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Shloka 7

Adhyāya 42 — Mahābhūta–Indriya–Adhyātma-Vyavasthā

Brahmā’s Instruction on Elements and Faculties

लोभप्रजनसम्भूता निर्विशेषा हाकिंचना: । मांसशोणितसंघाता अन्योन्यस्योपजीविन:

lobha-prajana-sambhūtā nirviśeṣā hy akiñcanāḥ | māṁsa-śoṇita-saṅghātā anyonyasyopajīvinaḥ ||

ലോഭത്തിൽ നിന്നു ജനിച്ച് വർധിക്കാനുള്ള ത്വരയിൽ നയിക്കപ്പെടുന്നവർ എല്ലാവരും ഒരേപോലെയാണ്; അവരിൽ യഥാർത്ഥ മൂല്യമൊന്നുമില്ല. അവർ വെറും മാംസ-ശോണിതസംഘാതങ്ങൾ; പരസ്പരം ആശ്രയിച്ച്—പരസ്പരം ഭോഗിച്ച്—ജീവൻ നിലനിർത്തുന്നു.

लोभgreed
लोभ:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootलोभ
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
प्रजनprocreation; offspring
प्रजन:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootप्रजन
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
सम्भूताarisen; produced
सम्भूता:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootसम्-भू
FormFeminine, Nominative, Plural
निर्विशेषाःundistinguished; without distinction
निर्विशेषाः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootनिर्विशेष
FormFeminine, Nominative, Plural
अकिञ्चनाःhaving nothing; destitute
अकिञ्चनाः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootअकिञ्चन
FormFeminine, Nominative, Plural
मांसflesh
मांस:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootमांस
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
शोणितblood
शोणित:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootशोणित
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
संघाताःaggregates; heaps; masses
संघाताः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootसंघात
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
अन्योन्यस्यof one another; mutually
अन्योन्यस्य:
Sampradana
TypePronoun/Adjective
Rootअन्योन्य
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular
उपजीविनःliving off; dependent on
उपजीविनः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootउपजीविन्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural

वायुदेव उवाच

V
Vāyudeva (speaker)

Educational Q&A

Vāyu condemns a life governed by lobha (greed): when beings are driven by craving and mere self-preservation, they become ethically 'undistinguished' and end up sustaining themselves through harm and exploitation of others. The verse urges discernment and detachment from possessiveness and predatory living.

In Ashvamedhika Parva, Vāyudeva speaks in a didactic context, offering a stark assessment of worldly creatures: they arise from greed and procreative impulse, are reducible to perishable bodily aggregates, and survive through mutual dependence that often takes the form of consuming or injuring one another.