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Shloka 22

Śukasya Janma-yoga-phalaṁ — Vyāsasya Tapasā Putrārthaḥ (Śānti-parva 310)

अधथ: श्रोत्रेन्द्रियग्राम उत्पद्यति नराधिप । सप्तमं सर्गमित्याहुरेतदैन्द्रियकं स्मृतम्‌,नरेन्द्र! श्रोत्र आदि इन्द्रियोंके बाद कर्मेन्द्रियोंकी उत्पत्ति होती है। इसे सातवाँ सर्ग कहते हैं। इसीको ऐन्द्रियक सृष्टि भी कहा जाता है

atha śrotrendriyagrāma utpadyati narādhipa | saptamaṃ sargam ity āhur etad aindriyakaṃ smṛtam ||

യാജ്ഞവൽക്ക്യൻ പറഞ്ഞു—അതിനുശേഷം, ഹേ നരാധിപ, ശ്രോത്രാദി ഇന്ദ്രിയങ്ങളുടെ സംഘം പ്രത്യക്ഷമാകുന്നു. ഇതിനെ ഏഴാം സർഗം എന്നു പറയുന്നു; ഇത് ‘ഐന്ദ്രിയക സൃഷ്ടി’ എന്ന പേരിൽ സ്മരിക്കപ്പെടുന്നു.

अथthen/thereafter
अथ:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअथ
श्रोत्रेन्द्रियग्रामःthe group of auditory sense-organs (i.e., the sense-faculty group beginning with hearing)
श्रोत्रेन्द्रियग्रामः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootश्रोत्रेन्द्रियग्राम
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
उत्पद्यतिarises/is produced
उत्पद्यति:
TypeVerb
Rootउत्-पद्
FormPresent, Third, Singular, Atmanepada
नराधिपO king/lord of men
नराधिप:
TypeNoun
Rootनराधिप
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
सप्तमम्the seventh
सप्तमम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootसप्तम
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
सर्गम्creation/emanation; a stage of creation
सर्गम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootसर्ग
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
इतिthus
इति:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति
आहुःthey say/declare
आहुः:
TypeVerb
Rootअह्
FormPerfect, Third, Plural, Parasmaipada
एतत्this
एतत्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootएतद्
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
ऐन्द्रियम्pertaining to the senses
ऐन्द्रियम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootऐन्द्रिय
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
स्मृतम्is remembered/considered (as)
स्मृतम्:
TypeVerb
Rootस्मृ
FormPast Passive Participle (क्त), Neuter, Nominative, Singular

याज़्ञवल्क्य उवाच

Y
Yājñavalkya
N
narādhipa (the king addressed)

Educational Q&A

The verse presents a step-by-step cosmology: after earlier principles have manifested, the sensory faculties (beginning with hearing) arise as a distinct, traditionally recognized stage—called the seventh creation, the ‘sensory creation’ (aindriyaka).

In Śānti Parva’s didactic dialogue, Yājñavalkya instructs the king on the ordered emergence of the constituents of embodied life, identifying the appearance of the sense-faculties as a specific stage within the broader account of creation.