Shloka 2
दान-धर्म-आश्रमविधानम्
Dana, Dharma, and the Four Āśramas
Devanagari script
भूगुरुवाच प्रजाविसर्ग विविधं मानसो मनसासृजत् | संरक्षणार्थ भूतानां सृष्ट प्रथणतो जलम्
Transliteration
bhṛgur uvāca—prajāvisargaṁ vividhaṁ mānaso manasāsṛjat | saṁrakṣaṇārthaṁ bhūtānāṁ sṛṣṭaṁ prathamataḥ jalam ||
Translation
ブリグは言った。「心の力のみをもって、心生の主は多様なる衆生を創り出した。さらに生きとし生けるものを護り養うため、まず水を創造し給うた。」
Word by Word
{'bhṛguḥ uvāca''Bhṛgu said', 'prajā-visargaḥ': 'the emission/creation of creatures
{'bhṛguḥ uvāca':
progeny-creation', 'vividham''variegated
progeny-creation', 'vividham':
of many kinds', 'mānasaḥ''mental
of many kinds', 'mānasaḥ':
produced by the mind', 'manasā''by the mind (instrumental)', 'asṛjat': 'created
produced by the mind', 'manasā':
brought forth', 'saṁrakṣaṇa-artham''for the purpose of protection/preservation', 'bhūtānām': 'of beings/creatures', 'sṛṣṭam': 'created
brought forth', 'saṁrakṣaṇa-artham':
brought into existence', 'prathamataḥ''first
brought into existence', 'prathamataḥ':
at the beginning', 'jalam''water'}
at the beginning', 'jalam':
Speaker
भरद्वाज उवाच
Characters & Entities
B
BhṛguP
Prajā (creatures)B
Bhūta (beings)J
Jala (water)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Educational Q&A
Creation is presented as purposeful and ethical: the first act includes providing a protective, sustaining basis for life—water—highlighting that governance of the world begins with safeguarding beings.
Bhṛgu describes an early stage of creation: the mind-born creator produces diverse beings through mental resolve, and then establishes water first as a means to preserve and protect living creatures.