Shloka 29
Adhyaya 48 — The Emanation of Beings from Brahma: Night, Day, Twilight, and the Orders of Creation
गौरजः पुरुषो मेषो अश्वाश्वतरगर्दभाः ।
एतान् ग्राम्यान् पशूनाहुरारण्यांश्च निबोध मे ॥
gaurajaḥ puruṣo meṣo aśvāśvataragardabhāḥ | etān grāmyān paśūn āhur āraṇyāṃś ca nibodha me ||
പശു (പശു/പശു), ആട്, മനുഷ്യൻ, മേടം (ആൺആട്/മേഷം), കുതിര, ഖച്ചരം, കഴുത—ഇവയെ ഗൃഹ്യ (ഗ്രാമ്യ) മൃഗങ്ങളെന്ന് പ്രസ്താവിച്ചു. ഇനി വന്യമൃഗങ്ങളെക്കുറിച്ചും എന്നിൽ നിന്നു ഗ്രഹിക്ക.
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FAQs
By listing ‘puruṣa’ among paśus, the text underscores embodied continuity across species and invites humility; ‘domestic’ implies ethical obligations of care and regulated use.
Sarga: ordering and classifying created beings is part of the descriptive cosmology typical of Purāṇas.
Grāmya/āraṇya can be read as tamed vs untamed impulses; the human is ‘domesticable’ through dharma, while the ‘forest’ signifies unintegrated instincts.