Shloka 27
Abhaya-Itihāsa: Karma, Indriyas, and the Non-sensory Brahman
Brāhmaṇī–Brāhmaṇa Saṃvāda
ततः: संजायते रूप॑ ततः स्पर्शोडभिजायते । ततः संजायते शब्द: संशयस्तत्र जायते । ततः: संजायते निष्ठा जन्मैतत् सप्तथा विदु:
tataḥ saṃjāyate rūpaṃ tataḥ sparśo ’bhijāyate | tataḥ saṃjāyate śabdaḥ saṃśayas tatra jāyate | tataḥ saṃjāyate niṣṭhā janmaitat saptathā viduḥ ||
त्याच स्रोतापासून रूप उत्पन्न होते; त्याच्यापासून स्पर्शाचा जन्म होतो. त्याच्यापासून शब्द प्रकटतो आणि तेथेच संशयही उत्पन्न होतो. त्याच्यापासून निश्चयात्मिका बुद्धी (निष्ठा)ही जन्मते. हे जन्म सात प्रकारचे मानले जाते.
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse outlines a causal account of how sensory qualities (form, touch, sound) and mental states (doubt and settled certainty) arise from a single underlying source, presenting this as part of a broader sevenfold scheme of origination known to the wise.
Vāyudeva is speaking in a didactic mode, explaining a metaphysical sequence of emergence—how perceptible qualities and cognitive dispositions manifest—framing it as authoritative knowledge within the discourse of the Ashvamedhika Parva.