Shloka 2
Adhyaya 49 — Cosmic Dissolution
यथा च वर्णानसृजद्यद् गुणाश्च महामते ।
यच्च येषां स्मृतं कर्म विप्रादीनां वदस्व तत् ॥
yathā ca varṇān asṛjad yad guṇāś ca mahāmate / yac ca yeṣāṃ smṛtaṃ karma viprādīnāṃ vadasva tat
हे महामते, त्यांनी वर्णांची निर्मिती कशी केली आणि त्यांचे अनुरूप कोणते गुण आहेत ते सांगावे; तसेच ब्राह्मणांपासून आरंभ करून त्यांच्या शास्त्रविहित कर्मधर्मांचे वर्णन करावे।
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FAQs
The text treats social duty as grounded in cosmology and qualities (guṇas). Ethically, it frames conduct (karma) as responsibility aligned with one’s nature and tradition, not mere personal preference.
Sarga with dharmic application: creation is extended to societal structure (varṇa) and normative duties, a common Purāṇic move from ontology to ethics.
Varṇa and guṇa can be read as inner psychophysical typologies: the ‘creation’ of varṇas mirrors the differentiation of dispositions within embodied consciousness, mapping ethics onto psychology.