Shloka 33
Atithi-prāpti and the Brāhmaṇa’s Deliberation on Triadic Dharma (अतिथिप्राप्तिः धर्मत्रयविचारश्च)
महाभूतानि सृष्ट्वैव तान् गुणान् निर्ममे पुन: । भूतेभ्यश्वैव निष्पन्ना मूर्तिमन्तश्न॒ तान् शृूणु,“अहंकारस्वरूप ब्रह्माने पजचमहाभूतोंकी सृष्टि करके फिर उनके शब्द-स्पर्श आदि गुणोंका निर्माण किया। उन भूतोंसे जो मूर्तिमान् प्राणी उत्पन्न हुए, उनके नाम सुनो
mahābhūtāni sṛṣṭvaiva tān guṇān nirmame punaḥ | bhūtebhyaś caiva niṣpannā mūrtimantaś ca tān śṛṇu ||
ヴァイシャンパーヤナは言った。「まず大いなる諸元素を創り、ついでそれらに応ずる性質――音や触など――をあらためて形づくられた。そしてまさにその元素から、身を具えた生類が生じた。いまより彼らについて語るゆえ、聞け。」
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse outlines a cosmological sequence: the great elements are created first, then their sensory qualities (sound, touch, etc.), and from these arise embodied beings—linking material elements, perception, and living forms in a structured order.
Vaiśampāyana continues an explanatory discourse in Śānti Parva, describing how creation proceeds from elements to qualities and then to formed creatures, preparing the listener for a listing or classification of embodied beings.