Shloka 35
Adhyāya 42 — Mahābhūta–Indriya–Adhyātma-Vyavasthā
Brahmā’s Instruction on Elements and Faculties
Devanagari script
स्वेदजा: कृमय: प्रोक्ता जन्तवश्न॒ यथाक्रमम्
Transliteration
svedajāḥ kṛmayaḥ proktā jantavaś ca yathākramam
Translation
ವಾಯು ಹೇಳಿದರು—ಸ್ವೇದಜರೆಂದು ಹೇಳಲ್ಪಡುವವರು ಕೃಮಿಗಳು ಮುಂತಾದ ಸೂಕ್ಷ್ಮಜಂತುಗಳು; ಹೀಗೆ ಕ್ರಮವಾಗಿ ಜೀವವರ್ಗಗಳು ನಿರೂಪಿಸಲ್ಪಟ್ಟಿವೆ.
Word by Word
स्वेदजाःsweat-born (creatures)
स्वेदजाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootस्वेदज
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
कृमयःworms
कृमयः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootकृमि
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
प्रोक्ताःare said/declared
प्रोक्ताः:
TypeVerb
Rootप्र-वच्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural, Past passive participle (क्त)
जन्तवःliving beings/creatures
जन्तवः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootजन्तु
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
यथाक्रमम्in due order/ क्रमशः
यथाक्रमम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथा-क्रमम्
Speaker
वायुदेव उवाच
Characters & Entities
व
वायुदेव (Vāyu-deva)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
The verse presents a traditional, ordered taxonomy of life, identifying “sweat-born” beings as kṛmi (worms/minute creatures), emphasizing that creation and life-forms can be understood through systematic categories.
Vāyu-deva is instructing the listener by enumerating types of living beings in sequence; here he reaches the category of sweat-born creatures and names them as kṛmi.