Shloka 29

Adhyaya 49 — Cosmic Dissolution

Sanskrit

मासि मास्य् आर्तवोत्पत्त्या गर्भोत्पत्तिः पुनः पुनः ।

रागोत्पत्त्या ततस् तासां वृक्षास् ते गृहम्-संज्ञिताः ॥

Transliteration

māsi māsy ārtavotpatt yā garbhotpattiḥ punaḥ punaḥ | rāgotpattyā tatas tāsāṃ vṛkṣās te gṛha-saṃjñitāḥ ||

Translation

月ごとに、月経の流れが起こるたび、受胎は繰り返し生じた。さらに欲望が起こると、彼らはそれらの樹々を「家」とみなした。

Word by Word

मासिin a month

मासिmonth after month

आर्तवोत्पत्त्याby the arising of menses

गर्भोत्पत्तिःconception/pregnancy arises

पुनःagain

पुनःagain and again

रागोत्पत्त्याdue to the arising of passion

ततःthen, thereafter

तासाम्of them

वृक्षाःtrees

तेthose

गृहसंज्ञिताःcalled ‘houses’

Speakers

Narrative voice within didactic exposition

Verse Rasa

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Key Themes

Yuga anthropologySexual desire and reproductionSocial domestication of nature

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

The text links biological cycles with the ethical-psychological shift (rāga), presenting reproduction and attachment as drivers of more settled, possessive living.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana (5 characteristics)?

Manvantara/yuga-dharma description (how beings’ conduct and conditions evolve with time).

What is the esoteric significance?

‘House’ is not merely shelter but a mental designation (saṃjñā): attachment transforms neutral nature into ‘mine’ and ‘home,’ binding consciousness.