यत ॥ ५३ ॥
Transliteration
tābhyāṁ rūpa-vibhāgābhyāṁ mithunaṁ samapadyata
Translation
新たに分かれた二つの身体は互いに結ばれ、夫婦の対（ミトゥナ）となった。
Synonyms
ताभ्याम्from/by those two
ताभ्याम्:
करण (Karaṇa/instrument)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/करण), द्विवचन
रूप-विभागाभ्याम्by the two divisions of form
रूप-विभागाभ्याम्:
करण (Karaṇa/instrument)
TypeNoun
Rootरूप (प्रातिपदिक) + विभाग (प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (rūpasya vibhāgaḥ), पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, द्विवचन
मिथुनम्a pair; couple
मिथुनम्:
कर्ता (Karta/subject)
TypeNoun
Rootमिथुन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
समपद्यतcame into being; arose
समपद्यत:
क्रिया (action)
TypeVerb
Rootसम्+आ√पद् (धातु)
Formलङ्-लकार (Imperfect/past), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद
FAQs
This verse states that when forms were differentiated, a male-female pair (mithuna) came into being—indicating the manifest beginning of procreation within creation.
It highlights the stage of creation where complementary forms arise as couples, enabling population and further expansion of living beings in the cosmic order.
See relationships and family life as part of a larger dharmic order—meant to be guided by responsibility, purity, and spiritual purpose rather than mere impulse.