Shloka 102
Pitṛ-śrāddha-haviḥ-phala-nirdeśa
Offerings for Ancestors and Their Stated Results
ततः स जनयामास भूतग्रामं च वीर्यवान् । तस्य तत् तेजसस्तस्माज्जज्ञे लोकेषु तैजसम्
tataḥ sa janayāmāsa bhūtagrāmaṃ ca vīryavān | tasya tat tejasas tasmāj jajñe lokeṣu taijasam ||
അതിനുശേഷം ആ വീര്യവാൻ ഭൂതഗ്രാമത്തെ ജനിപ്പിച്ചു. അവന്റെ തന്നെ തേജസ്സിൽ നിന്നാണ് ലോകങ്ങളിൽ ‘തൈജസ’ സൃഷ്ടി ഉദ്ഭവിച്ചത്—പ്രവർത്തനവും ചലനവും മുഖ്യമായ ജീവരൂപങ്ങൾ.
वसिष्ठ उवाच
Educational Q&A
Creation is presented as an ordered emergence of diverse beings from a single potent source, with distinct modes (such as the taijasa, activity-energized mode) arising from differentiated aspects of that source’s tejas—linking cosmology with the guṇa-based understanding of nature.
Vasiṣṭha describes a stage of cosmic generation: the powerful creator brings forth the collective of beings, and from his radiance arises the taijasa class within the worlds—associated with energetic, mobile, activity-dominant life.