Shloka 4

Jvarotpatti — The Origin and Distribution of Jvara

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Devanagari script

असित उवाच येभ्य: सृजति भूतानि काले भावप्रचोदित: । महाभूतानि पज्चेति तान्याहुर्भूतचिन्तका:,असितदेवलने कहा--देवर्षे! सृष्टिके समय परमात्मा प्राणियोंकी वासनाओंसे प्रेरित हो समयपर जिन तत्त्वोंसे सम्पूर्ण भूतोंकी सृष्टि करते हैं, उन्हें भूतचिन्तक (भौतिक विज्ञानवादी) विद्वान पंचमहाभूत कहते हैं

Transliteration

asita uvāca | yebhyaḥ sṛjati bhūtāni kāle bhāvapracoditaḥ | mahābhūtāni pañceti tāny āhur bhūtacintakāḥ ||

Translation

アシタは言った。「おおデーヴァリシよ。創造の時、至上の自己は、生きとし生けるものの潜在する性向（bhāva）に促され、時に応じて、ある根本原理から万物を生み出す。物質の本性を観ずる者は、それらを『五大』（pañca-mahābhūta）と呼ぶ。」

Word by Word

• {'asita uvāca': 'Asita said', 'yebhyaḥ': 'from which

• from those (principles)', 'sṛjati': 'creates

• brings forth', 'bhūtāni': 'beings

• created entities', 'kāle': 'at the time (especially the time of creation)

• in due time', 'bhāva-pracoditaḥ': 'impelled by dispositions/latent tendencies

• prompted by inner states (often understood as vāsanās/saṃskāras)', 'mahābhūtāni': 'the great elements (classically: earth, water, fire, wind, space)', 'pañca': 'five', 'iti': 'thus

• as', 'tāni': 'those (principles/elements)', 'āhuḥ': 'they say

• they call', 'bhūta-cintakāḥ': 'thinkers/inquirers into the elements

Speaker

असित उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Asita
• pañca mahābhūtāni (five great elements)