Shloka 37

सर्गभेदाः — अविद्या, स्रोतोभेदाः, नव सर्गाः, देवासुरादिसृष्टिः, वेद-यज्ञप्रादुर्भावः

Devanagari script

रजोमात्रात्मिकाम् अन्यां जगृहे स तनुं ततः रजोमात्रोत्कटा जाता मनुष्या द्विजसत्तम

Transliteration

rajomātrātmikām anyāṃ jagṛhe sa tanuṃ tataḥ rajomātrotkaṭā jātā manuṣyā dvijasattama

Translation

ຕໍ່ມາພຣະອົງໄດ້ຮັບຮ່າງອື່ນອັນເປັນຣະຈັສລ້ວນ; ຈາກຮ່າງທີ່ຣະຈັສເດັ່ນນັ້ນ, ໂອ ຜູ້ປະເສີດໃນຫມູ່ທະວິຊະ, ມະນຸດຈຶ່ງປາກົດ—ຄຶກຄື້ນໃນການກະທຳ.

Word by Word

रजोमात्रात्मिकाम्consisting solely of rajas

अन्याम्another

जगृहेhe took/assumed

सःhe

तनुम्a body/form

ततःthen

रजोमात्रोत्कटाintensely of rajas alone

जाताwere born/produced

मनुष्याःhumans

द्विजसत्तमO best of the twice-born

Speaker

Sage Parāśara (to Maitreya)

Characters & Entities

Parāśara

Maitreya

Humans (Manuṣya)

Rajas (guṇa)

FAQs

What is the significance of rajas in the Vishnu Purana’s account of human origin?

This verse links humanity with rajas—activity, passion, and motion—indicating that human life is characterized by striving, desire, and worldly engagement within the created order.

How does Sage Parāśara explain creation through the guṇas here?

Parāśara presents manifestation as arising through distinct guṇa-dominant forms; in this step, a rajas-only embodiment becomes the causal basis for the appearance of human beings.

What is the theological importance of Lord Vishnu in this context?

Though the verse speaks in guṇic terms, the Vishnu Purana frames such creation as operating under the supreme sovereignty of Vishnu—whose will and order govern how guṇas diversify beings in sarga.