Shloka 71
Adhyaya 49 — Primordial Human Creation, the Rise of Desire, and the Origins of Settlements, Measures, and Agriculture
प्रियङ्गुसप्तमा ह्येते अष्टमास्तु कुलत्थकाः ।
श्यामाकास्त्वथ नीवारा यत्तिला सगवेधुकाः ॥
priyaṅgusaptamā hy ete aṣṭamās tu kulatthakāḥ | śyāmākās tv atha nīvārā yattilā sagavedhukāḥ ||
ಅವುಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಪ್ರಿಯಂಗು ಏಳನೆಯದು, ಕುಲತ್ಥ ಎಂಟನೆಯದು ಎಂದು ಸ್ಮರಿಸಲಾಗಿದೆ; ಜೊತೆಗೆ ಶ್ಯಾಮಾಕ, ನೀವಾರ, ಯತ್-ತಿಲ ಮತ್ತು ಗವೇಧುಕವೂ ಸೇರಿವೆ.
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FAQs
The Purāṇa values ‘minor’ grains and wild staples too—an implicit ethic of resilience and inclusivity in sustenance, not dependence on only a few crops.
Sarga-style enumeration; it becomes dharma-supporting knowledge because food diversity sustains yajña, hospitality, and social continuity.
Wild rice (nīvāra) symbolizes the ‘uncultivated merit’ that can still nourish—inner resources that arise without deliberate ‘ploughing’.