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Shloka 14

Yoga-kṛtya (योककृत्य) — Vyāsa on Sense-Restraint, Obstacles, and Brahman-Realization

स वै सृजति भूतानि स्थावराणि चराणि च । ततः स सृजति ब्रह्मा देवर्षिपितृमानवान्‌

sa vai sṛjati bhūtāni sthāvarāṇi carāṇi ca | tataḥ sa sṛjati brahmā devarṣi-pitṛ-mānavān |

ಅವನು ನಿಶ್ಚಯವಾಗಿ ಸ್ಥಾವರ ಮತ್ತು ಜಂಗಮ ಎಲ್ಲ ಭೂತಗಳನ್ನು ಸೃಷ್ಟಿಸುತ್ತಾನೆ. ನಂತರ ಅದೇ ಬ್ರಹ್ಮನು ದೇವರು, ದೇವರ್ಷಿಗಳು, ಪಿತೃಗಳು ಮತ್ತು ಮಾನವರನ್ನು ಸೃಜಿಸುತ್ತಾನೆ.

सःhe (that one)
सः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
वैindeed
वै:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवै
सृजतिcreates, produces
सृजति:
TypeVerb
Rootसृज्
FormPresent, Indicative, Parasmaipada, Third, Singular
भूतानिbeings, creatures
भूतानि:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootभूत
FormNeuter, Accusative, Plural
स्थावराणिimmobile (ones)
स्थावराणि:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootस्थावर
FormNeuter, Accusative, Plural
चराणिmobile (ones)
चराणि:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootचर
FormNeuter, Accusative, Plural
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
ततःthen, thereafter
ततः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः
सःhe
सः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
सृजतिcreates
सृजति:
TypeVerb
Rootसृज्
FormPresent, Indicative, Parasmaipada, Third, Singular
ब्रह्माBrahmā (the creator)
ब्रह्मा:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootब्रह्मन् (ब्रह्मा)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
देवर्षि-पितृ-मानवान्gods, seers, ancestors, and humans
देवर्षि-पितृ-मानवान्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootदेव + ऋषि + पितृ + मानव
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural

व्यास उवाच

V
Vyāsa
B
Brahmā
D
Devas
D
Devarṣis
P
Pitṛs
M
Mānavas
S
Sthāvara (immobile beings)
C
Cara (mobile beings)

Educational Q&A

The verse frames existence as an ordered creation: first the totality of beings (immobile and mobile), and then the differentiated classes—gods, sages, ancestors, and humans—implying that dharma and social-religious obligations rest on a cosmic hierarchy established by the creator.

Vyāsa is describing the process of cosmic origination: a supreme creative agency brings forth all beings, and Brahmā, as the creator figure, generates the principal categories of sentient and divine life that populate and regulate the world.