Shloka 15
निरय-परमस्थान-वर्णनम्
Niraya and the Supreme Station: A Metaphysical Re-reading
पृथिवी सर्वभूतानां जनित्री तद्विधा: स्त्रिय: । पुमान् प्रजापतिस्तत्र शुक्रे तेजोमयं विदु:
pṛthivī sarvabhūtānāṁ janitrī tadvidhāḥ striyaḥ | pumān prajāpatis tatra śukre tejomayaṁ viduḥ ||
ພາຣະດວາຊະ ກ່າວວ່າ: «ແຜ່ນດິນແມ່ນແມ່ຜູ້ໃຫ້ກຳເນີດແກ່ສັດທັງປວງ; ເຊັ່ນດຽວກັນ ຜູ້ຍິງທັງຫຼາຍກໍມີທຳມະຊາດດັ່ງແຜ່ນດິນ ເພາະເປັນຜູ້ອຸ້ມທ້ອງ ແລະໃຫ້ກຳເນີດລູກຫຼານ. ໃນການນີ້ ຜູ້ຊາຍຖືກເຫັນວ່າເປັນດັ່ງປຣະຊາປະຕິ (Prajāpati), ແລະນ້ຳເຊື້ອຂອງຜູ້ຊາຍຖືກເຂົ້າໃຈວ່າມີສະພາບເປັນເຕຊະ (tejas) ຄືລັດສະໝີແຫ່ງຊີວິດ».
भरद्वाज उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames procreation as a cosmic process: Earth is the universal mother, women mirror that maternal function, and the male principle is likened to Prajāpati, with semen described as tejas—vital radiance—emphasizing responsibility and reverence toward generative power.
In Śānti Parva’s instructional discourse, Bharadvāja explains a traditional model of generation, using cosmological analogies (Earth, Prajāpati, tejas) to clarify how life is conceived and to ground ethical attitudes toward sexuality, parenthood, and lineage.