Shloka 4
भीष्मस्योत्तरायणप्रतीक्षा तथा युधिष्ठिरागमनम् | Bhīṣma’s uttarāyaṇa moment and Yudhiṣṭhira’s arrival
ब्रह्मा तस्योदरभवस्तस्याहं च शिरोभव: । शिरोरुहेभ्यो ज्योतींषि रोमभ्यश्व सुरसुरा:
brahmā tasyodarabhavas tasyāhaṁ ca śirobhavaḥ | śiroruhebhyo jyotīṁṣi romabhyaś ca surāsurāḥ ||
महेश्वर म्हणाले— ब्रह्मा त्यांच्या उदरातून उत्पन्न झाले आणि मी स्वतः त्यांच्या मस्तकातून प्रकट झालो. त्यांच्या शिरोरोमांतून आकाशातील ज्योती—नक्षत्रे व तारे—उद्भवले; आणि त्यांच्या देहरोमांतून देव व असुर प्रकट झाले।
ईश्वर उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse presents a cosmogonic vision in which diverse orders of beings arise from a single primordial source, emphasizing an underlying unity behind apparent oppositions (devas and asuras) and portraying the cosmos as an ordered emanation rather than a random event.
Īśvara describes the origins of major cosmic entities: Brahmā emerges from the primordial being’s belly, Īśvara from the head, celestial lights from head-hair, and devas and asuras from body-hair—mapping the universe onto a sacred body to explain creation and hierarchy.