Shloka 7
Śuka’s Manifestation from the Araṇi (Āraṇeya-janma) — शुकजन्म (आरणेय-सम्भव)
रात्रिमेतावतीं चास्य प्राहुरध्यात्मचिन्तका: । सृजत्यहड्कारमृषिर्भूतं दिव्यात्मकं तथा,अध्यात्मतत्त्वोंका चिन्तन करनेवाले विद्वानोंका कथन है कि ब्रह्माजीकी रात्रि भी इतनी ही बड़ी है। महान् ऋषि ब्रह्मा अहंकार नामक दिव्य भूतकी सृष्टि करते हैं
rātrim etāvatīṃ cāsya prāhur adhyātma-cintakāḥ | sṛjaty ahaṅkāram ṛṣir bhūtaṃ divyātmakaṃ tathā ||
ຍາຊະນະວັນກະຍະ ກ່າວວ່າ: “ຜູ້ຮູ້ທີ່ພິຈາລະນາສັດທຳແຫ່ງອັດຕາ ກ່າວວ່າ ຄືນຂອງພຣະພຣະຫມາ ກໍມີຂະໜາດກວ້າງໃຫຍ່ເທົ່າກັບວັນຂອງພຣະອົງ. ໃນວົງຈອນຈັກກະວານນັ້ນ ມະຫາຣິສິ ພຣະພຣະຫມາ ບັງເກີດຫຼັກການທີ່ເອີ້ນວ່າ ‘ahaṅkāra’—ຜູ້ກໍ່ໃຫ້ເກີດ “ຂ້ອຍ”—ເປັນອົງປະກອບລະອຽດ ແລະມີສະພາບທິບ; ຈາກນັ້ນຄວາມຮູ້ສຶກເປັນປະຈຳຕົນຈຶ່ງເລີ່ມເຄື່ອນໄຫວ ແລະການສ້າງສັນຕໍ່ໄປກໍເກີດຕາມ.”
याज़्ञवल्क्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames creation in inner, psychological-metaphysical terms: cosmic time alternates as Brahmā’s day and night, and within that process the principle of ahaṅkāra (the ‘I-sense’) is produced—highlighting how individuality arises as a foundational step in manifestation.
Yājñavalkya is explaining a cosmological sequence to his listeners: learned contemplatives describe the vast duration of Brahmā’s night, and he states that Brahmā, as the primordial seer, creates the divine principle called ahaṅkāra, from which further categories of creation unfold.