Shloka 63

Sarasvatī–Tārkṣya Saṃvāda: Agnihotra-vidhi, Dāna-phala, and Mokṣa-prasaṅga (सरस्वती–तार्क्ष्यसंवादः)

Devanagari script

निर्मलानि शरीराणि विशुद्धानि शरीरिणाम्‌ । ससर्ज धर्मतन्त्राणि पूर्वोत्पन्न: प्रजापति:

Transliteration

nirmalāni śarīrāṇi viśuddhāni śarīriṇām | sasarja dharmatantṛāṇi pūrvotpannaḥ prajāpatiḥ ||

Translation

ಮಾರ್ಕಂಡೇಯನು ಹೇಳಿದನು—ಮೊದಲು ಉದ್ಭವಿಸಿದ ಪ್ರಜಾಪತಿಯು ದೇಹಧಾರಿಗಳಿಗಾಗಿ ನಿರ್ಮಲವೂ ವಿಶುದ್ಧವೂ ಆದ ದೇಹಗಳನ್ನು ಸೃಷ್ಟಿಸಿದನು; ಜೊತೆಗೆ ಧರ್ಮದ ಕ್ರಮಬದ್ಧ ತಂತ್ರಗಳನ್ನು—ಧರ್ಮವ್ಯವಸ್ಥೆಯ ನಿಯಮಗಳನ್ನು—ಸ್ಥಾಪಿಸಿದನು.

Word by Word

निर्मलानिspotless, pure

शरीराणिbodies

विशुद्धानिcompletely purified

शरीरिणाम्of embodied beings

ससर्जcreated, produced

धर्मतन्त्राणिsystems/ordinances of dharma

पूर्वोत्पन्नःpreviously arisen, primeval

प्रजापतिःPrajāpati (Lord of creatures)

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mārkaṇḍeya

Prajāpati

dharma-tantra

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse links ethical order (dharma) with the very structure of creation: the primordial progenitor not only forms pure bodies for beings but also institutes dharma-frameworks, implying that moral law is foundational to life and society, not a later human invention.

What is happening in the narrative?

Mārkaṇḍeya, speaking within his discourse, describes an early cosmogonic moment: Prajāpati, as the first-arisen creator, generates pure embodied forms and simultaneously sets up the governing systems of dharma that guide beings’ conduct and sustain order.