Padma Purana — Srishti Khanda, Shloka 14081

Brahmā’s Lotus-Birth, Puṣkara-Creation Imagery, Madhu–Kaiṭabha, and Early Genealogies

Devanagari script

जज्ञे चैकादशसुतान्विपुलान्धर्मसंज्ञितान् । रक्तसंध्याभ्रसंकाशान्महतस्तिग्मतेजसः

Transliteration

jajñe caikādaśasutānvipulāndharmasaṃjñitān | raktasaṃdhyābhrasaṃkāśānmahatastigmatejasaḥ

Translation

そして、合わせて「ダルマ」と呼ばれる十一人の力強き पुत्रが生まれた。彼らは夕映えの赤雲のごとく、鋭く燃え立つ光輝を放つ大いなる存在であった。

Word by Word

• jajñe: were born / was born
• jajñe: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: jan (जन् धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• ekādaśa-sutān: eleven sons
• ekādaśa-sutān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ekādaśa + suta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन; द्विगु-समासः (ekādaśa saṃkhyāyuktāḥ sutāḥ)

• vipulān: great / large
• vipulān: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vipula (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन; विशेषण

• dharma-saṃjñitān: named ‘Dharma’
• dharma-saṃjñitān: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dharma + saṃjñita (saṃ+√jñā धातु + kta)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः (dharma iti saṃjñā yeshām)

• rakta-saṃdhyā-abhra-saṃkāśān: resembling clouds at red twilight
• rakta-saṃdhyā-abhra-saṃkāśān: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: rakta + saṃdhyā + abhra + saṃkāśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः (rakta-saṃdhyāyāḥ abhravat saṃkāśāḥ)

• mahataḥ: of the great (one)
• mahataḥ: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; विशेषण (of one great)

• tigma-tejasaḥ: of (him) of sharp brilliance
• tigma-tejasaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier in genitive/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tigma + tejas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (tigmaṃ tejaḥ yasya)

Speaker

Unspecified (narratorial voice within the Adhyaya context)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: adbhuta

Secondary Rasa: vira

Geographic Context

Type: celestial_realm

Sandhi Resolution Notes

Sandhi Resolution Notes: caikādaśasutān = ca+ekādaśa-sutān; vipulān dharmasaṃjñitān (no sandhi change); raktasaṃdhyābhrasaṃkāśān = rakta-saṃdhyā-abhra-saṃkāśān; mahatastigmatejasaḥ = mahataḥ+tigma-tejasaḥ (visarga sandhi).

Characters & Entities

• Dharma

FAQs

Who are the “eleven sons” called Dharma in this verse?

The verse states that eleven powerful sons were born and are collectively identified by the designation “Dharma.” Their individual names and roles are determined by the surrounding verses of the same narrative sequence.

What is conveyed by comparing them to “red twilight clouds”?

The simile emphasizes brilliance and majesty: like crimson clouds at sunset, these beings are portrayed as visually radiant, awe-inspiring, and charged with intense energy.

What is the ethical or philosophical emphasis of this verse?

By naming the offspring “Dharma” and describing them as great and radiant, the verse frames righteousness as a powerful, generative principle within creation—something luminous and forceful rather than merely abstract.