Shloka 48

अध्याय १९० — वामदेव-वाम्य-वृत्तान्तः

The Vāmadeva Horses Episode and the Ethics of Promise

Devanagari script

ततो विबुद्धे तस्मिंस्तु सर्वलोकपितामहे । एकीभूतो हि स्रक्ष्यामि शरीराणि द्विजोत्तम,द्विजश्रेष्ठ! सर्वलोकपितामह ब्रह्माके जागनेपर मैं उनसे एकीभूत हो समस्त शरीरोंकी सृष्टि करूँगा

Transliteration

tato vibuddhe tasmiṁstu sarvalokapitāmahe | ekībhūto hi srakṣyāmi śarīrāṇi dvijottama ||

Translation

ഹേ ദ്വിജശ്രേഷ്ഠാ! സർവ്വലോകപിതാമഹനായ ബ്രഹ്മാവ് ഉണരുമ്പോൾ ഞാൻ അവനോടു ഏകീഭവിച്ച് സർവ്വജീവികൾക്കായുള്ള നാനാവിധ ശരീരങ്ങളെ സൃഷ്ടിക്കും.

Word by Word

ततःthen, thereafter

विबुद्धेwhen (he) has awakened

तस्मिन्in him / in that (one)

तुbut, indeed

सर्वलोकपितामहेin the grandsire of all worlds (Brahmā)

एकीभूतःhaving become one (united)

हिindeed, for

स्रक्ष्यामिI shall create

शरीराणिbodies

द्विजोत्तमO best of the twice-born

Speaker

देव उवाच

Characters & Entities

Brahmā (Sarvalokapitāmaha)

Dvijottama (addressed brāhmaṇa interlocutor)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Creation is portrayed as a regulated cosmic process: when Brahmā awakens, the speaker unites with him and then produces embodied forms. The ethical implication is that manifestation is not random but aligned with a higher order and source-unity.

What is happening in the narrative?

A divine speaker explains the moment of cosmic renewal: upon Brahmā’s awakening, the speaker becomes one with the cosmic grandsire and proceeds to create the bodies of beings, indicating the commencement of a new phase of creation.