Shloka 27

Devanagari script

यावन्तः पावकाः: प्रोक्ता: सोमास्तावन्त एव तु । अन्रेश्नाप्यन्वये जाता ब्रह्मणो मानसा: प्रजा:,अद्भुतकी जो प्रियतमा पत्नी है, उसके गर्भसे उनके “विभूरसि” नामक पुत्र हुआ। अग्नियोंकी जितनी संख्या बतायी गयी है, सोमयागोंकी भी उतनी ही है। वे सब अग्नि ब्रद्माजीके मानसिक संकल्पसे अत्रिके वंशमें उनकी संतानरूपसे उत्पन्न हुए हैं

Transliteration

yāvantaḥ pāvakāḥ proktāḥ somās tāvanta eva tu | anṛśnāpy anvaye jātā brahmaṇo mānasāḥ prajāḥ ||

Translation

ಮಾರ್ಕಂಡೇಯನು ಹೇಳಿದನು—ಎಷ್ಟು ಪಾವಕಾಗ್ನಿಗಳು ಘೋಷಿಸಲ್ಪಟ್ಟವೋ, ಅಷ್ಟೇ ಸಂಖ್ಯೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಸೋಮಯಾಗಗಳೂ ಇವೆ. ಆ ಅಗ್ನಿಗಳು ಸಾಮಾನ್ಯ ದೇಹಜನನದಿಂದಲ್ಲ; ಬ್ರಹ್ಮನ ಮಾನಸಸಂತಾನವಾಗಿ ವಂಶಪರಂಪರೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಉದ್ಭವಿಸಿದವು.

Word by Word

यावन्तःas many (as)

पावकाःfires (Agni-s)

प्रोक्ताःsaid/declared

सोमाःSoma-sacrifices / Soma rites

तावन्तःso many (that many)

एवindeed/just

तुbut/and

अनृश्नाप्यwithout injury; harmlessly (reading uncertain)

अन्वयेin the lineage

जाताःborn/arisen

ब्रह्मणःof Brahmā

मानसाःmental; mind-born

प्रजाःcreatures/offspring

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mārkaṇḍeya

Pāvaka (sacred fires/Agni-forms)

Soma (Soma-sacrifices)

Brahmā

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 the structure of Vedic sacrifice to a divine origin: sacred fires and Soma rites are presented as correspondingly ordered and as mind-born progeny of Brahmā, implying that ritual dharma is grounded in cosmic intention rather than mere human invention.

What is happening in the narrative?

Mārkaṇḍeya is explaining the provenance and status of the sacrificial fires and Soma rites, stating that their number corresponds and that these fires arose within a lineage as Brahmā’s mind-born offspring—an account that legitimizes and sacralizes the ritual tradition being discussed.