Shloka 47

Indrajit’s Binding, Restoration by Viśalyā, and Counsel Restraining Rāvaṇa (Āraṇyaka Parva 273)

Devanagari script

सृज्यते ब्रह्ममूर्तिस्तु रक्षते पौरुषी तनु: । रौद्रीभावेन शमयेत्‌ तिसख््रो5वस्था: प्रजापते:,“ब्रह्माजीके रूपसे भगवान्‌ सृष्टि करते हैं। परमपुरुष नारायणरूपसे इसकी रक्षा करते हैं तथा रुद्रस्वरूपसे सबका संहार करते हैं। इस प्रकार प्रजापालक भगवान्‌की ये तीन अवस्थाएँ हैं

Transliteration

sṛjyate brahmamūrtis tu rakṣate pauruṣī tanuḥ | raudrībhāvena śamayet tisro ’vasthāḥ prajāpateḥ ||

Translation

ビーマセーナは言った。「主はブラフマーの姿として創造を起こし、至上の人格（ナーラーヤナ）として身をもってそれを護り、そしてルドラの相を帯びて万有を寂滅へと帰せしめる。ゆえに衆生を統べる主には、創造・維持・融解という三つの働きの位があると理解される。」

Word by Word

सृज्यतेis created / is produced

ब्रह्ममूर्तिःthe Brahmā-form

तुbut / indeed

रक्षतेprotects

पौरुषीpertaining to the Supreme Person / of Puruṣa

तनुःbody; form

रौद्रीभावेनby the Rudra-state / by fierce (Rudra) nature

शमयेत्would pacify; would bring to rest (i.e., destroy/withdraw)

तिस्रःthree

अवस्थाःstates; conditions; forms

प्रजापतेःof Prajāpati (the Lord of creatures)

Speaker

भीमसेन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīmasena (speaker)

Brahmā (brahma-mūrti)

Nārāyaṇa / Puruṣa (pauruṣī tanu)

Rudra (raudrī-bhāva)

Prajāpati (Lord of creatures)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse presents a functional theology: one supreme Lord is understood through three operative modes—creating as Brahmā, preserving as the Puruṣa (often identified with Nārāyaṇa/Viṣṇu), and dissolving as Rudra—thereby maintaining cosmic order.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīma articulates a doctrinal explanation about the Lord’s governance of the world, describing how the same divine reality is spoken of in three roles corresponding to creation, protection, and dissolution.